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Buying The Sims in the US

Faith · 2010-11-03 12:25:30

I'm going to New York next week and was thinking of picking up a copy of The Sims 3 while I'm there. Are games restricted in the same way that DVDs are though?

03-11-2010 12:25pm

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Faith

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I'm going to New York next week and was thinking of picking up a copy of The Sims 3 while I'm there. Are games restricted in the same way that DVDs are though?

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#2 04-11-2010 3:44pm

humanji

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Is it PC or console?

I don't think PC games are, unless it's some sort of copy protection system on them. And I was under the impression taht Xbox games aren't, but some PS3 games are.

Ask in the games forum and you'll get a more definite answer.

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#3 04-11-2010 3:57pm

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PC (well, Mac). I suppose they'll be able to tell me in the shop over there.

Considering all the work I have on my plate these days, I really shouldn't be buying something as addictive as this...

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#4 04-11-2010 8:52pm

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It shouldn't be an issue. Only console games are normally region locked

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#5 06-11-2010 9:29pm

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yes they are, it wont be compatable with your base game cause that will be region 2 and America is region 1. It happened to a friend of mine when he bought it off ebay.

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