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zherok:
They released P4A in the US only about a week and a half after the Japanese release; they region locked it to prevent Japanese players from backporting the cheaper American release.
halfelite:
--- Quote from: Tatsujin on May 28, 2013, 06:57:49 AM ---
PS3 is region free, Sony allowed developers to choose if they wanted to region lock it. Xbox 360 was region locked. You had no choice but to play that region's games.
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again incorrect it was up to game devs same as ps3. here is the list of 360 games and which are region free and which are not.
http://gaming.wikia.com/wiki/Region_Free_Xbox_360_Games
as it explains most of the games from germany,poland,russia are region locked most others are not
Slysoft:
To compete with the xbox one, I just purchased a tv tuner for my pc. Now I can easily swap between tv and gaming via alt+tab /innovation
nstgc:
--- Quote from: Slysoft on May 28, 2013, 08:25:58 PM ---To compete with the xbox one, I just purchased a tv tuner for my pc. Now I can easily swap between tv and gaming via alt+tab /innovation
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Holy shits that's brilliant, but can it game as well as an XBox One, because that thing is going to have amazing specs.
halfelite:
--- Quote from: Slysoft on May 28, 2013, 08:25:58 PM ---To compete with the xbox one, I just purchased a tv tuner for my pc. Now I can easily swap between tv and gaming via alt+tab /innovation
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That does not effect the mass market though. You are not going to get millions of people to buy a pc connect a tv tuner card and being in a lot of countries you need a cable card as well to add this to there living room. Microsoft is trying to bridge the gap, Why do you think the ipad was called innovation not because it was the first tablet tablets have been around for years but because it was the first usable tablet that people could grasp.
Im not saying microsoft gamble will pay off but its trying to bridge the gap, in your living room. Now you have a tv, game console, maybe a pc hooked up, maybe a roku, and a disc player, and a dvr, so six items, If the xbox one does it right, you could essential drop the roku, drop the disc player, drop the pc, and be left with a tv, game console, dvr. Next generation we will most likely see this diminish even further to just a tv, granted internet streaming of tv broadcast can take off. Now one could say you could do this now with just a tv and a PC and while yes you could its not something the mass market would do its still a heavy DIY area.
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