Do You Import Games and Consoles ?

[Xiofire]

Only ever imported one thing, and that was Rainbow Six Vegas for Xbox 360. Did it cus it was £26 rather then £40-£50. Will import Manhunt 2.
-Xiofire

[Nikolaos]

I imported my PSP, and a PSP UMD Movie that is rare

[Dogmatic1]

I've only ever imported Electroplankton (this was before a US/EU release was even mentioned), and Resi Evil DS (£10 cheaper for the US version).

I was gonna import my DS Lite (JPN), but it would have worked out 50% more expensive than waiting for the UK release.

I've also imported odd accessories when they'll work out cheaper.

[Anger]

the last time i imported it was from lik-sang.
however it also coincides with the last time i bought a games console.
why? i hear you ask - well the answer is simple - i live in rip-off britain.
so do i/would i import consoles again? a resounding yes.

[RevVS]

About 40% of my 200+ game collection is Japanese plus 4 consoles to play them.

However, almost none of those had any kind of North America release. I'm a bit of a Japanophile and just love to see how much North America misses by never looking beyond its own borders.

Did we mention Playasia.com?

Lots to be had in the east that just never gets translated... At least D3 is starting to port some of their popular PS2 titles to Xbox360 (not that I have a 360)...


I'd probably be interested in European games too if they had more exclusives. The only Europe-only games I've ever come across though are the Asterix ones...

which is a shame because all the ones I have been able to try have been in English, half-way decent and Asterix does have a cult following albeit a small one by Hulk and Spiderman standards...

[devdj]

i have only imported games and movies from play.com cause they were cheaper and got the gba movie player device that works with the DS and a memory card for it from lik-sang back in 2004

[Emulation_Chief]

Hello:

Importing, for me, is just more than having games first than anyone else; is collecting, understanding and enjoying how other cultures play games. Games like Pepsi Man for PSone is a good example of that. A commercial icon in Japan, only trough the Internet you know about this game. Actually is kinda fun and entertaining. Very simple to play.

So far, my Dreamcast is the machine that I acquire the most imported games. Mostly, like the majority of importers, will not be available elsewhere or are unique collector's games. I wouldn't mind to bought Sonic Adventure 2 USA version (the one that sells in Puerto Rico) if Sega Japan doesn't sell the Collector's Birthday Edition. Games like the one I mentioned worth the time, money and Internet resources to importing games and consoles.

Don't think Europe is back behind. Games like Shenmue 2 on DC and Altered Beast for PS2 didn't saw the light, and probably will never, in USA. Importing those ones are also a reason to continue this practice.

[[Roger]]

I imported my blue psp, then someone stole it .

I stole it viva Nvo Laredo
nah just kid that sux bro

[brunobelo]

You all forget about the people who doesn't live in USA / Europe / Japan. I'm from Brasil and here I can only buy Xbox 360, Wii and DS games, but 90% of the DS and wii games are imported.

PSP? No way, Sony hates Brasil. PS3? Who cares about that $#@! anyway. :-)

But since Tec Toy (licensed for Sega here, take a look at wikipedia) and Playtronic (Gradiente + Estrela, used to release Nintendo games) we didn't had official support. Until Microsoft released X360 here, at december 1st 2006.

By the way, if I couldn't import games, I couldn't play Playstation, PSP, PS2, Xbox and 90% of the other games.

Sorry about my english.

[Aryn]

All of my consoles were purchased locally due to the fact that before the last time I purchased one I did not have a credit card to shop online with. Come to think of it, my PSp is partially import3ed due to the fact that i ordered a new faceplate for it online and will likely be ordering a new screen and the PSP2TV hardware for it.

As for games, I only bothered to import them when I wanted them and could not obtain them locally.