Is the ps3 region free?

[MrPopo]

The PS3 is the best thing on the market right now.

inb4niode

[AppleQueso]

niode has a ps3 though doesn't he?

and he seems to like it from the posts I've read

he just hates sony

(I could be wrong though)

[Breetai]

Why do people even bother to post in this thread if they don't know? Way to spread false info, guys...

As an owner of a Japanese PS3 with NTSC-J, NTSC-US, NTSC-Asia (which is actually -J) and PAL, I can say with 100% certainty that PS3 games are definitely region-free, as some others in this thread have said (while some idiots here have said that opposite). Also, as has been said, I can personally confirm that it's ONLY PS3 games that are region-free on the PS3. Blu-Ray movies (not including PS3 games), DVD, PS2 and PS1 media is NOT region free. PSN games ARE region free. Downloadable add-on content is NOT ALWAYS region free (some is, some isn't. The downloadable content for Fallout 3, for example, is not region-free. Ridge Racer 7 downloadables are. It depends on the game.).

For the OP... was it really too much trouble to do a google search? I mean, I appreciate that you wanted an answer to this question, but this is a VERY easy question to find an answer to. As for your second question, of course there are a few good imports. What sort of games are you into?

[CRTGAMER]

Though advertised as such, waste of limited run time on lead free solder consoles for movies.
Buy the cheap dedicated DVD - Blueray player for watching your movies, especially the not so pristine rentals.