Prices of console games are set to fall after a high court ruling stating that it is legal to modify playstation machines to play games brought from outside the region they are set to.
Now my console playing days are over, fingers crossed, but I cannot fail to see this as a fantastic decision, mainly because I envisage the knock-on effect it may have on the DVD industry. To mine, the idea of regions and region coding is absolutely ridiculous - it's nothing more than a money-spinning enteprise, way out of date and insulting to the 'global community' these businesses want to be a part of. On top of this, many single region DVD players will not play DVDs which are encoded to play in ALL regions, a common practice in Asia and Central Europe. Ludicrous.
To be honest, I'm mainly ticked off because the DVD market I'm in is limited to what certain people think I should be ab;e to or want to see, not by the total choice that is out there. Hmpf.
Can't agree more, Mark. Region codes are a restriction on trade and the court decision reflects this.