Importing is go: PlayStation Vita is region free

Hmmmm…

Now thats a spicy meat ‘a’ ball….

YEEEEEEEEEEES!

if only the 3ds wasnt region locked, vita now beats it by default just based on that, shame really 3ds has potential but that lock kills it for me

I can’t even remember where to import from these days, now that Lik Sang and HK-somethingorother are both gone. Do Play Asia do things like this?

@4

Im hoping play Asia will! They have it listed as pre-order:

http://www.play-asia.com/paOScore/19-71-99-49-en-15-vita.html

I remember finishing work early at covent gardens and walking to tottenham court road to buy myself an imported PSP from an import shop for £400 and a Gb memorystick for £99 about… 7 years ago now. Its funny, today you couldnt give a 1 Gb memorystick away lol.

Feels like forever.. wow!

Will I take that very trip again in december?

Hmmmmm… maybe not this time BUT I’m really excited about the Vita and will defo get it at PAL launch. Now that I’m older I’ve learnt that those who import stuff early isn’t really gaining anything when 3 months apart of PAL released is concerned.

For those that will buy an import, be carful where you get one from.

@6

Cool story!

I remember paying about £120 for Street Fighter 2: Hyper Fighting on the SNES when that came out on US import!

I had to buy a massive convertor where you had to stick a PAL game to the back of it to run it properly!

So those that are quick enough will be able to import from Japan?

^ Yes, and it’ll play US & PAL games with no problem.

wont you need a power converter for the charger?

@11, Good point, not sure what plugs the Japanese use.

@12

You can get one from Maplin or places like that. I paid about £15.00 for one when i imported a DS lite

Actually, the real (bad) news would be if the console WASN’T region free.

@Kap
Yes like me, but I paid just 333 €. 400 GBP?^^ Wtf

Perfect, so we can import Jap and US games.

@13 last time i checked maplins (online) the converters were never exactly what you needed unless you pay above £100

Sony: We do what Nintendon’t!

@13 £15 for an adaptor? Good god. Did you get it from Harrods?

Fine for a WiFi version, but don’t get the 3G! I suspect it won’t work here, the Japanese models will have HSDPA/HSUPA *specification for Japanese region*

Pretty sure we use HSDPA down here, I’m no expert on wireless frequencies though.

You don’t need a power transformer, just an adaptor. So a few quid. It would be crazy to make a portable machine need a specific voltage. Even a PS3 handles multiple voltages.

@17 That’s a good one!

Nintendo take fucking note!

@19 the UK uses the same standards surely, most smart phones are designed for Quadband so they can be used in all countries, why wouldn’t the PSV use the same transmitter?