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ULTROS! · Nov 13, 2013

Right now it's region locked to Japan:

desbang said:
Initial signs are not good - it will only let me log in with my Japanese account. I'm now updating the firmware to 3.00, but I'm not optimistic this will change anything.

Edit: Nope. With both my NZ and US accounts I get 'This service is not available in your region'. It is useless to me.

archnemesis · Nov 13, 2013

Well, that sucks. I hope they remove the restriction when it launches in other parts of the world.

fauxtrot · Nov 13, 2013

Sony, why hast thou forsaken me?

perorist · Nov 13, 2013

Considering many games required specific patches to become compatible it wasn't probable this version would be region free.

Blackage · Nov 13, 2013

I am...the saddest panda in the world right now.

gofreak · Nov 13, 2013

archnemesis said:
Well, that sucks. I hope they remove the restriction when it launches in other parts of the world.

I bet they won't.

Part of SCEJ's nefarious scheme to boost Japanese PSN membership numbers!

DBT85 · Nov 13, 2013

Honestly very very surprised.

Gouda Jouji · Nov 13, 2013

I guess the parade had to be rained on sometime.

~~Hasan~~ · Nov 13, 2013

Wtf why this is stupid . I hope they do not lock the ps4 in the future

kartu · Nov 13, 2013

I hope they release PC "remote play" application, so that I can hook my controller via USB and just play from PC.

Or even if they don't that someone reverse engineers it and releases unofficial program.

Blablurn · Nov 13, 2013

laaaaaaaaame

shink · Nov 13, 2013

Wow that's disappointing and a bit surprising since none of their other devices are locked. Need to start a campaign #PSVITATVRegionFree

airmangataosenai · Nov 13, 2013

I have a feeling people are going to misunderstand the thread title.

Marauder Shields · Nov 13, 2013

So much for importing it.

Hanmik · Nov 13, 2013

airmangataosenai said:
I have a feeling people are going to misunderstand the thread title.

what is there to misunderstand..? it only works with a Japanese account..

Jucksalbe · Nov 13, 2013

That's kinda sad. I figured most Western versions of games wouldn't work since it seems games have to be explicitly (made) compatible to work, but not even the accounts?
Anyone tried any Western versions on their Japanese account?

Edit: Though, it might be a server-side restriction. If so, this will probably go away when it releases in the West.

dc89 · Nov 13, 2013

So many pre-orders will be cancelled.

ThePeoplesBureau · Nov 13, 2013

Hanmik said:
what is there to misunderstand..? it only works with a Japanese account..

I think he means that people might think it will only play JP game cards?

AniHawk · Nov 13, 2013

ah 2013. it was a tumultuous time for our nation: the ps4 craze gave us all a reason to live. the information superhighway showed the average person what some nerd thinks about star wars, and the mishandling of the vita continued unabated.

Gouda Jouji · Nov 13, 2013

ThePeoplesBureau said:
I think he means that people might think it will only play JP game cards?

Yeah I think that's it. It still sucks if you imported one and you have PS+ or a bunch of digital games on your non-JPN account.

Meia · Nov 13, 2013

Marauder Shields said:
So much for importing it.

I am.....very happy I didn't now because I was paranoid that this would be the case. @_@

Camp Lo · Nov 13, 2013

Marauder Shields said:
So much for importing it.

Pretty much. I really wanted one too.

LiquidSolid · Nov 13, 2013

What about playing NA/PAL retail games on it? If you can, it's not as bad as actual region locking but it still sucks.

InfiniteNine · Nov 13, 2013

I wonder if it's just a case of other regions PSN not set up for the Vita TV yet since they didn't say carts don't work.

linko9 · Nov 13, 2013

Well if they had no plans to ever release it in other regions, they'd have no reason to do this. So I'm taking it as a sign that a western release is on the horizon. Silver linings and whatnot.

PodcastFips · Nov 13, 2013

Someone should change the title to "Vita TV working with Japanese accounts only".

perorist · Nov 13, 2013

ThePeoplesBureau said:
I think he means that people might think it will only play JP game cards?

