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Gaming in other Countries


On 02/26/2014 at 08:47 PM by Keegs79

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I never miss an important story. I always get most of questions answered but one I can't is playing consoles in different regions, primarily China. My wife is Chinese and I been to China a few times but never played on a home console there.

The last system I played was the PSP and a few PC titles (World in Conflict, Supreme Commander). That was ages ago. When I was there I was able to buy and watch any itune movies, tv shows, and such. I have also been to Singapore and could download games but not movies. Another example is the Philippines, I had a friend that couldn't download games there. He had to have his brother enter his account from the States to have it download in the Philippines on his PS3.

My question is can I download, game online, and download movies on PS4 and XB1? I don't expect to be living there. If it one day does happen then the ability not to play online and download titles would be devastating to me and would be reason enough for me never to live in China (although there are various other reason too). Can we do this in China? My connection through China is my wife who is helping her parents move to the States. I think it would be interesting to further no the restrictions we have in our access in other countries.


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asrealasitgets

02/26/2014 at 09:57 PM

I really can't add anything helpful to this conversation. Does China even have game consoles from US and Japan? Digital download only future has its limits. 

Keegs79

02/26/2014 at 10:26 PM

Just recently you now can but I wonder if we can access the US PSN like we can access the Japanese PSN and if everything is going to be compatible as well such as movies and games if they going to be region locked.

Super Step Contributing Writer

02/27/2014 at 02:35 AM

I think as long as you can convince Jackie Chan to let you be the next Karate Kid, you will be able to do whatever you want. 

jgusw

02/27/2014 at 10:13 AM

The way things are going, there will be trouble everywhere.  Just remember what the XB1 was going to be.  They want to restrict gamers.  With digital distribution comes restrictions.  IMO, it's going to get worse and then even more worse. 

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