World Wide Purchasing & Distribution

[Screamadelica]

According to their order details, the copies that boostep are supplying are region locked for Zone B, which is for Europe and Australia. Check the information on the boostep website, it will tell you exactly which areas it is usuable in. Doesn't appear that they will be suitable for the U.S. Sorry.

[kingpinda]

Originally Posted by Screamadelica

According to their order details, the copies that boostep are supplying are region locked for Zone B, which is for Europe and Australia. Check the information on the boostep website, it will tell you exactly which areas it is usuable in. Doesn't appear that they will be suitable for the U.S. Sorry.

Region locked are you serious? I remember a time when dvd movies were regio locked.. but a hack with the remote control punching in some cheat code so to speak had them unlocked. They region lock software also? I mean.. ooh wait that ip adres is from holland so I won't spin up the dvd???

edit: oh wait... Now i remember... every dvd has a small gps tracker imbedded :p

[Madfish]

Region lock for DVD usually meant that the drive itself locks to the region of the DVD after 2 or so changes. The actual geoposition doesn't matter, only the region code of the DVD's you play.

[WTE_Galway]

Originally Posted by Madfish

Region lock for DVD usually meant that the drive itself locks to the region of the DVD after 2 or so changes. The actual geoposition doesn't matter, only the region code of the DVD's you play.

The questions about region locking have arisen because some European resellers are advertising the Collectors Edition as "Region B".

Region B is a Bluray region code not a DVD region code. It is not clear how a Bluray region code can be enforced on a PC game.

Its possible this "Region B" comment may have been a mistake however it has made some people a little nervous about ordering box versions from other regions.

[White Owl]

Right, it doesn't make much sense any way you look at it. If I were a betting man, I'd bet it's a mistake and the hard copies will work in any region.

But I'm not a betting man, so I'm waiting until it's definitively cleared up before throwing around the cash for a Collector's Edition and international shipping.

[kingpinda]

hehe yeah. I have time also.. wanted the collectors edition but thinking of grabbing the download. I always lose my booklets etc anyhow.

But i've NEVER heard of games/software cd's,dvd's not working on a generic dvd player in your pc. No matter where the discs are coming from. Bluray is a different matter on which i have little to no knowledge. Besides the point though since no pc game has ever been released on bluray to my knowledge. Something to do with -$ per MB ratio- not too mention still not to many people have bluray in their pc.

[Wolf_Rider]

Australia - EB Games may have the boxed standard version available for pre-order from tomorrow (at least that is the respone I got) C.E. version is still a question

[recoilfx]

Originally Posted by kingpinda

hehe yeah. I have time also.. wanted the collectors edition but thinking of grabbing the download. I always lose my booklets etc anyhow.

But i've NEVER heard of games/software cd's,dvd's not working on a generic dvd player in your pc. No matter where the discs are coming from. Bluray is a different matter on which i have little to no knowledge. Besides the point though since no pc game has ever been released on bluray to my knowledge. Something to do with -$ per MB ratio- not too mention still not to many people have bluray in their pc.

It's not whether the pc will read the dvd, UbiSoft may decide not to activate a region 2 binary when it's being activated on region 1 - that's the issue.

I believe Valve has done something like that - people were buying Half Life 2 from China for cheap - Valve didn't like that, so they disabled activations for games from a different region.