Are the PS3/Wii/360 region locked?

[pg22]

'm guessing this is a yes, but I'm sitting in Tokyo right now, and being around all this good stuff makes me want them. In fact, they are cheaper here than in the U.S.

But I'm guessing if I were to buy a PS3/Wii/360 in Japan, I'd have no luck when I took them to the US, right?

 

[mlm]

PS3: no
360: sometimes
Wii: yes

That's only referring to the games. Older system games, DVD's, and BD's are region-locked.

 

[pg22]

Interesting. So the PS3 from Japan can play games from the US but not movies?

 

[mlm]

Originally posted by: pg22
Interesting. So the PS3 from Japan can play games from the US but not movies?

PS3 games are good to go, PS1/PS2 are not. DVD's won't work, but America and Japan share the same region for BD.

 

[FoBoT]

wii can't play dvd's

 

[pg22]

http://www.wiikey.cn/index.html

Anyone know about this chip?

 

[randomlinh]

nm