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Switches, instead of the jumpers, were used to bypass the locks. In region-locked games, if there is a multiple language feature, it can be changed with the switches after the game has booted-up (as with the case of Cyber Brawl/Cosmic Carnage for the Super 32X). Despite the console itself being region-locked, most of the games, especially ones ...
Although region locked on film DVDs and film Blu-ray Discs, the PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X are region free for video games, though add-on content on the online store is region locked and must match the region of the disc.
This category includes articles of region-locked Sony PlayStation 3 games. If you don't see an article here for a PlayStation 3 game that is region-locked, search for it, or start an article for it, and please add the article to this category.
All Nintendo 3DS consoles are region locked (software purchased in a region can be only played on that region's hardware). [ 203 ] A total of 386.48 million Nintendo 3DS games have been sold worldwide as of March 31, 2021 [update] , [ 204 ] with 49 titles surpassing the million-unit mark.
Many games previously refused classification would now fit into the R18+ rating and, if the publisher chose to pay the reclassification fee, would theoretically be able to sell their game in Australia. The date was later changed to allow the rating to be introduced at the beginning of 2013. [17]
Classification is compulsory, and games refused classification by the ACB are banned for sale, hire or public exhibition, carrying a maximum fine of $275,000 and/or 10 years in jail. It is, however, legal to possess RC games (except in Western Australia and prescribed areas of the Northern Territory).
Although Sony has said that it is possible to region lock titles, they strongly discourage developers from doing so. PlayStation 5. Similar to the PlayStation 4, Sony has said region locking is a possibility, but discouraged. Super Game Boy (the SGB itself is locked for either PAL or NTSC SNES) Super Game Boy 2 (doesn't work with PAL SNES)
However, starting from patch 1.1.0, it was announced that the Southeast Asia/Australia/New Zealand version of the game would not be strictly region-locked, with gamers able to play on both the SEA/ANZ servers and the North American ones. [63]