Is it possible to region change a PS3?

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#72243 23-Nov-2010 10:25

When I moved back to NZ I brought back my PS3 which obviously doesn't like the zone here for media, games seem to be fine.

Does anyone know of a way to change this?
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#408064 23-Nov-2010 10:50

No sorry, only region free blu-ray for games and dvds. Blu-ray movie regions are locked into the Hardware of the PS3...and no one has cracked it yet, hopefully one day there will be a firmware update that fixes it, but I doubt it

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#408068 23-Nov-2010 10:53

Thanks for the ultra quick response, pity it had to be bad news.

Cheers for the assistance though.

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#408081 23-Nov-2010 11:27

Buy another PS3 :-D Another secondhand or even the slim with PS Move bundle. :-D

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#408094 23-Nov-2010 12:01

vinnieg: No sorry, only region free blu-ray for games and dvds. Blu-ray movie regions are locked into the Hardware of the PS3...and no one has cracked it yet, hopefully one day there will be a firmware update that fixes it, but I doubt it

They are region locked for DVD's, well my 60Gb is. Still haven't come across a Blu-ray movie that isn't region free yet and I own over 200 and rented heaps of them.