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Confirmed: PS3 Is Region Free

On September 25th, 2006 in Uncategorized -

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During an interview with Wired, Sony’s Phil Harrison confirmed that the PS3 will have region free games, including those downloaded from the PS3 online service. This means games from other territories can be played on a console, which is good news for the gamers primarily interested in importing Japanese games. Harrison also said that Blu-ray movies will not be region free.

A week ago, Nintendo made a PR bummer by announcing the Wii as region free, when in fact it wasn’t.

Read (Wired)

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