DLC is a whole different beast. Some are indeed region-locked and it also has something to do with what region your PSN account is.
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Persona 4: Arena Region-Locked on PS3 - Confirmed [PR statement in OP]
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DLC is a whole different beast. Some are indeed region-locked and it also has something to do with what region your PSN account is.
Cheesemeister
Member
This is nonsense. This game should be boycotted on principle, so that it doesn't set a dangerous precedent.
toddhunter
Member
I can buy and play things from say the US store. However the DLC needs to match the version of your game. As such it is more 'game region locked' then straight 'region locked' I suppose.
Yep that's true but it is also account based. From the Uncharted 3 steelbook edition for example, there were free multiplayer perks for download. The game was region 3 and so were the codes. My main PSN account however is the US one. The perks will only work for the Asian account.
Good thing online passes work for all accounts on the console, regardless of region.
toddhunter
Member
True. Still that is more 'region inconvenient' then 'region locked'. Hopefully that doesn't change.
Yeah, I just discovered that myself (emphasis mine):
AustralianIT said:
ACCC proving once again that its bark is worse than its bite.
zerokoolpsx
Member
This is all on Atlus. Sony gives a choice to publishers. First region locked ps3 game! How lame.
yeah,for 6 years no publisher (bad,evil and good ones) locked their games on PS3,even the ones who lock them on 360,Atlus deserve some boycotting and zero sale for P4 Area because of this bullshit.
R_thanatos
Member
Yeah right it has no influence ..... Sorry but to burn a forest , someone has to burn the first branch and the wind will take care of the rest ..
Atlus Usa , like it or not is a publisher , Atlus Japan is a devellopper /publisher too .. If they decide to lock and nobody complains, other will think ..let's lock too !
You only one to start the bad cycle..
The horse armor started the same way ... (it's minor , it's not important , it's only bethesda , etc etc ) and look where we are today ..If the horse armor didn't have a free pass because it wasn't important as all of them were saying , things would have been different.
Here it's the same ..Things on PS3 are stable .. region free for all games, with dlc tied to their original region and whatever the dev want to do for online ..
It all worked for 6+ years ... Are you telling me that Atlus won't open the way for everyone else ? Who are you kidding ?
Everyone follow the path that worked before for someone.
rockman zx
Member
Looks to me like it's all on the European publisher, they don't even know how to pack the games they ship from their online store, so I'm not suprised at all by this.
Ragingnight
Member
Still day 1 for me. The game is worth my 60 bucks.
VanillaCakeIsBurning
Member
Considering we haven't had any region locked PS3 games to my knowledge for it's entire lifespan.
There is no good reason for this.
I love region free. So many games I wouldn't be able to play because I would have to purchase another system just to play them if region free wasn't available.
I am looking forward to Persona 4: Arena but if this truly happens then I'm likely going to pass this up.
I'll live.
There is no good reason for this.
I love region free. So many games I wouldn't be able to play because I would have to purchase another system just to play them if region free wasn't available.
I am looking forward to Persona 4: Arena but if this truly happens then I'm likely going to pass this up.
I'll live.
toddhunter
Member
Nah blame the European publishers. I doubt there is anything Atlus can do.
Having said that, no way this is actually true so I wouldn't freak out too much.
zerokoolpsx
Member
Man, what is Zen United even thinking? Looks like Atlus hands are tied on this. Real shame too.
Touch fuzZy. get BizZay
Member
Yeah, Zen (the publisher) must be breaking Atlus' balls over this, right? Perhaps they published some Atlus titles in PAL regions before (I have no idea, I've been importing everything) and were unhappy with the way those obscure Atlus titles are imported all the time by a devoted fanbase but then don't fly off store shelves to your average customer.
Honestly I have no beef with them if announce a date in a timely manner and the wait isn't ridiculous. But they won't and it will be.
rockman zx
Member
They didn't, the only reason why Zen is publishing this in Europe is because is an ASW game, I bet they will not touch P4G, the publisher will be Ghostlight probably.
Touch fuzZy. get BizZay
Member
They published the other ARCs games like blazblue in PAL? Were they much later than US releases?
toastyToast
Member
Zen United have published Arcsys games, not Atlus. The only relation they have is that Atlus publishes Arcsys games in the US
Ghostlight does the RPGs usually
Ghostlight does the RPGs usually
SMT
this show is not Breaking Bad why is it not Breaking Bad? it should be Breaking Bad dammit Breaking Bad
Gone are the days where you could buy a game from another region and not worry about it playing on your PS3. GONE!
