Hardware Confirmed: The 3DS is region-locked

[lordrand11]

I've never understood the logic behind region locking. Surely it cuts down on revenues, and it puts up a totally unnecessary barrier between countries. You're fucking with world peace, Nintendo.

I laughed so hard, I almost had a stroke. Seriously awesome comment dude. Anyways, yeah that does really suck, but then again if the 3ds is hacked like the wii is it shouldn't be any problem.

 

[DeMoN]

Yeah this definitely sucks, but on the bright side, this means there is a bigger need to hack the 3DS.

 

[Gh0sti]

i hope hackers can get in on this and open this system wide like wii and ps3 giving us our freedom on gaming

 

[xaeroak15]

That motivates some "Good" players to pirate huh?

 

[darkriku2000]

Thank God I'm not planning to buy a 3DS. But this is just ridiculous.

Replace '3DS' with PSP, PSP2, PS3, Xbox 360 or Wii and see if you still agree with it.

Region locking is an industry standard. You really expected a 2011 handheld to be region free?

PSP, PS3 and 360 are NOT region locked though, and PSP2 probably wont be too. the 3DS is actuallt the first handheld to be completely region locked (with DSI region locking some games), so this is a huge step backwards.

I was pretty damn sure the PS3, PSP and 360 were region locked. Nevermind, carry on then.

The PS3 is region locked. Pretty sure the PS2 is region locked. Not sure if the PSP is region locked. The 360 is probably region locked, though I'm not part of that scene in any way, shape, or form.

The ps2 is region locked yes. The PSP is not, neither are the ps3 and 360. I believe that with those last 2 though that it's actually the developer's choice.

 

[Deleted-188346]

Well, I'm certainly buying the 3DS from America now. No way I'm dealing with Australian prices on games.

 

[Nathan Drake]

The PS3 is region locked. Pretty sure the PS2 is region locked. Not sure if the PSP is region locked. The 360 is probably region locked, though I'm not part of that scene in any way, shape, or form.

The ps2 is region locked yes. The PSP is not, neither are the ps3 and 360. I believe that with those last 2 though that it's actually the developer's choice.

Certain features of the PS3 can be region locked. Although the games aren't (save one or two special cases), the DLC is still specific to the region for which the game was released, online play can be restricted if that specific feature is region locked, and Blu-Ray movies are for sure region locked (disc by disc). You may have to suffer a little, but at least it's not a total region lock.

 

[Necron]

Nintendo is just stupid. They support indirectly or directly piracy by doing these things. One more excuse to hack

Go hackers! go!

 

[TheDestroyer]

As long as they release KH: 3D international I'm good or any KH games lolz

 

[Ryukouki]

Nintendo is not stupid. This is brilliant!

I can actually support buying all their games now! Instead of downloading everything for free, I can actually support them and do what I loved to do and buy games! Thank you Nintendo for doing something like this.

I really like how the games are like $70 apiece! I can actually hope that they're good games now!

 

[leeday100196]

OOOH! I just had an idea! you know how the current hackers are not needing to bother with the game codes except when using patches and stuff?n Well, what if the hackers got in to that coding (like when they patch games and stuff) and edited that region-locking code so that it can be released in other countries? That way, we Australians would get our games for our flashcarts much easier! Or better yet, when (yes when) they crack the 3DS's firmware, they can run a flashcart program that disables the region lock! That way the region lock is null and we can play any-nationality games! GOOD LUCK HACKERS!

 

[how_do_i_do_that]

Looks like pwn'ing the system for region free like the wii or modchiping it for region free.

Other than that I already got the import ordered.

 

[DigitalDeviant]

Nintendo is not stupid. This is brilliant!

I can actually support buying all their games now! Instead of downloading everything for free, I can actually support them and do what I loved to do and buy games! Thank you Nintendo for doing something like this.

I really like how the games are like $70 apiece! I can actually hope that they're good games now!

this is sarcasm no?

 

[TheGreatNeko]

Yes, region locking a console is a bad move. Now I'm trying to figure out why I went through 9 pages of whining, it only needed to be stated once.

 

[Ryukouki]

Nintendo is not stupid. This is brilliant!

I can actually support buying all their games now! Instead of downloading everything for free, I can actually support them and do what I loved to do and buy games! Thank you Nintendo for doing something like this.

I really like how the games are like $70 apiece! I can actually hope that they're good games now!

this is sarcasm no?

It is obviously not sarcasm!

 

[ShadowNeko003]

Why in the world is Nintendo region locking their handhelds now...?! Well, all I can say now is...GO HACKERS GO!

 

[Rydian]

OOOH! I just had an idea! you know how the current hackers are not needing to bother with the game codes except when using patches and stuff?n Well, what if the hackers got in to that coding (like when they patch games and stuff) and edited that region-locking code so that it can be released in other countries? That way, we Australians would get our games for our flashcarts much easier! Or better yet, when (yes when) they crack the 3DS's firmware, they can run a flashcart program that disables the region lock! That way the region lock is null and we can play any-nationality games! GOOD LUCK HACKERS!

Flash carts and most hacks already ignore region...

 

[LegendarySkitch]

Better incentive for me to buy a launch 3DS for US games and a possible special edition or revision for a Japanese 3DS...I guess...still stupid as hell.

 

[GentleFist]

i dont even understand what benefit the console makers have by region locking o.O

 

[Rydian]

i dont even understand what benefit the console makers have by region locking o.O
QUOTE(Rydian @ Jan 11 2011, 10:36 AM) A better example is the US and Europe, how they deal with violence and nudity. In the US it's all violence violence violence, but god forbid a nipple appear on screen. It's the opposite in Europe for the most part, there's nudity everywhere, but they tend to censor the violence. Then you get into actual localization problems when it comes to slang and such, but mostly it's for price control and to censor different content in different areas as to not offend their target audience. Also price control. Did I mention it's so they can control the price?