Moving to Australia

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Not just the Kangaroos, place was origionally a penal colony - watch out
for the historically institutionalised aussie male
and the deviant wildlife.

Bwahahaha!!!! All four of my earliest Australian ancestors were convicts, the earliest in 1815.

Their crimes were:

1. Burglery
2. Pickpocketing
3. Shoplifting from a drapers (Isle of Man!)
4. Horse stealing.

Be afraid, be very afraid...

 

[Famine]

So here is the Sony answer. So now I just need to figure out how to get my +500 cars onto the Aussie version......

Thank you for contacting Sony Computer Entertainment America LLC (SCEA) today Arpad. My name is Christopher, and I can definitely address your questions about your North American region PlayStation®3 system.

Please be aware that a North American PS3™ system only supports a power supply of 120V AC, 60 Hz. If you use your system in a territory with different television or voltage standards, it could damage your unit. We do not recommend traveling with your system and we also do not have any information about adaptors or converters to override any territorial restrictions.

Sony Computer Entertainment, Inc. (SCEI) has implemented a territorial-based distribution system for its hardware, peripherals, and software. This means that software or peripherals on a console designated for a different distribution territory than the console may not work correctly (e.g. North American games may not function in a system designed for other regions, such as, Japan, Europe, etc.).

You will only be able to play DVD's and PS3™ software titles coded "region 1" or "region ALL" coded in the NTSC format on the North American PS3™ system. Only Blu-ray Discs™ that are marked with "region A" will be supported.

That answers the question, but badly and misleadingly so.

The short answer to your question is that if you take your US disc and backup your US save onto a pen drive and remember your US account's log-in credentials, it doesn't matter what PS3 you use.

ALL PS3s are region-free for ALL PS3 games. Your disc will work, your account will work and your gamesave only needs your disc and account to work. It'll work. Put your account on the relevant PS3, transfer your gamesave to it, pop the disc in and you can carry on where you left off.


If your PS3 is a fatty, it might not work in Australia due to the internal power supply. If it's a slim, you just need an Australian external power supply which will step down the Australian specification mains supply to the correct rating for a PS3. However, as "Christopher" says, you won't be able to watch Australian DVD (Region 2) or BD (Region B) films. If you get a new PS3 in Australia (Region 2/B) you won't be able to watch your USian DVD (Region 1) or BD (Region A) films if you take them. But you didn't ask that - you asked about games...

If you read "Christopher"'s reply carefully, you'll note he doesn't contradict any of this - but nor does he give you the information you require.

 

[VEHoldenSS]

If your PS3 is a fatty, it might not work in Australia due to the internal power supply. If it's a slim, you just need an Australian external power supply which will step down the Australian specification mains supply to the correct rating for a PS3. However, as "Christopher" says, you won't be able to watch Australian DVD (Region 2) or BD (Region B) films. If you get a new PS3 in Australia (Region 2/B) you won't be able to watch your USian DVD (Region 1) or BD (Region A) films if you take them. But you didn't ask that - you asked about games...

+1 👍. I'm pretty sure our DVD's are Region 4. I'm not sure if Blu-Ray is different. I know from experience what happens when 240V is run through a 110V (PC).

May I ask, Skazi, where abouts in Aus are you moving to?

 

[Famine]

I'm pretty sure our DVD's are Region 4.

Yes they are. How strange

You're BD Region B/2 though, like all of Europe, all of Africa, the Arabian Peninsula and Iraq and Iran.