Buying a PS3 from USA (live in UK)

Hi everyone,

I would just like to know if the PS3 (NTSC from USA) would work back in the UK?

My reason for asking this question is that i am going New York on December 26th, and have thought about getting a PS3 out there (if available at the time), and then bringing it back to the UK to sell on Ebay? or keep and play for myself...

Thanks

 

Well the ebayings going to be pretty much done by that point. But if you could find one you could take it back with you and sell it to some videogamer for like 2000 prob.

 

Well the american is going to be NTSC the european games will be PAL. BUT with the psp the games were not regioned or whatever you want to call it. But you WILL have troubles watching european movies for sure. Not sure if the games are regioned or not.

 

I heard that the PS3 would be region free for games?

 

Ok if you bought a ntsc ps3 then that would mean all of the games that you buy were you live would be PAL so it wouldent work... So you would have to buy online for everyone of your games pretty much...

 

so its not region free? sorry if this is annoying anyone, but i need to get all thoughts right before i splash out $600 on a machine that might not work in the UK...

Theres always ebay right? Theres always gonna be a hardcore gamer wanting a ps3 before its UK release?

And anyway the ps3 most likely wont be available in NY when i go on the 26th Dec...

 

Ok to make it clear if you buy a ps3 from north america the games will not work on it if you buy the games in the UK.

 

ok thanks face123

 

Yeah no problem but you could always buy the games of the internet.....

 

im not really planning to keep the system but to sell it on ebay UK, unless ofcourse im stuck with it. I figured i'd buy a game as well with the system to start off with. Do you think (knowing that its after xmas and little kids will have lots of pocket money lol) that i would still get good return/profit from it, or not enough to bother?

 

Well the ps3 wil sell but if you sold them before xmas that would be better because people would be asking a ps3 for christmas you know what I mean?

 

yeah i see that, but i like the idea of going to NY after xmas for new year

Like i said before though theres no guarantee that i will get one out there, its the day after xmas, they will most likely all be out of stock...

 

and seeing that it comes out in the USA on the 17th, no doubt there will be loads circulating on ebay UK, so i can see if the prices they are reaching is worth all the hassle...

 

ps3 is region free

a us ps3 will be able to play games bought in the uk and vice versa...

 

Thats what I thought!!

Now its a diffrent story with the bluray movies.

 

here are some links about region free games, pros and possible cons

http://www.joystiq.com/2006/03/23/region-free-ps3-free-online-multiplayer-confirmed/

http://ps3.ign.com/articles/697/697656p1.html

http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/23/playstation-3-to-ship-region-free/

and here is the CATCH that emachine mentioned above...

http://digitalbattle.com/2006/09/25/confirmed-ps3-is-region-free/

unless this has all changed, GAMES are region free

 

dang you hade, i was just about to post something about the region free-ness and you were the most recent poster on it. games are region free, but videos are not.

 

cool, thanks for all your help guys!

 

@judjr
if you dont remove that link, i think it will lead to a banning. its advertising for that "free" stuff, and the people here usually dont accept that.