• Taking UK games consoles to Australia

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      Published on 17-10-2011 12:30 AM  Number of Views: 674  
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      Sony PS3
      • Games are region free – any PS3 game from any region will work on any PS3.
      • Blu-Ray movie discs are region locked – Australia and UK are in the same Blu Ray region (B) and will therefore play both UK and Australian Blu-Ray discs.
      • DVD Movie discs are region locked. A UK PS3 will only play UK region DVDs (Region 2). It will not play Aus DVDs (Region 4). Vice versa applies


      Nintendo Wii
      • Games are region locked, but Australian Wii games will work on a UK Wii and vice versa. The US has a different region and there is no inter-operability between US and UK/Aus Wiis. Any PAL region game will work on a UK or Aus Wii.
      • DVD – Wii can’t play DVDs.
      XBox 360
      • Games UK and Australia will work interchangeably. Games from other regions such as the US or Japan may or may not work – each individual title is different as it is us to the individual publisher to decide whether or not to include the region coding in their game. A regional compatibility guide can be found here.
      • DVD Movie discs UK XBox360′s will only play UK region DVDs (Region 2). It will not play Australian DVDs (Region 4). Vice versa applies.
      Sony PSP
      • Games PSP games will play on any region PSP.
      • Movie discs (UMD) are region locked as per DVD regions. A UK PSP will only play UK region UMDs (Region 2). It will not play Australian UMDs (Region 4). Vice versa applies
      Nintendo DS
      • Games are not region locked. Any game will work on any region console. The exception to this is the Nintendo DSi, which has a region block for the DSiWare downloadable games.
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      1. RockDr's Avatar
        RockDr - 17-10-2011, 03:37 AM
        Vice versa doesn't apply on the X-box for DVDs. My Australian X-box will play both UK and Australian DVDs.
      1. Cerberus1's Avatar
        Cerberus1 - 25-10-2011, 11:52 AM
        Quote Originally Posted by RockDr View Post
        Vice versa doesn't apply on the X-box for DVDs. My Australian X-box will play both UK and Australian DVDs.
        Microsoft doesn't make region free X-Box 360's - http://support.xbox.com/en-GB/xbox-3...ch-dvds-movies "The Xbox 360 console can only play discs that are sold in the same region as the console"
        My Australian Xbox360 will play region 4 (Australia), region 0 (No region) and some disks from the UK which say Region 2 but which are also Region 4 (despite not officially stating so) however, discs which are strictly region 2 only (from my collection - Lord of the Rings Trilogy, Star Wars Trilogy etc) will not play on an unmodified Australian X-Box360.
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        RockDr - 28-10-2011, 02:52 AM
        You're right, tried LOTR last night and xbox kicked up a fuss :(Ah well, will just have to hook up one of the laptops to play those ones.That said, I'm surprised how many UK dvds aren't actually region coded...also surprised the x-box hasn't been caught up in australia's anti-competion laws yet.
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