Region lock - thoughts?

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A step towards the future or just some money grubbing scheme to stop people from importing titles not avalable in their country.

21/02/2012

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SONY

3DS is the only failure in that respect, but I do hope for Wii U (working title) to be region free).

21/02/2012

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gammaray13

i hate it as i would love to get some 3D bluRay from U.S.A. but they dont make a region free 3D bluray player as yet

21/02/2012

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gargoyles

i hate the region locks. i like all those adapter cartridges that you can play games from a different region with

21/02/2012

It's none of your business: ლ(╹◡╹ლ)

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Skarteh

Who on earth put this on the PC channel :/ there is no region locking on PC [Rage]

21/02/2012

Melbourne, Victoria | Walk with me in hell

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SONY

Skarteh said: Who on earth put this on the PC channel :/ there is no region locking on PC

Nothing wrong with putting it on/across all sites (MMGN site wide) to gain more exposure.

21/02/2012

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gammaray13

Skarteh said: Who on earth put this on the PC channel :/ there is no region locking on PC

nor is there any on PS3 so your point is ????? and it does say region lock not game region lock so i assume it can be anything with region lock and i for one hate it on Bluray movies [Shifty]

21/02/2012

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LDEvolution

gammaray13 said:
Skarteh said: Who on earth put this on the PC channel :/ there is no region locking on PC

nor is there any on PS3 so your point is ????? and it does say region lock not game region lock so i assume it can be anything with region lock and i for one hate it on Bluray movies

Bluray's got region lock?

21/02/2012

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Mik3y

Always have

21/02/2012

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Doyl

PAL... NTSC.... whatever else there is, why not just one!??

21/02/2012

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LDEvolution

Mik3y said: Always have

Sorry most of my movies, anime etc are on my computer so I don't really know.

Doyl said: PAL... NTSC.... whatever else there is, why not just one!??

If there is just one then life would be so much easier.

21/02/2012

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Dr_Mario

region lock. [Facepalm]

21/02/2012

sup dawg?

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LDEvolution

It has always been [Facepalm]

21/02/2012

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metalliguy

BlazeX said: A step towards the future or just some money grubbing scheme to stop people from importing titles not avalable in their country.

Region locking is not a step towards the future. It began with the early consoles from the 80-90's. Due to the different signal standards for each country/region (PAL, NTSC etc.) consoles had to match these standards, therefore releasing games to match.

Nowadays, current TV's (as well as most consoles) support all signals so it isn't really an issue. The main issue now with region locking imo has to do with classification and local laws for each said classification in every country. If the world had a universal law for all types of media, then region locking probably wouldn't exist. But countries like Germany have very strict laws, meaning titles have to meet these standards or not be released. Region locking is a way of local/federal government protecting its people from harsh/illicit media.

21/02/2012

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LDEvolution

metalliguy said: Region locking is a way of local/federal government protecting its people from harsh/illicit media.

Seems more like controlling what they think people should think/act etc if you ask me.

21/02/2012

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metalliguy

Protecting/controlling same dif lol

Never knew if GTA IV was released in Germany or not, you know, cause of all the controversy of those stupid analysts blaming the game on real life crimes etc.

21/02/2012

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LDEvolution

metalliguy said: Protecting/controlling same dif lol
Never knew if GTA IV was released in Germany or not, you know, cause of all the controversy of those stupid analysts blaming the game on real life crimes etc.

I hardly find any truth in that by the way.

Unless you are predisposed to violence no amount of violent games will make make you into some crazy nutcase wanting to kill alot of people.

This reminds me of DoAD for the 3DS got pulled because it was PG instead of M and for what?
Kids see worse when they goto the beach anyway.

Government =

21/02/2012

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gammaray13

LDEvolution said:
gammaray13 said:
Skarteh said: Who on earth put this on the PC channel :/ there is no region locking on PC

nor is there any on PS3 so your point is ????? and it does say region lock not game region lock so i assume it can be anything with region lock and i for one hate it on Bluray movies

Bluray's got region lock?

yes it has

21/02/2012

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chucky110

I think it's a pain in the backside. They shouldn't have region lock at all

21/02/2012

Melbourne Australia so deal with it

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Dicky

Couldn't careless really.

Pointless me trying to play japanese games when i can't understand them.
Games don't tend to get banned here in the UK so no need to import.
Most movies make it here both on bluray and dvd apart from select special editions. If it bothered me so much i'd just invest in a multi-region player or an NTSC model etc.

22/02/2012

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abujaffer

metalliguy said:
BlazeX said: A step towards the future or just some money grubbing scheme to stop people from importing titles not avalable in their country.

Region locking is not a step towards the future. It began with the early consoles from the 80-90's. Due to the different signal standards for each country/region (PAL, NTSC etc.) consoles had to match these standards, therefore releasing games to match.
Nowadays, current TV's (as well as most consoles) support all signals so it isn't really an issue. The main issue now with region locking imo has to do with classification and local laws for each said classification in every country. If the world had a universal law for all types of media, then region locking probably wouldn't exist. But countries like Germany have very strict laws, meaning titles have to meet these standards or not be released. Region locking is a way of local/federal government protecting its people from harsh/illicit media.

In the US there are almost no PAL TV's... the only people who stock them are those that sell to immigrants, such as Europeans, Jews, and Arabs. But these are very rare, and you have to pay a premium for these TV's. [WTF]

22/02/2012

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Leasha

Most of the blu rays I buy come from the UK so no big deal ( We share the same region)

FYI not all US blu rays are region locked either.

22/02/2012

In your house touching your stuff.

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chucky110

No they aren't. I have a few in my collection

23/02/2012

Melbourne Australia so deal with it

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Rusty_78

Most of the blu rays from the UK are either region free or the same region as Australia ( as said by leasha ). If you are looking to buy blu rays from the US you have to make sure they are region free this web site should help you out by telling if they are, www.blu-ray.com/... . Also so if you are looking for a region all blu ray player there are a few on the market, toshiba has one I know of, but I can't remember the model number. The is a US player that plays all region blu rays and DVDs its a oppo blu ray player. You can get them here, but they are not cheap. www.merlinaudiodesign.com.au/... . I have one and by far one of the best blu ray players I have seen.

23/02/2012

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