PSP Regions?

[rtsai]

i searched region in the psp section and didnt see anything. i figured someone would have covered this already, maybe im just blind. anyways, so my friends got me a psp from taiwan ( i live in the US) on the box it says region 3, im remember reading somewhere that the regions for games dont mattter, so whats the point of the region? is it for umd movies then?thanks

[Ishiyoshi]

Indeed. There is no region restriction for PSP games but region restrictions are enforced upon UMD movies for obvious reason.

[DannyB37]

On the back of my only game it says "2" so is this game regonised or are they all exempt?

[Ishiyoshi]

On the back of my only game it says "2" so is this game regonised or are they all exempt?

I believe the region designation shown on your PSP game is just for formalities. You should have no issues using that PSP game in question in another PSP of other region.

[DannyB37]

Thanks, thats a releif! I'm going out to canada in 8 weeks!

lol, is very good to know.

[Ishiyoshi]

Thanks, thats a releif! I'm going out to canada in 8 weeks!

lol, is very good to know.

You do have a PSP unit from the UK?

[DannyB37]

You do have a PSP unit from the UK?

Yeh, region 2.

[Ishiyoshi]

PSP games from North America will work just fine with your UK PSP. Perhaps you can acquire the "Ghosts 'N Goblins" while you're in Canada.

[DannyB37]

never heard of it I'll keep my eye open.

I've ordered a 2GB SanDisk memory card for psp, so I can rip dvd's and play them on my psp when I'm out there.

I have sucsessfully ripped and converted my die hard dvd to mp4 video, just can try it on the psp yet, I only have a 32mb card at the moment!

I got a low-quality futurama file on my 32mb card at the moment. lol (96kbps)

[Ishiyoshi]

never heard of it I'll keep my eye open.

--> Ghosts 'n Goblins

[big-daddy]

Hi, People, I'd like to share my experience with you.

First of all, I got my PSP from Taiwan, too. I bought it at the end of June in 2005.

It was a fun time, I missed it very much... (Looking away to the sky...)

Anyway, I live in Canada, and recently my little brother bought a PSP as well... which is around August of 2006.

My PSP is region 3, and his region 1.

My PSP's bar-coded sticker tells me PSP 1007, and my borthers PSP 1000(If I remember right.)

He's got this Region 1 UMD movie, which is "Not another Teen Movie".

He played it just fine... and I was bored and tried to play it...

Guess what? It works~!! XD

To be honest, I never finished the whole movie since I've seen it already, and I haven't try to watch a region 3 UMD movie yet.

So, like everyone else, I used to think this region only works on Movies... but guess not.

By the way, both of our firmware were 2.6(If i remember it right.)

I bought mine as Value pack, with native firmware 1.5

My brother bought it as Basic pack, with native firmware 2.5 or 2.6

I wonder if the firm ware is just for shows?

Eitherway, I don't really care... I usually just watch MVs on my PSP... As for movies... I'll leave that with TVs. =_=+

See you around.