Region compatibility

[.:PSP1.0:.]

Thats pretty much right man.. Because the fact you have a PSP running the v2.6 firmware (v2.6 is the latest firmware) your able to run any PSP game currently on the market as they hav'nt yet released a PSP with v2.7 firmware (roumored to be on the way.. but only a roumor..) but until they release any new games which require you to have v2.7 or + firmware on your PSP your safe and also one of the many advantages in upgrading to v2.6.. the only type of region coding i can really think of is with the UMD movie which are coded meaning you can't view a movie bought in a japanese shop on a Australian PSP (different region coding) but get GTA for your v2.6 man as not only is it a great game but cos its really your only key in running homebrew on your v2.6.. Hope this helps you man..

P.S.. I'm a Nguyen too.. living in australia!

[vndnguyen]

hi PSP1.0

Glad that you are a Nguyen too. I guess that your nationality is VN.
Thanks for your support. I have 1 more question:

If there was the region-locking feature for the game (may be in the future), so where it should be realized? (e.g in the PSP firmware, or in the game itself???)

Nguyen

[.:PSP1.0:.]

No problems man anything for a fellow brother and yes i am viet

Umm regarding your question.. Don't think there will ever be anything with region coding regarding the UMD games (who knows.. maybe) but more or less the PSP firmware itself, meaning we will be forever upgrading our PSP's to the latest firmwares for the newest features it enables us to have and enjoy and also the new firmware that the new games require.. Pitty cos if you really love homebrew on your v1.5 and wanna play GTA you'll need to upgrade to v2.0 or + but i got 3 so i might sacrifice 1 lol but at the moment there isnt alot of reasons for me to upgrade to 2.6 just yet.. I hope this helps you man..

[vndnguyen]

Hi PSP1.0

Once again thank u for yr quick reply. However it seems to be that you haven't understood my question. My question is: in the future, if Sony decide to implement region-locking for Game, so where this feature would be activated (in the new firmware, or in the new game)?

[sorry for my stupid english. In VN: nếu trong tương lai, Sony muốn áp dụng region-locking cho game thì tÃ*nh năng nÃ*y sẽ được kÃ*ch hoạt ở đâu? kÃ*ch hoạt ở trong firmware mới hay kÃ*ch hoạt ở game mới?]

Nguyen

[yaustar]

No idea. My money will be on both in a new game and a new firmware. Reason being that the firmware has to check the region code and the game must have a region code to begin with.

[.:PSP1.0:.]

Yeah i'd have to say on both game and firmware.. If i was brave enough to say "they'd never do this" then i would.. But i'm not hehe they could do the region coding thing in future to prevent forms of piracy etc which would equal lost profits for sony... Those sneaky suckers!