Japenese PSP vs American PSP

Placebo · 13-03-2005 2:47pm #1

well, japenese psp apparently plays REGION 1 , which is also the region used in europe , right?
So would it be better buying a japenese psp ? as USA one wouldnt be able to play movies bought from here, i know not many people would bother buying a UMB but still id rather an option be available.

Winters · 13-03-2005 2:53pm

America uses Region1.
In Europe, Japan and the Middle East we use Region 2.

You would be better off importing the Japaneese version if you want to have the option of using UMD disc's for movies.

Ciaran500 · 13-03-2005 2:53pm

The only difference will be UMD movies and the posibility of a lower quality screen. But we will have to wait till launch to confirm that.

Placebo · 13-03-2005 2:56pm

oh region2, sorry.
also i dont think you will be able to play games LAN/online bought now[jap/usa] with the ones that are released here later[euro]

Ciaran500 · 13-03-2005 3:03pm

You might not be able to play games from different regions against each other. But the PSP will communicate to ones from different regions (I hope).

Winters · 13-03-2005 3:05pm

Games are not region locked.

And so far, its mostly all speculation. I dont see how the games will be unable to communicate with each other and why they would do this. Both games would use the exact same system, the only difference is the user intergace which features a alternative language.

Placebo · 13-03-2005 3:05pm

yeah, i think it will.
Euro date is June, right ? provisional. Thats a long time away
march, april, may, june.

Winters · 13-03-2005 3:08pm

No Euro date set.

It will be at least in the 3Q or early 4Q of the year.

carbsy · 13-03-2005 11:52pm

You won't be able to play a multiplayer game of say Wipeout between a US version and EU version as the basic code is different - that's confirmed by Sony.

Placebo · 15-03-2005 9:24am

by the time psp euro comes out, all gamers with money will have the psp + 20 games.

Winters · 15-03-2005 9:47am

carbsy wrote:

You won't be able to play a multiplayer game of say Wipeout between a US version and EU version as the basic code is different - that's confirmed by Sony.

link?

I dont see why they would change the "basic code" of a game. Unless it is some way of imposing region coding on multiplayer. The "basic code" of the game would be the same reguardless of where it is bought I would believe, it would be stupidly expensive to change the "basic code" of all the games for different regions.

Japenese PSP vs American PSP

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