Quote:
|
Originally Posted by Fiko
Hi
The US I have already pre-ordered the PSP (US ver.) from my local gamestore, and the preordered price is S$ 350. The US version is very similar to the Jp version except that the PSP (US) can play US UMD's. In contrast the Jp ver can play JP UMD's.
Well there's also a European version (EU). Well that one can play European UMD's. I think you get the picture right?
The thing is, if you want to play multiplayer or online with import and US PSP's, you can do so. Provided that the GAME is the same version. For example you could have a Jp psp versus a US psp in Ridge Racer (both games MUST be the same lang. version). It would not work if the games differ in terms of lang. ver.
I hope this helps. If you have any other questions, be sure to post it on this message board. Thanks!
|
Just to add to this.
The US PSP is branded Region 1 and the Japanese system is branded Region 2. This isn't anything to do with games, but the UMD movie playback will be follow the same regional coding as DVD's. Therefore, a US PSP, as you said, will play US Region 1 UMDs. However, the Japanese and European PSP's will both be Region 2. On DVD this cause's a problem because in Europe Region 2 DVD's are encoded in PAL, and in Japan they are encoded in NTSC. But because PSP is a standalone system, neither NTSC or PAL, a Region 2 UMD will work fine on both a Japanese PSP and a European PSP.
This is on good information from a friend who runs a long standing and reliable import store.