Aren't PS3 games supposed to be region free? Or does this mark mean nothing at all? My sister's getting me a few games from the US [region 1 for Blu-Rays] and my PS3 is Region 2, will those have region restrictions? I was assuming they hadn't, I googled all over the place and everyone said the games come with no regions, though the Infamous game I got from here (as well as this Fifa 10 game I saw) had region 2 on the back. What. Why? =/

Europe and Saudi are the same Blu-Ray region. Plus the games came bundled so it's a sure thing they'll be the same region as the PS3 no matter where you got it :P

Anyway thanks for the help, guess I'll have to get it from here if I want to watch Blu-Rays. Shame though, the Amazon deal was a killer.

First off, I'm not in the US I'm in Lebanon. Second, the PS3 here is pretty overpriced at $400 for the Slim model. Third, I can however buy the PS3 from Amazon, and today is Black Friday so it's $300 with 2 bundled games [Killzone 2 and inFAMOUS], both of which I do want. Problem: I know everyone says there's no region coding on the PS3 [I can use Google too] but some people do say games do have region codes so I'm not sure if games I buy from HERE would work on a PS3 I get from the US Amazon, or if games I get from the US [they're a lot cheaper there too] would work on a PS3 I buy here.

Now I'm assuming that the games are region free and this won't be a problem, am I correct? My main worry is Blu-Rays. I definitely intend to rent a few from here to watch occasionally and want the region code to, well, not block that. Does the PS3 come region-A encoded (from Amazon) directly, or can I register a region when I first buy it or something? I'm Region B so if I can do that that would be great.

Which would leave the NTSC/PAL problem. Pretty sure everything here is PAL, and in the US it's NTSC right? How would it work out for me if I get a PS3 from the US and hook it up to a PAL TV? And does this pose a problem to Blu-Rays/games that might be PAL/NTSC or something?

I'd appreciate a few detailed answers, I don't want to waste money. Thanks in advance :)

P.S: Kind of need to decide today or that Black Friday deal's going to be gone...

Seems a bit likely. The PS2 slim was intoduced 4 years after the original PS2. The PS3 was introduced back in Nov 2006, so it's possible we'll see the slim in late 2010.

Then again, consoles are very different from last generation, and I'm sure the PS3 is much more complex than the PS2. But I'd definitely like to see a slimmer, cheaper model, even if it means no HDD due to the decreased console size. I don't mind much using memory cards.