Buying Amazon ps4 games, will it work on Irish ps4?

9de5q7tsr8u2im · 29-12-2016 06:19PM #1

Just as the title says will it work, also will i be restricted playing online or?
It seems so much cheaper to buy from .com i know there is custom fees etc but it still works out cheaper for me!

29-12-2016 06:59PM

Physical discs are region free. Digital games and DLC are region locked.

To add - but I would imagine the cost of shipping it from the US to Ireland would mean you're only saving a few euro.

Billy86 · 29-12-2016 07:00PM

Deleted User wrote: »

Physical discs are region free. Digital games and DLC are region locked.

To add - but I would imagine the cost of shipping it from the US to Ireland would mean you're only saving a few euro.

WTF? Is there an actual reason for that beyond 'cash grab'?

Doesn't effect me as I'm on PC, just curious and confused.

29-12-2016 07:02PM

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Physical discs are region free. Digital games and DLC are region locked.

To add - but I would imagine the cost of shipping it from the US to Ireland would mean you're only saving a few euro.

Yup,

Bear in mind if you buy a US game, I.e a game of the year edition or something with a DLC code you may need to input a DLC code on a US account for it to be active on your Irish one

I tried buying a DLC code for BF4 from Irish store for a copy I bought in America and ended up needing the Irish/UK disc then...

9de5q7tsr8u2im · 29-12-2016 07:20PM

Thanks for the post , so yeah it will work for campaign/story mode but won't work online / playing against or with users unless i make a us account right? Cheers!

29-12-2016 07:27PM

Gunner Refined Grail wrote: »

Thanks for the post , so yeah it will work for campaign/story mode but won't work online / playing against or with users unless i make a us account right? Cheers!

Now.. I don't know about online play, I would assume that comes part and parcel with the physical disc. But more that the digital games (like if you bought digitally from Amazon or on the PS Store) & DLC that you purchase are region locked.

There are ways around it, which I think we're not allowed to talk about, but if you look for it on Google, you'll figure it out.

Temptamperu · 29-12-2016 11:13PM

Just go to amazon.uk they have some great prices and the shipping is cheaper.

29-12-2016 11:29PM

Gunner Refined Grail wrote: »

Thanks for the post , so yeah it will work for campaign/story mode but won't work online / playing against or with users unless i make a us account right? Cheers!

It will work online via your Irish account... any DLC for the game will have to be purchased from the store of the country of the game, I.e US Store

SeantheMan · 30-12-2016 01:19AM

With regards to download / Digital games....does PS4 work like PS3 ?

I have an Irish account, but made a US one too specifically to download US games that I can't get on the Irish one.
Both accounts are on my PS3.
At present on my PS3, If I download a game via the US account ... e.g. Persona 4 , it is on my console.....and can be played by BOTH the US and Irish accounts (even though I didn't purchase with my Irish and it's not on Irish PSN)

Is it the same for PS4 ?

dunworth1 · 30-12-2016 01:29AM

Billy86 wrote: »

WTF? Is there an actual reason for that beyond 'cash grab'?

Doesn't effect me as I'm on PC, just curious and confused.

its strange alright seeing as digital games are not region locked on the xbox one i assume its down to whatever policy sony have

sniper_samurai · 30-12-2016 04:48AM

SeantheMan wrote: »

With regards to download / Digital games....does PS4 work like PS3 ?

I have an Irish account, but made a US one too specifically to download US games that I can't get on the Irish one.
Both accounts are on my PS3.
At present on my PS3, If I download a game via the US account ... e.g. Persona 4 , it is on my console.....and can be played by BOTH the US and Irish accounts (even though I didn't purchase with my Irish and it's not on Irish PSN)

Is it the same for PS4 ?

Pretty much, only the US account will have access to the game on consoles that aren't set as its home, otherwise all accounts on the home ps4 will have access.

Multiple psn accounts can have the same ps4 set as the home console btw.

01-01-2017 01:45PM

Deleted User wrote: »

Physical discs are region free. Digital games and DLC are region locked.

To add - but I would imagine the cost of shipping it from the US to Ireland would mean you're only saving a few euro.

Just to be clear - digital games are region locked but there is absolutely nothing stopping you just setting up a US PSN account from Ireland, meaning you can redeem US digital games.

Buying Amazon ps4 games, will it work on Irish ps4?

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