non-region protected games,360

turtle3 · 23 May 2006 at 14:41

Just received, Gun, TRL and Farcry from playasia and all for £65

I was so impressed with the speed of delivery i went back to order a few more non region protected games, seems like people have cottoned on though as they are all sold out now

.. I read an earlier post linking to liksang who do a similar service only trouble is they dont have a format guide like playasia does to help you pick out pal enabled games, would playasia's list be relevent?? eg they list DOA4 as having a U.S, Asian and Jap version but list only the us version as working on PAL, so if I go to liksang and buy the U.S version would I be safe..

http://www.play-asia.com/paOS-00-3-xbox360_compatibility_guide-49-en.html

RichL · 23 May 2006 at 14:44

DOA4 (US) is compatible on UK 360s according to the list you mention so it doesn't matter where you buy it from. I remember a few people imported the US version earlier in the year but you have to run it at 60Hz I think.

turtle3 · 23 May 2006 at 14:54

RichL said:
DOA4 (US) is compatible on UK 360s according to the list you mention so it doesn't matter where you buy it from. I remember a few people imported the US version earlier in the year but you have to run it at 60Hz I think.

Yeah the US version works, but for other games there are three formats listed: Asian, Jap, and US,, I think that Asian games come in both PAL and NTSC, so if you pick say TRL which I did in Asian format then you get exactly the same game as you would buy in store in U.K, but you got to be carefull cos battlefield is also listed asian but also listed as not working on PAL, :confused:

lol im confusing myself now :confused:

think Ill just wait for playasia to restock, I cant go wrong then,lol

Wyrdo · 23 May 2006 at 14:55

RichL said:
DOA4 (US) is compatible on UK 360s according to the list you mention so it doesn't matter where you buy it from. I remember a few people imported the US version earlier in the year but you have to run it at 60Hz I think.

You have to run any version of DoA4 at 60hz.

turtle3 · 23 May 2006 at 15:09

Ok even more confused now,,

When the region is referred to as Asia what specific region does it mean?? I thought Asia included Japan but I see that G.R.A.W in Asian format will work on our U.K PAL machines, But G.R.A.W in Jap format will not work??

Boogle · 23 May 2006 at 15:16

turtle3 said:
Ok even more confused now,,

When the region is referred to as Asia what specific region does it mean?? I thought Asia included Japan but I see that G.R.A.W in Asian format will work on our U.K PAL machines, But G.R.A.W in Jap format will not work??

Japan has their own special format

I think calling Japan 'asian' is like calling the UK 'European'. Its true, but we don't really belong. All imo of course

spaceman · 24 May 2006 at 07:45

i only bought my 360 on monday, am i right in thinking any games listed as not region protected & Pal will work fine on a UK 360?

if so i'll order a couple from play-asia

cheers
Steve

iGiDK · 24 May 2006 at 07:54

spaceman said:
i only bought my 360 on monday, am i right in thinking any games listed as not region protected & Pal will work fine on a UK 360?

if so i'll order a couple from play-asia

cheers
Steve

As far as I'm aware, yes region free and PAL compatible will work no probs on your system - would try it myself but there's not really anything on the list that's in stock that I want...

spaceman · 24 May 2006 at 08:06

cheers mate, probably just grab COD2 and farcry

samat2001 · 24 May 2006 at 09:15

I'm waiting for GRAW to come back in stock.....

ic1male · 24 May 2006 at 09:39

I think these "Asian" games are classified for the likes of Singapore, Hong Kong and mainland China which all use a variant of PAL like us. The Japanese use NTSC-J which is unique to them.

turtle3 · 24 May 2006 at 10:29

samat2001 said:
I'm waiting for GRAW to come back in stock.....

its in,, theres about 10 games on playasia that are region free, some have sold out though,, last night they had COD2, Farcry, GRAW, quake 4 and Gun still in stock,, What I love about Playasia is the littel chart which tells you what game plays on what region and also what language its in,, BTW farcry on the 360 is great....

***edit** Sorry just checked its sold out... definately was in stock last night I know cos I was gonna get it for a friend,,

BTW playasia sent me a 5% discount code to give a friend, its not much but save you postage cost,,, let me know who wants it,,

iGiDK · 24 May 2006 at 10:34

and another plus point (as far I'm aware anyway!) is that the documentation, packaging etc. is in English

turtle3 · 24 May 2006 at 10:36

iGiDK said:
and another plus point (as far I'm aware anyway!) is that the documentation, packaging etc. is in English

Yeah TRL is exactly the same as a uk shop version printed PAL, Gun and Farcry are also in full english but American NTSC format

ojste · 24 May 2006 at 11:56

has anyone who has shopped with play-asia got stung with import tax? i not entirely sure how it works and have never ordered from outside of the uk before, and im planning on buying a ds game from there

Maniac618 · 24 May 2006 at 12:15

ojste said:
has anyone who has shopped with play-asia got stung with import tax? i not entirely sure how it works and have never ordered from outside of the uk before, and im planning on buying a ds game from there

I bought a rather chunky hard drive for the 360 from them just a week ago and it was listed as 'Asia' but works fine,and I wasn't done by customs, although a label on the front states that it can be opened for inspection.

turtle3 · 24 May 2006 at 21:59

ojste said:
has anyone who has shopped with play-asia got stung with import tax? i not entirely sure how it works and have never ordered from outside of the uk before, and im planning on buying a ds game from there

I read that when you choose packing options, choose ''packet'' not box and you wont get charged VAT.. not sure how true this is but thats what i did and didnt get charged for my 3 xbox 360 games,, i was gonna buy a DS but didnt want to risk it,, im sure youll be ok with games though,,,

ojste · 25 May 2006 at 19:59

hmm if you got 3 360 games ok, then ill guess ill be fine with 1 game

, cheers will order later

spinna · 25 May 2006 at 21:03

Hitman: Blood Money region free?? check the play-asia site

jklc · 26 May 2006 at 08:36

turtle3 said:
I read that when you choose packing options, choose ''packet'' not box and you wont get charged VAT.. not sure how true this is but thats what i did and didnt get charged for my 3 xbox 360 games,, i was gonna buy a DS but didnt want to risk it,, im sure youll be ok with games though,,,

They print the total value on the outside of the package so it is likely to get hit by customs. Wierd thing though.. my last order was 3 Xbox 360 games months ago for ~$120. It arrived with red customs stickers all over it but I didn't pay anything on receipt of it.