I hope this is a lie, between you, me, and Dupree.
Fuck you Zen United? **Insult postponed, awaiting official confirmation from Zen United**
Also will boycott, eat it.
It starts with one game, then the rest follow. We should snip it at the pathological source.
I hope this is a lie, between you, me, and Dupree.
Fuck you Zen United? **Insult postponed, awaiting official confirmation from Zen United**
Also will boycott, eat it.
It starts with one game, then the rest follow. We should snip it at the pathological source.
toddhunter
Member
Look at it this way. Blazblue ended up being released in Australia, about a week before Blazblue Continuum shift was released.
Was a bit of a disaster. This is where it would probably be coming from.
CadetMahoney
Member
definitely not buying.
R
Retro_
Unconfirmed Member
As long as I can still play with players in all regions, I'm good.(Region locked online play is something I wish would go away moreso than this.)
Sucks for people that wanted to import, but I mean at the end of the day a good game is still being made available for everyone to play so I personally can't get too negative over this.
Definitely don't feel strong enough about it to boycott or whatever.
Sucks for people that wanted to import, but I mean at the end of the day a good game is still being made available for everyone to play so I personally can't get too negative over this.
Definitely don't feel strong enough about it to boycott or whatever.
It's ok, I think about Journey while reading other threads too.
Touch fuzZy. get BizZay
Member
Haha! Thats bad! At least when P4A comes out in stores around October 2013 or whenever, I can just skip it and go straight to P4: Champion edition with Junpei, Koromaru and Dojima.
rockman zx
Member
The publisher for ASW games in the US it's aksys games.
Hours Left
Member
This is weird.
I hope they clarify this issue.
I hope they clarify this issue.
Pretty much, regionless gaming is one of the major reasons I'm primarily a PlayStation customer.
toddhunter
Member
Different prices. Australian's could import the US version normally, get it much earlier and at a much cheaper price.
A digital example, but relevant here is Catherine $50 on the US PSN at release, $100 US for us!
InfiniteNine
Rolling Girl
I wouldn't support any game that was the first to region lock on the PS3. x: As someone who imports some of their games I don't want this to be the start of something that would effect me badly.
Touch fuzZy. get BizZay
Member
Muuuuuch longer than a month from what we can tell by history. Still, since I really want the game, that doesn't change just because I'm getting screwed over in this way. I think most people aren't serious about boycotting so much as they are saying that to express their shock and displeasure.
Ragingnight
Member
^This. I would only believe people like Aram regarding this kind of topic and not some anonymous admin on the forum.
AkimbO_Arcana
Banned
If the system it's releasing on would be region locked by default, I would be with you (e.g. 3DS, still no Devil Survivor: Overclocked for EU...). But this is completely unnecessary. Why Atlus, why?
Ghostlight have been all but dead for a few years now. Koei published P3/FES and Square Enix published P4 and Odin Sphere.
RyougaSaotome
Member
Really? As far as I can tell on twitter and on their site, they've been releasing tons.
http://www.ghostlight.uk.com/
AkimbO_Arcana
Banned
P3P is published by Ghostlight and it's a more recent title than FES and P4.
Weird how my copy of Gundam EXVS has a 3 on the box, yet works on my ps3 purchased here in north america, from a run-down toys r us. I must have a magic ps3.
Edit: oh. everyone else beat me to it. That'll teach me to reply to a single linked post without first reading the thread :/
I don't think you get how it works.
The region number on the box tells you what region the version of the game you're buying is for.
For eg: region 1: usa ntsc
Region 3: ntsc hk/singapore/etc
Region 2: uk/uae/india pal
Region 1 games obviously have single language support (eng) while the eu region 2 games have language selection at the beginning.
But all these games can be played on the same ps3, no matter what the region. I own region 1 valkyria chronicles, lbp1, blazbblue ct, I own region 3 dead space, but I own region 2 of all my 50 other games
Also, if you have a region 3 copy of a game, region 1 dlc (us psn) usually works on it
This. So much. I import my games from US and Japan from time to time. So this is a direct attack on my interest to continue to do so.
Touch fuzZy. get BizZay
Member
Exactly. A few people seem confused but its quite simple. Labels say what region a game is from. That doesn't mean they are locked. They are only locked when you put them in a ps3 from another region and they don't work.
graywolf323
Member
RDR
LA NOIRE
Portal 2
Batman: Arkham City
Uncharted 3
Marvel vs. Capcom 3
I'm living in Asia right now with a Asian PS3 playing NA games.
I can confirm that these games are not region locked for sure.