Probably less you "tricking" them, and more good customer service, aka "the customer is always right." You're not as devious as you seem to think you are.ItsEvolution

I have a friend who owns and indie shop and he is adamant that in his vast experience the customer is almost never correct. People almost constantly try to shaft him by bringing in games that "didn't work" when they worked perfectly well. This type of behaviour only cements the idea that customers are misinformed/complete lying ****ers!!!

I've only owned my PSP Slim for two weeks but the games i've bought so far have all been excellent.

1. WipEout Pure (Best racer on the PSP......probably. Played my friends copy of burnout and that's great aswell)

2. Gradius Collection (So much on offer, the old school aesthetics and music are fan-f'in-tastic!!!)

3. Y's: Ark of Napishtim (Despite some annoying enemies and bland graphics the game oozes charm. The artwork, music and characters make this game a joy to play)

4. Gitaroo Man Lives (Short but sweet)

5. Locoroco (Is growing on me despite initially finding it vomitingly cute)

6. Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters (The camera can **** off)

I'm hoping to get Tales of Eternia/ The Worlds, Breath of Fire III, Brave Story, Harvey Birdman, FF Tactics and Worms OW 2 over the next few months aswell. It's a great time to be a PSP owner as to be honest almost every game i've seen in all of these lists look tempting!

Please research what you're talking about next timeJaysonguy

Please explain what i said that was incorrect?

Can this thing boot copied games cuz that would explain why?zaku101

No. I expect if it were, codejunkies would probably be closed down and under criminal prosecution.

There were technical limitations that made region locking the orginal gameboy impractical. This is why Nintendo handhelds started off region free. It would be awkward to make the sucessive systems region locked after this. Plus there's the economic benefit of owners traveling abroad with their handhelds being able to purchase games wherever they went.
ThePlothole

Hmm, that arguement seems a little odd.

I know that didnt answer your question... I didnt answer your question because I dont know the answer and part of the reason I didnt know the answer is because of part two you added...

Jaysonguy is pretty set on the belief that it helps protect each region's retailers (if we could have imported SSBB from japan then there would have been tons of fans that would have done that and that is just that many less people who would have purchased it from American retailers)... if thats the answer or not I dont know but it very well could be.

also congrats on your 2000th post.

ag1052

Cheers, i'd been stuck at 1994 for many months until i was spurred to make a post on this issue. It's a confusing subject. I buy almost all my DS games from play-asia (living in the UK) because NOE are so very slow in releasing them over here. We haven't even got PW: trials and tribulations for the DS but PW4 has already been released in America. If they really wanted to stop people buying import enablers they would try to do world wide releases instead of staggering them. I find it an insult that i have to wait up to 6 months to get a uk release of a game that has only had several other languages included. I understand that it was initially stated that they couldn't make enough copies any sooner because they're machines were working at full capacity and it would be a waste of money to buy more machines. Exscuses after exscuses.

That's probably correct, and if it weren't for the DS being region free i would fully agree. Obviously NOE won't make any money, which is against their interests. However, if they can put the effort in to patching it, its time and effort they should be putting into releasing games within a good timeframe of the American and Japanese release.

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I wonder why Nintendo are even bothered by it.

ag1052

Firstly that isn't really answering my question. Secondly, if importing bothers them then why the hell did they make the DS region free?