xbox360 and overseas games

Forums › Gaming › xbox360 and overseas games

ralph55

1 post

Wannabe Geek

Topic # 32606 21-Apr-2009 01:45

can someone help me please.
I bought a xbox360 in NewZealand. recently my brother came back from overseas with xbox360 games and they don't work?

garvani

1874 posts

Uber Geek
+1 received by user: 84

Trusted

Reply # 208285 21-Apr-2009 09:08

Unfortunately theres nothing you can do about it. Some overseas games are region-free but the majority arn't, and will only play on consoles from their region. Heres a list of region free games. Welcome to geekzone by the way.

JMatt94

225 posts

Master Geek
+1 received by user: 1

Reply # 208413 21-Apr-2009 18:47

I don't get why Microsoft screwed us over like that, Sony didn't.

chiefie

I iz your trusted friend
5811 posts

Uber Geek
+1 received by user: 140

Mod Emeritus

Trusted

Lifetime subscriber

Reply # 208451 21-Apr-2009 21:46

Region locking isn't new, in fact it was done many many years, dated back to when NES was popular. This is due to the PAL vs NTSC-A vs NTSC-J. The king of region-locking is still Nintendo, however their portable game titles (in fact any portable console games) are region-free.

Sony's PS3 does way without region-locking to make their product stands out a bit better but they're not on the total clear either. Those version that can play PS2 are still region-lock for PS2 titles, and possibly PS1 titles too (not sure). BluRay is region-lock but not all BluRay titles are currently region-locked.

As a general rule of thumb for buying console and games are, buy the game of the same region, or at least look at the region, PAL system then get PAL titles.

Internet is my backyard...

«Geekzone blog: Tech 'n Chips Takeaway» «Personal blog: And then...»

Please read the Geekzone's FUG

JMatt94

225 posts

Master Geek
+1 received by user: 1

Reply # 208697 22-Apr-2009 23:04

Depending on how many games your brother bought you, it may be worth modding your console so you can play them.