Is Playstation 3 region free? Can I play US games on a UK console?

[sawyen]

Going to Boston in 2 days, might as well get some cheap PS3 games if its compatible as well..

Anyone actually tried it? I've been looking around the net but information has been since 2006...

[Lowe]

As far as I'm aware the games aren't region encoded, only some BD's are.

[kingfoo]

ps3 games are region free so you can play them on any ps3 .
blue rays/dvd are region locked and ps2 games are region locked.

[ajbrun]

and ps2 games are region locked.

But you won't be able to play any PS2 games that you buy in the US on your PS3 over here anyway (unless you're one of the few people who bought the correct PS3 to do so).

[gtech]

But you won't be able to play any PS2 games that you buy in the US on your PS3 over here anyway (unless you're one of the few people who bought the correct PS3 to do so).

I got one of the original US 60gb ps3's with the Ps2 chip and also a broken uk Ps2 with about 30 games that cant be played with my ps3 , so through ebayamerica i got myself resi4 (all i needed since i was mainly a PC gamer and with my shiny new PS3 and ...erm a Japanese motorstorm (that had no online) ...Ridgeracer...erm...a few others (hey it was early days so what that there's only a few good games for it) so the moral of the story is ...dont buy any US ps2 games.

as for PS3 games in Boston, go ahead and buy what you want.

[Barrichello]

I only buy games from the States for my UK PS3. Go get em On average about £15 to £20 cheaper

[ajbrun]

I only buy games from the States for my UK PS3. Go get em On average about £15 to £20 cheaper

I'm up for that, but how do you do it?

Where do you get them from? Online I guess?
What about import tax? Is it still cheaper if you take this into account, or do you avoid it somehow?

[gtech]

http://www.movietyme.com/catalog/

This site is where i get alot of my games and films (there's actually more region free Blu-rays than people think), the site is alot cheaper than uk stores plus the delivery time is only 4-5 days. Big thanks to Barrichello for introducing me to that site many moons ago.

[sawyen]

yep.. will be off to boston tonight.. woohoo!

eyeing on MGS4, some older titles..

[bettyblue22]

Does anyone know if this works the other way round, ie uk games on a us console?

[gtech]

Does anyone know if this works the other way round, ie uk games on a us console?

Yes all games are region free and can be played on any PS3.