Living in two countries is difficult, and Sony and the other video game system creators aren’t helping.
I hate region coding on games with a passion. Sure I can understand that in some parts of the world (aka. Australia), video games may fetch a higher price. But hey, for countries with similar marketplaces, why create walls?
I own a Nintendo Wii and a Sony PS3. The Wii was purchased on a very cold night a couple weeks before Christmas. Or rather, it was purchased after waiting an entire night in line at Best Buy in 10+ inches of snow! Brrrr….
On the other hand, I bought my PS3 here in Japan. Now while the PS3 claims to be region free for PS3 games, I have yet to see a game come out that I really want so we’ll table that.
But with the Wii, all I can do is sit and drool and Metroid Prime, Super Paper Mario and the multiple other games that I want to play… all because our dear friends at Nintendo decided that no one in the US would want to play a Japanese game on their Wii.
Haha though! Thanks to the wondrous open source community, there is an open-source modchip out there along with thousands of pieces of code that will allow me to bypass these walls built be greedy and dream-crushing executives. Oh yes, I will play Metroid Prime. I have the money in my wallet right now and am just itching to go and get my copy.
Cheers,
Captain Adam
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