By the time they announce it - it'll be widely known by the online community already, I don't see any announcement happening. And the only way they could get the message to us is via the online store (that I can think of) or whatever, and I only look in there every few days to see if there's anything new. Just check out the Beta page frequently and keep your eyes peeled - that's what I'll be doing.
Yah, games region free. I have the Asia/US version (pretty sure its asia/NTSC) and mine will play the BR discs I bought here in Aus so I think they aren't region locked either. The problem is that I can't play my PAL DVDs on my PS3 or any of the AUS PS2 games. Neither of these are a big problem for me coz I have a DVD player anyways, which plays DivX too and I also don't have any PS2 games, so it's no biggy.
It's not over-kill at all. I'll be doing a manual upgrade of my PS3s drive ASAP. The reason being 1) I'd love to add all my favourite tunes so that (if/when) I can my music in game - I can have more choice etc. 2) I love watching my downloaded TV/MOVIES etc through my PS3, and video content in HD is large, nuf said.
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