Will FFXIV be region locked on PS3?

[TokyieRage]

See, I own a PAL PS3, but I live in the united states (Where games are distributed as NTSC).

My Question is will the PS3 Version of FFXIV be region locked or will they all have the same coding?

[KiriA500]

I don't think the PlayStation 3 is region locked, unless it's game specific.

[Delsus]

PS3 games are not region locked, its just when you update games they check the games region for updates. I have a US copy of demons souls and it works perfectly on my EU PS3.

[Dhalmel]

Only BD video discs are region locked. Games are not.

[TokyieRage]

Well in recent news I heard all ps3 games up to mid 2012 are not regionlocked, but newer games are likely to go region locked. Which makes me curious about FFXIV on ps3.

[Felis]

No region lock on PS3. You can play every game from every region on it.

[Jennestia]

It'll likely become region locked, but MMOs are generally treated differently than regular games -- If they're an international game like XI/XIV is, there's no true region lock outside of the account system, but if it's a localized game, like say something Korean only, you get IP banned if you're not from/in Korea.

The only lock on SE's system I believe is the SE account system, but I haven't tried making a new account in years.

[Andrien]

Well in recent news I heard all ps3 games up to mid 2012 are not regionlocked, but newer games are likely to go region locked. Which makes me curious about FFXIV on ps3.

Is there a link? where is the source of this thing you heard because nothing is stopping people from buying imported Tales of Xillia copies from Japan.

[Jennestia]

Is there a link? where is the source of this thing you heard because nothing is stopping people from buying imported Tales of Xillia copies from Japan.

Region locking can happen with firmware updates.

[Felis]

The only region locked would be between the client and SE account. You can't play a EU copy from FF XIV with a NA SE account.