Hi there! Well you see i've bought a PS3 Lightning Edition in Japan and I live in Portugal and I will buy a Final Fantasy XIII game here when it comes out. I want to know if you can tell me if PAL games work on japaneses PS3... I bought this PS3 because i truly love Final Fantasy XIII! <3 well I will be waiting for your answers. Thanks a lot!
Region free doesn't mean that a PAL signal will properly display on a NTSC television though. You may be able to load up the game and hear that it's working but the visuals could look like scrambled cable porn.
Originally posted by abms: ya but some of the games specifically say NTSC on them. they are not locked to a region?
No, PS3 games are not region locked, i guess the NTSC/PAL logos refer to TV's, if you have a HDTV, or modern TV, you don't have worry about this, but if you have a 10 year old NTSC TV, a PAL game may show up black and white.
Originally posted by abms: ya but some of the games specifically say NTSC on them. they are not locked to a region?
No, PS3 games are not region locked, i guess the NTSC/PAL logos refer to TV's, if you have a HDTV, or modern TV, you don't have worry about this, but if you have a 10 year old NTSC TV, a PAL game may show up black and white.
or even rolling if it's PAL50 (which most are)
One thing most people don't know is the difference between NTSC-U and NTSC-J .. it's to do with black level.. and in practical application doesn't make any difference.