I just affiliated with PlayAsia.com to try to get some money for prizes on XLE, and I'm seeing Gears of War going for $40. It's also region-free. What does this mean? That it's in Japanese? Are region-free games legal?

__________________

Please click each button each day to help raise money for these causes.

Dint take anything i see to be true, as i might be lying. :shifty:


A region free game is game that can be played on any version of console. Each 360 console has regional lockout. That means, only a north American game can be played on a north American 360. A region free game can be played on any of the consoles in the world. Games like call of duty cant be region free, as it contains Nazis, and games with Nazis, cant be played in Germany. So, on this game, it will say it is compatible with NTSC , Japanese, etc.

NTSC-US is north America i believe
PAL is Europe and parts of Africa and parts of Asia, and Australia
SECAM is France, Russia, and parts of Asia/Africa
NTSC-J is Japan and china possibly.


These are perfectly legal i think, but you will have to pay for a lot of shipping. And when you buy it, it should say what language it is in and what version it is. You may get a Japanese version, but it might be in English. Which would be perfectly fine and would just differ a bit from our version




And btw, i could be lying

Thanks :D - if you're telling the truth.

Well, in that case, PlayAsia.com has a region-free English version of Gears of War for (price and shipping combined if it's shipping to the U.S.) $43. If you don't care about getting it a little later than some people, please do XLE a favor and buy it from our affiliate link!

__________________

Please click each button each day to help raise money for these causes.

You will never know.


but honestly, you should wait until someone confrims anything i said

I swear, unless your speaking of only the 360 version, that Germans play Axis all the time and its perfectly fine from what I hear.

PC version has alot of Germans playing so I'm sure your lieing about some of what you say.

Dont trust him Ceaseless, he's a bad seed. :shifty:

__________________

No, he's telling the truth... Partially.

Games containing the Swastica can not be sold in germany, either they ship it from outside the country or they take the swastica out.

But region-free games are legal?

__________________

Please click each button each day to help raise money for these causes.

Yeah. Region coding was made so that you couldn't import a DVD from America if you live in Europe where the price is extremely discounted. It is totally legal to make a region free game.

__________________
Tired of wearing the same thing day in and day out?
Check out Karmaloop.com for all of your clothing needs.
Use Rep Code Chicago85 for 20% off your first purchase!
Crooks and Castles, LRG, Stussy, Orisue, PLUS MANY MORE!

Sweet. Thanks.

Serisouly, though, these games are CHEAP, and XLE could use some money for prizes. If you don't mind waiting a bit for the game to get there, I strongly recommend looking into this site - the average price for a region-free Asian game in English, as far as I've seen, is $43 with shpipping taken into account.

__________________

Please click each button each day to help raise money for these causes.

i know ThePerfectGun used to buy games from PlayAsia.com

anyways not all of their games are region free.

You have to make sure it says "No region protection" and that if you go to a game page it has to have the Furthur Compatibility boxes checked. For instance:


Just Cause would be compatible everywhere, as can be seen by the green checks:

http://www.play-asia.com/paOS-13-71-...n-70-1gk8.html



Need for Speed Carbon wouldn't though, as can be seen from the red circles:

http://www.play-asia.com/paOS-13-71-...n-70-1l24.html

__________________



To give users rep, click this image: (located bottom left of their posts)

I don't get it...I can find NTSC-J games in English, and region-free games in Japanese, but no region-free games in English :'(.

EDIT: I found a copy of F.E.A.R., region-free and in English, for $39.90.

__________________

Please click each button each day to help raise money for these causes.

they have a compatibility guide. THere are a good amount of region free Xbox 360 games, mostly launch titles though.

__________________



To give users rep, click this image: (located bottom left of their posts)