american psp release date

Posted: Wed Dec 29, 2004 9:34 pm

does anyone know when the psp is coming out in the US? im thinking of importing one as i live in the uk but i dont want to get the japanese games as im not japanese. i also want to watch the movies and i heard that although the psp games are region free, the movies are not. does anyone know if you could buy the movies from a shop in the uk when the psp was released that you would be able to play them on a US unit?

Posted: Wed Dec 29, 2004 9:40 pm

The Japanese PSP and its games are labeled "Region 2" on the box, which is the same region as Europe (just like in DVDs).
This pretty much means you will most likely be able to play European UMD movies in a Japanese PSP, since the region is the same.

Since you're from the UK/Europe (like I am), I'd go with either a Japanese PSP or a European PSP, completly ignoring the US PSP for the reasons mentioned.

Side note: Just using pure logic here, since we don't know if they'll use the DVD Region standards for the PSP, but if they do, that's what will happen.

Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2004 5:17 am

hey you're from portugal!!!!!!! my family lives down there and I visit every other year Smile

. we should meet up the next tie I go and play some ridge racers (that is, if you have the psp....) btw, I can understand portugeuse pretty good, I can speak it ok, I can't really write it, and I can kind of read it.....I was born in the US, although I love Portugal Smile

. If you don't mind me asking, what region are you in? if you don't want to answer it's cool, just wondering....

Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2004 7:10 am

Sounds cool to me. ^_^
I'm from the region of Porto.

Don't have a PSP yet (already played Ridge Racers in one though, fell in love with it), but I'll get one pretty soon; just waiting for my local importer to have it for sale, they only have the display PSP for now (the one I played).

Glad you like Portugal. ^_^
See you around, Gamelver.

Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2004 2:46 pm

cool, I've got a few cousins in Porto Smile

. good luck getting a psp Smile

.

Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2004 7:18 pm

ok....dont remember mentionin hey if you portugease or from any other country you guys can meet up. anyway what i did say was does anyone know when the psp is going to be released in america?

Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2004 7:37 pm

Well I've paid for the psp and they told me the system would be out early to mid march

--Pugz-- Smile

Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2004 8:04 pm

thief04 @ Thu Dec 30, 2004 7:18 pm wrote:

ok....dont remember mentionin hey if you portugease or from any other country you guys can meet up. anyway what i did say was does anyone know when the psp is going to be released in america?

March is apparently the scheduled release date.
But, as I said in my first post, with the US PSP you won't be able to play media from the JP nor the EU version, both labeled "Region 2", while the US will be labeled "Region 1".

It's much like the current DVD regional areas, the EU DVDs can be played in JP DVD Players and vice versa, since they have the same region.

Since you're from Europe (it says you're from the UK, so I'm presuming you didn't lie), this would affect you, unless you don't really intend on buying UMD movies.
If you do, take that into consideration and ignore the US release date, specially since the JP PSP has an english language setting in the options.

Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2004 8:26 pm

yeah, sorry for steering the thread off topic, just kind of got excited.....
anyway, Sony said the psp should be out before March 31 in the US....

Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2004 8:35 pm

thats the same as the UK (march 31st) so i might as well get it from the uk, saves on import tax and waiting for the bloody thing to get here. oh well at least i have got my ds to play on while i wait.