gojensen posted:What worries me though is the lack of real information on this, and since this is a BD-ROM disc (as opposed to a BD video disc) the region coding actually are different. Will the disc be coded for Video or for Data, or maybe both?! A Japanese PS3 has BD video region A, BUT it has a BD-ROM (i.e. data/game) region of 2. So while it can play all N.A. BD films, it could theoretically NOT play either the game or the movie for this release. Which is worrying as I'm pretty sure there are a lot of Japanese PS3 stateside. Could this bite Midway in the rear? So, is it possible to get a verified answer as to whether this will be coded for; - BD Video (Region A)? - BD Rom/Game (Region 1)? Wiki refers to the region codes as A/1 B/2 etc. But as far as I know BDA just uses A, B and C, and so does Sony... So can I take the references to Region 1 as meaning it will be BDROM locked - or just the common misconception that BD Region A is the same as Region 1?
caudex posted:i think there is some serious communication problems within midway. anyway, to clarify, all ps3 games are region free. when ps3 games are completed, they are sent to sony for manufacturing. During this stage, it is sony that applies regions to the game, which the developers have no say in. Sony has said that all ps3 games past, present, and future will all be region free. end of story. The region coding is probably referring to the actual bluray movie disk that will come with the game.
Echo77 posted:caudex posted:i think there is some serious communication problems within midway. anyway, to clarify, all ps3 games are region free. when ps3 games are completed, they are sent to sony for manufacturing. During this stage, it is sony that applies regions to the game, which the developers have no say in. Sony has said that all ps3 games past, present, and future will all be region free. end of story. The region coding is probably referring to the actual bluray movie disk that will come with the game. I'm working on getting a definitive answer for you guys. There is confusion because of the differences between the regular edition and the collector's edition and how they will be coded regionally. Please be patient! I'll let you guys know what I hear as soon as I hear it. Thanks.
Darji posted:Echo77 posted:caudex posted:i think there is some serious communication problems within midway. anyway, to clarify, all ps3 games are region free. when ps3 games are completed, they are sent to sony for manufacturing. During this stage, it is sony that applies regions to the game, which the developers have no say in. Sony has said that all ps3 games past, present, and future will all be region free. end of story. The region coding is probably referring to the actual bluray movie disk that will come with the game. I'm working on getting a definitive answer for you guys. There is confusion because of the differences between the regular edition and the collector's edition and how they will be coded regionally. Please be patient! I'll let you guys know what I hear as soon as I hear it. Thanks.great and can you please find out if i can play the movie and the game with my japanese PS3 even when its region locked 1 because the Japan and America have the same codes. Thank you^^
tjam posted:The plot thickens so speak. I contacted videogamesplus.ca about this, who in turn contacted Midway. Videogamesplus posted: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hello, Just to let you know I have contacted Midway support myself and this is the response I received : "Thank you for contacting Midway Tech/Customer Support. Please see below for details about your inquiry to Midway. Both PS3 versions will be region free. The 360 version has not been decided upon as yet, however the 360 collectors edition will include the movie Hard Boiled on DVD. This DVD may be region locked." Thanks, Sidney Customer Service Representative VIDEOGAMESPLUS.CA -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I don't know what to believe anymore! Why don't Midway provide one consistent message? The left hand doesn't seem to know what the right hand does! So frustrating!
billythekid posted: I hope the xbox 360 version is codefree!!!!!!!!! I WANT THIS GAME SO BAD MY PERSONAL GAME OF THE YEAR!!!! Do you know the release date for the asian version(xbox 360) of the game???
gojensen posted:caudex; no ps3games are region coded... YET. The system fully allows for region coding - and if you inspect your PS3 packaging you'll see 4 region codes listed, one for BluRay movies, one for BD-ROM (i.e. games discs), one for DVD-Video and one for PS2 compability (NTSC, NTSC-J, PAL). Sony has said they won't region code games... however 3rd party suppliers (like Midway) may do so... it would be stupid yes, but it's possible. Anyways, only Midway can give a definitive answer on how these PS3 discs are coded (if at all) - and if it's "movie-coding" or "game-coding" or both.
caudex posted:for christ sake. ps3 games are NOT region locked. Bluray movies on the other hand can be region locked. IF the movie is locked to a region, for people who purchase the special edition game, you will still be able to play the game. you just won't be able to watch the bonus movie disk unless your ps3 is of the same region.
