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Old 29-01-08   #1
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Default Consoles - Region Free or Not

Hello all,

Just a simple question, are all gaming consoles region free by default? I know that X360 is region-coded, but are PS3, GBA, PSP, DS, Wii region free globally from the manufacturer?

I'm still a lil confused, I hope someone can clear this up a little.

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PS3 is region free, actually the xbox 360 is mostly region free, wii is region locked, ds/psp/gba region free too, ps2 is region locked too I think
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thats for the infor Lorrie so all of these applies for everyone in the world?
so wats the difference between PAL and NTSC? games, dvd, blue ray differences?
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Blu-Ray is spilt into regions A for North America (Including Alaska and Hawaii) and Japan Region B EU, Middle East an AUS/NZ and Region C is Asia and other places i think the main differences in these are the 60Hz or 50Hz defending on country and 24Fps Fox has been the only TV/Movie studio to impose region codes in Blu-Ray so far.

I'm not sure about DVD and Normal Games(PS2, Wii, Xbox)
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so this would not effect the game consoles itself? can someone confirm this?
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Yes a PS2 US NTSC console cannot play UK PAL games or movies and vice versa.
A NTSC PS3 can play PAL games but not PAL movies and vice versa.
360 s mostly region free for games but can't play DVD's from a different region.
A Wii region locked to PAL or NTSC and can only play PAL or NTSC games/movies depending on region
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thats for the info AH12345
is there a website where it has all the information regarding this?
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There is a little on Wikipedia about region locking: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regiona...s_and_consoles
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yeah i read it before, i just want someone here who knows more about it can explain it....
its all good...

thanks anyways
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