Is it confirmed that this isn't the case? Since many games require a compatibility patch, would they bother releasing a non JP patch if they had no intent for non JP games to be compatible in the first place?

Seik · Nov 13, 2013

NOOOOOooooooooooooooo!!!

I wanted to import. Goddammit, Sony! D:

I hope they'll release it here soon enough...

EDIT: Oh, I overreacted, this is only about the PSN accounts?! Because if the game cards works I'm still a happy man, I buy at retail.

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lherre · Nov 13, 2013

And the non japanese "retail games" ...do they work?

Viola of the Abyss · Nov 13, 2013

How about Game Cards? Did anyone try those?

Cheesecakebobby · Nov 13, 2013

Wish they had just released a damn AV cable.

maquiladora · Nov 13, 2013

why.jpg

Burning Justice · Nov 13, 2013

Well, shit. Guess it's a good thing I didn't import, then.

Do we know if it works with non-Japanese game cards?

gembel · Nov 13, 2013

just make a japanese account

SmokyDave · Nov 13, 2013

Fuck me, that's immeasurably lame.

maouvin · Nov 13, 2013

perorist said:
Is it confirmed that this isn't the case? Since many games require a compatibility patch, would they bother releasing a non JP patch if they had no intent for non JP games to be compatible in the first place?

shinkansen.3000 said:
How about Game Cards? Did anyone try those?

These.

Also, blimey

Hopefully non-JP people can still cancel their preorders.

Takao · Nov 13, 2013

perorist said:
Is it confirmed that this isn't the case? Since many games require a compatibility patch, would they bother releasing a non JP patch if they had no intent for non JP games to be compatible in the first place?

I've imported some Japanese Vita stuff and I was able to download updates just fine on my North American Canada PSN equipped Vita.

Edit: I'm fairly certain I misread that. I'm so tired that I can't be sure right now haha

Burai · Nov 13, 2013

Makes sense. Why would they throw resource getting the games on the NA/EU stores fixed and re-certified for Vita TV when the western release is still TBA and they've got the small matter of the PS4 launch to deal with first?

michaelius · Nov 13, 2013

Ehh i told people they should wait with ordering it.

Lollipop Dave · Nov 13, 2013

It's only the account right? The games will still work? If so. It doesn't really bother me.

cosmicblizzard · Nov 13, 2013

So hold on, what if you have a Japanese account, but throw in a North American game? Would it work?

perorist · Nov 13, 2013

Takao said:
I've imported some Japanese Vita stuff and I was able to download updates just fine on my North American Canada PSN equipped Vita.

No I mean many JP vita retail games require a Vita TV specific patch to be playable on the Vita TV.

If they don't intend for non-JP games to work, they won't issue the compatibility patch for the US/EU version or w/e in the first place, rendering them incompatible anyways.

Shadow Ranger · Nov 13, 2013

Disappointing but thread title will need to be updated once confirmed it only applies to the account.

Tweet Shuhei until he gives in?

Visualante2 · Nov 13, 2013

Once I saw the compatibility list I kind of lost all interest anyway. Disappointing for sure. Maybe they see it having a higher value in the West because of the Apple TV?

ThePeoplesBureau · Nov 13, 2013

perorist said:
Is it confirmed that this isn't the case? Since many games require a compatibility patch, would they bother releasing a non JP patch if they had no intent for non JP games to be compatible in the first place?

To be fair, you make a good point - I haven't seen a confirmation about retail cards. As it stands all Vita models play cards from all regions, but Vita TV is a different kettle of bananas...

Dwayne · Nov 13, 2013

I was on the fence, but this seals it, no PS Vita TV for me

Gskyace · Nov 13, 2013

Is it a surprise?
It's all the same when PS Vita is released.

It's not locked, but the server is not up.

RazielCuts · Nov 13, 2013

I really hope there isn't some 'deserved' outcry and backlash about this. It was stated there were no plans on an outside JPN release, people pre-ordered anyway and they've supposedly been burnt.

Noisepurge · Nov 13, 2013

gembel said:
just make a japanese account

that's not a good option if you want to use all your PS+ games and previous digital downloads. This is only good for playing physical games and, well, if you live in japan

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