Thats nonsense, its not Sony's fault that this game got region locked. Its absurd to say PS3s are not region free just because of 1 game 6 years in its life. Instead of demanding explanation from Sony you should direct your anger towards Atlus who implemented such thing.
I bought my PS3 from Sony, not Atlus. Although I'm not pleased with them that they region locked this game either, they shouldn't have had the option in the first place. Technically PS3 is now region locked in the same way as Xbox 360 is.
Yes, yes they did and to be honest I couldnt be arsed googling for you.
It's your claim so it's for you to back it up with sources.
I dont think so, thats explicitly how its been. You can deny reality if you wish, but it is how it is.
How am I denying reality? There wasn't even the technical possibility to region lock PS3 games until Sony quietly added it in a FW update which was discovered by hackers.
You can download a pdf of the manual from the PS website, I even gave you a page reference.
Ok,
I found it now, thank you. It says Hong Kong PS3s can play region 3 PS3 discs, which doesn't really explain anything as this is the same regions as used on the game boxes, which are the same as DVD regions;
1 United States, Canada, Bermuda, U.S. territories
2 Europe (except Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus), Middle East, Egypt, Japan, South Africa, Swaziland, Lesotho, Greenland, French Overseas departments and territories
3 Southeast Asia, South Korea, Republic of China (Taiwan), Hong Kong, Macau
4 Mexico, South America, Central America, Caribbean, New Zealand, Australia, Papua New Guinea and much of Oceania
5 India, Nepal, Afghanistan, Sri Lanka, Ukraine, Belarus, Russia, Pakistan, Africa (except Egypt, South Africa, Swaziland, and Lesotho), Central and South Asia, Mongolia, North Korea
6 China
So Japan and Europe are both region 2? Asia is no longer the same region as Japan? Australia is no longer the same region as Europe? Of course none of that makes sense, and I highly doubt they will use the region system that's actually listed on the boxes and in the manual.
Anyway this is a pointless attempt to derail the thread because you have issues with Sony. This is entirely on Atlus.
My posts are entirely ontopic, this thread is about the first PS3 game to be region locked, it's not an Atlus hate thread.