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Hurrah! This is great news for anyone who loves importing games!

Region-Free, fully backwards compatible, 60 gig HD, Xbox-Live-like online services? I like the way PS3 is shaping up, but I suppose the price tag and waiting til' November will be the only way we know just how good or bad it will be.

Wow, huzzah indeed, that is great news.

Wow, about freaking time someone steps up. I know some X360 games are region free as well, hopefully we'll see a trend

Great news. Now I dont have to mod it when I get it to play imports.

PS3 and PSP region free.......God bless Sony. This is much easier than searching for a modded console.

Originally Posted by Madskills1182 Great news. Now I dont have to mod it when I get it to play imports.

Same here!

Does this mean the ps3 can play both ps1 and ps2 imports too?

Sweet, now hopefully this will mean more import friendly titles.

Since Blu-ray is so massive, this might mean that developers will make one version of their games and sell to all regions. So we may all have the option of changing the language. This could mean that I will be able to play games with their original japanese voice-overs!

Once again Sony has impressed me with PS3 features (the other being the required HDD).

Is there any other outlet reporting this? It's close to April Fool's and I'm a bit paranoid.

This is great news but I don't want to get worked up over the Sony Hype Machine. Remember they made a lot of promises for the PS2 and never really delivered. It could turn out to be region free for PS3 games and leave PS1 and 2 out.

Hell, I'm not big into PS2 gaming in the US, most of my PS2 games are import (SNK and Shumps). I even have a JPN PS2 (I hate modding systems), if the PS3 can play PS1 and PS2 titles I'll definitly pick one up after my JPN PS2 dies.

PS1 and 2 games already have region encoding on them. This means we probably still won't be able to play imports of those.

It is not an April Fool's joke, it was announced at this year's GDC.

Originally Posted by Deadpool

QFT

It's a shame that Microsoft allowed developers to decide if their software was region free or not. I *desperately* want to play Wrestle Kingdom for the 360, but Yuke's decided to make it for Japan only, meaning that they will only sell 500 copies of the ing thing. How dumb can you be to limit your software to a market that hates the shit out of the console it's on?

Awesometastic for Sony. I buy ~20 imports a year, and I'm glad that I won't have to explain to people why I have two of the same console plugged into my TV. whew!

I'm still a little weary of some of the stuff I've read about making PS3 games only playable on the original PS3, making used and rented games useless.
I saw this in one of the game magazines, and also an interview with David Jaffe where he was trumping this technology up pretty big.

I wonder if it will support PS1/PS2 games too (the region free-ness)....
If so I can sell off my import PS2 and pick up a PS3 at launch here in Japan.

Also, I wish the 360 was region-free too b/c I saw a used one at a game store here for about $200.....

Originally Posted by A Happy Panda http://ps3.ign.com/articles/697/697656p1.html Hurrah! This is great news for anyone who loves importing games! Region-Free, fully backwards compatible, 60 gig HD, Xbox-Live-like online services? I like the way PS3 is shaping up, but I suppose the price tag and waiting til' November will be the only way we know just how good or bad it will be.

I may have to hold my breath considering Sony's stupidity in trying to cockblock me in playing import PS2 titles. If this turns out to be true however I can't wait to import all the Japanese AND Korean titles that will never make it over here and if this plays PS2 and PS one imports it's a guaranteed buy for me. I just can't see how developers wouldn't throw a fit about it from the way I see it though.

This is true...it was officially announced at the GDC. How many times do I have to say that this is not rumor THIS IS FACT.