Help Me Out!

I wasn't able to find a thread for this and before you ask, yes I've googled and was unable to find a simple clear damn awnser.

Can I buy a ps3 from america, and play games from england on it?

No.

Yes if you install a mod chip. Sony also was smart to make those machines run on 125V-240V so your Euro voltage is good.

that explains alot ^^ Thanks. I won't bother then lol.

ps3 ftw

That's what I'm hoping. I'm just having trouble with the technical bits of buying one. All this new fangled stuff they have confuses the hell out of me. I didn't wanna buy some huge 250gb one, but it appears thats all they sell anymore. :(

yea I bought mine back when they had 40 GB...was disappointed though b/c it doesn't come with the ability to play PS2 unless you mod it. Either way it is still a good machine for just about everything. Also, if you like games...get the biggest HDD you can find. I had to upgrade recently x.x

Like the PSP, the PlayStation 3 is region free for gaming when it comes to PS3 games. All games available for the PlayStation 3 are region free, however backward compatibility modes (i.e. PlayStation 1 and 2 games) are region locked. Blu-ray Disc and DVD region codes are also enforced.[5] While the PS3 does have hardware regional lockout support,[3] Sony apparently has no intentions to use it.

Found about 3/4 of the way down on this page

The PS3 is region free, that means that you can play PS3 games from any country, on any PS3. I have a UK PS3, and imported Rock Band from the US to get the game before it was released in England. The game works fine.

The only issue I had was with downloads. The downloadable content (songs) showed as already bought, but could not be redownloaded or anything. In the end I got a UK version of the game which sorted that out.

So while there are certainly other factors to think about (eg DVDs, BLU-Ray, Voltages, Downloads etc) you may not want to write off the idea completely yet.