Region Free Gaming the Key to Winning the Console War

Key? So you think game quality, graphics, innovation, gameplay, and price are more important than whether the few gamers who do so are able to buy a few games from another region? I'm pretty sure the region-free PS3 is drawing the most criticism of any system right now, and the popular PS2 is region-locked. Heck, you never even explained WHY you believe region free gaming is important.

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Originally Posted by Jonesyxxiv

So if PS3 is region free was was sony tring to stop people from exporting games?

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Sony was stopping the importation of PS3 consoles to Europe because Europe is going to pay 200 more USD for the PS3 than Japan or the US. So Europe not only gets shafted by having to wait until March, they gotta pay MORE for it.

the problem is the pound is so strong against the dollar, being that you are able to buy almost $2 to £1 now so sony would lose alot of money if europeans just imported, but stand to make money if they dont.