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Originally posted by Ian
I bought ps2 over xbox due to the larger number of games.. but it seems I was wrong! Why?
The region coding. Some of the games I like are from another region, and I cannot play? I dun want to pay extra to mod my set and shorten its' lifespan.
Is there no way to play all regions without modding? Whats it for anyway? They will lose customers. right?
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The Xbox uses exactly the same system.
Companies introduce region coding for games to have full control over the market. I'll make a simple example: Metal Gear Solid 2 is released in North America before than in Europe, so all European customers order their copies from the U.S. at all advantage of Konami of America, but creating big troubles to Konami of Europe.