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Vita Likely To Be Region Free

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by Matthew Kato on June 09, 2011 at 09:10 AM
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Sony looks like it might continue its region-free trend and make the PlayStation Vita able to games released in territories worldwide.

IGN reports that Michael Denny, Sony's vice president of worldwide studios Europe, said that to the best of his knowledge, the Vita would – like the PSP and PS3 before it – be region free.

Of course, it's not all clear sailing. The PlayStation 3 still restricts PSN sales to specific territories.

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  • by Thursday, June 09, 2011 at 09:14 AM
    Wait... Does that mean I can play imported games from Japan before they come out in America? Can some one help?
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    by Thursday, June 09, 2011 at 09:24 AM

    I never understood the point of regions. It just seems like it's designed to make you replace your game/movie collections if you ever want to move to Europe or Asia.

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    by Thursday, June 09, 2011 at 09:25 AM
    This only makes sense to me. I never understood why systems were regional anyway.
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    by Thursday, June 09, 2011 at 09:34 AM

    If anything is  region locked, i can no longer buy the games as in my country we get mixed region games.

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    by Thursday, June 09, 2011 at 09:41 AM
    I mean no offence, but so what? Is it really important to have an article discussing that a portable system is region free? Just make one large articule on the PSV and include that its region free.
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    by Thursday, June 09, 2011 at 09:45 AM

    That's good. I love how my PS3 is region free. I've imported some JRPGs before.

  • by Thursday, June 09, 2011 at 10:14 AM
    I remember when I was in the Heathrow airport I bought a video game magazine that had a stuntman PS2 demo. I was so excited to play it when I got home, but then I realized it was PAL.

    DOH
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    by Thursday, June 09, 2011 at 10:35 AM

    they better no be region locked. that would be very dumb on sonys part. but they are not a dumb company so i think we are ok

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    by Thursday, June 09, 2011 at 10:42 AM

    This is fantastic news! This is really cool of Sony to continue doing.

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    by Thursday, June 09, 2011 at 10:43 AM

    Me likey. I loved my DS Lite for this reason so that I could play Ouendan but I've yet to play any other games from other regions. I could see how this would be handy for traveling though.

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    by Thursday, June 09, 2011 at 11:06 AM

    Well... I must give credit where credit is due... I'm all for region free systems and its a real shame the 3DS isn't even remotely region free...

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    by Thursday, June 09, 2011 at 11:26 AM

    Great news indeed. I love how I don't have to worry about regions when I buy my PS3 games, I'm always sure it'll work on my system.

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    by Thursday, June 09, 2011 at 11:43 AM

    Man this ho looks sweet!!!

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    by Thursday, June 09, 2011 at 11:47 AM

    Hmm

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    by Thursday, June 09, 2011 at 12:44 PM

    all i gotta say is " I CANT WAIT FOR THIS "

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    by Thursday, June 09, 2011 at 12:52 PM

    Well this is a cool idea, I am liking this PSV even more :)

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    by Thursday, June 09, 2011 at 01:01 PM

    Please show the games that are coming out for the PS Vita. The more you show the more people will get into it. =P

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    by Thursday, June 09, 2011 at 02:37 PM

    Still, lack of region-locking for the hard copies would be beneficial in judging the quality of Japan-first or Europe-first games before they get to America.  Definitely has interest from me...

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    by Thursday, June 09, 2011 at 03:47 PM

    Heheheh, I can get games overseas now....

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    by Thursday, June 09, 2011 at 03:59 PM

    Good for Sony.  The region lock sucks.

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