Will a Playstation 3 from Japan, play PS1 & PS2 games from USA?
I know that the PS3 games & console will be "region-free". So any PS3 game will play on any PS3 console.
But — I have heard that PS3 will still be limited to regions for older PS1 & PS2 games. (I assume because those games where made "region-specific") Meaning that a PS3 from Japan would play PS3 games from USA(or anywhere), but only PS1 & PS2 games from Japan.
Does anyone know if this is right ?
P.S. I also already know for a fact that the PS3 is NOT region-free for DVD’s or BlueRay movies.
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Unfortunately no, a JP-region PS3 won’t play NA-region PS1/PS2 games. The opposite is also right : an NA-region PS3 won’t play JP-region PS1/PS2 games.
So, as you suspected, PS1/PS2 games are still region-specific.