A brief on AU’s Blu-Ray region locks

Just a short explanation on the region locks that Australia will be experiencing with their PS3 units come the March 23 launch day. No – this won’t be about the  PAL and NTSC restrictions for games, as Sony‘s already mentioned way before that their console is region free. Rather, this discussion goes in way of the unit’s Blu-Ray movies. “Film regions were set up by a Hollywood consortium – it’s not our right to set that. There are three new regions for film – Australia’s grouped with Europe this time,” explained Adrian Christie, Sony Australia’s PR manager.

How does this affect your gaming when the console lands, you ask? Nothing much, really, but you may consider this a brief on “how things work”, and an explanation on the complexities of promoting a console as both a gaming and entertainment console. Besides, Sony’s lovin’ the format, as much as some other hackers are beginning to. Just make sure to be ready for the games coming in with the unit’s launch.

Via IGN

Just a short explanation on the region locks that Australia will be experiencing with their PS3 units come the March 23 launch day. No – this won’t be about the  PAL and NTSC restrictions for games, as Sony‘s already mentioned way before that their console is region free. Rather, this discussion goes in way of the unit’s Blu-Ray movies. “Film regions were set up by a Hollywood consortium – it’s not our right to set that. There are three new regions for film – Australia’s grouped with Europe this time,” explained Adrian Christie, Sony Australia’s PR manager.

How does this affect your gaming when the console lands, you ask? Nothing much, really, but you may consider this a brief on “how things work”, and an explanation on the complexities of promoting a console as both a gaming and entertainment console. Besides, Sony’s lovin’ the format, as much as some other hackers are beginning to. Just make sure to be ready for the games coming in with the unit’s launch.

Via IGN