"paloooz", there are many benefits to getting movies, and games, from other regions and being able to enjoy them. There are many movies, or versions of, that are never released in the States for one reason or another, but made available in Japan, just to pick a country. Plus, if say, the games released in your country suck, but you'd like to get the ones from another one, then you should be able to. Also, say you enjoy a show/movie and bought the content from some country you lived in, or visited, and would like to bring it States' side, you should be able to watch it without having to worry about this region nonsense.
You're not pirating anything, you're still paying for it, and the parties involved are getting paid too. So, what's the problem. It's a huge advantage.
Why does MS tell you "you can't", but Sony says "yes you can", is beyond me. Call Billy and ask him.
I can understand that Region coding is done because content is released in different parts of the world at different times. But, other than that, it makes absolutely no sense at all.
Oh, and to answer your question... a lot of people do this.
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Rob @ Jul 18th 2007 1:41PM
"paloooz", there are many benefits to getting movies, and games, from other regions and being able to enjoy them. There are many movies, or versions of, that are never released in the States for one reason or another, but made available in Japan, just to pick a country. Plus, if say, the games released in your country suck, but you'd like to get the ones from another one, then you should be able to. Also, say you enjoy a show/movie and bought the content from some country you lived in, or visited, and would like to bring it States' side, you should be able to watch it without having to worry about this region nonsense.
You're not pirating anything, you're still paying for it, and the parties involved are getting paid too. So, what's the problem. It's a huge advantage.
Why does MS tell you "you can't", but Sony says "yes you can", is beyond me. Call Billy and ask him.
I can understand that Region coding is done because content is released in different parts of the world at different times. But, other than that, it makes absolutely no sense at all.
Oh, and to answer your question... a lot of people do this.