Is Playstation 3 Region Free?

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#1 Elv0
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I have a European ps3 (Bought in Norway), does American games work then?.

I heard that ps3 is region free, but some games does not work, and what about the diffrent tv systems..? ntsc\Pal.

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#2 zoidsj
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Yes it's region free

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More specifically, PS3 games are region free. The console itself is not. If you'd try to play a NTSC PS1 game on a PAL PS3, it will not work.
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#4 shhbob
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Yes it's region free

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^^ yeah

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#5 Elv0
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More specifically, PS3 games are region free. The console itself is not. If you'd try to play a NTSC PS1 game on a PAL PS3, it will not work. jt4mtb
Is it any known games that are region coded? that will not work on European ps3?

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[QUOTE="jt4mtb"]More specifically, PS3 games are region free. The console itself is not. If you'd try to play a NTSC PS1 game on a PAL PS3, it will not work. Elv0

Is it any known games that are region coded? that will not work on European ps3?

All PS3 games will work in all ps3 consoles, except PS2 games.
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#7 R_MAHIL
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i brought my console from holiday in america and all uk games work on it + most blu-rays.
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#8 King9999
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PS3 games are region-free. PS2, PS1, Blu-Ray, and DVDs are not.

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#9 Thetaguru
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All disc based PS3 games will work on your system. Digital PS3 games from the PSN store is region based but only on the region of your credit card and PSN account. Meaning you can not use an EU credit card to buy a game from the US playstation store but you coulduse an Japanese PSN card and buy a game off of the Japanese PSN store.

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#10 Elv0
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All disc based PS3 games will work on your system. Digital PS3 games from the PSN store is region based but only on the region of your credit card and PSN account. Meaning you can not use an EU credit card to buy a game from the US playstation store but you coulduse an Japanese PSN card and buy a game off of the Japanese PSN store.

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Ahha, thanks that cleared up some things!:D,

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#11 AmnesiaHaze
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yes it is technically for games , but sony restricted the importing to europe lol

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#12 Elv0
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Ahh, wow, that sucks..