Can Asia Version use DLC from North America?
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Oct 6, 2012 3:07 am GMT
I want to order Asia version. Will DLC from NA work? Or do I need new PSN and other currency to buy?
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Oct 6, 2012 3:22 am GMT
Nope. You'll need a JPN PSN account, and you'll need to buy JPN DLC.
Oct 6, 2012 6:15 am GMT
You can download it in us psn store when available becuz namco bandai games dlc is compatible in asia.
Oct 6, 2012 6:56 am GMT
Who can confirm each of these statements? Which one is false and true?
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Soul Silver FC 4857 3238 5804
Oct 6, 2012 7:11 am GMT
Well DLC has always been region locked. So I am going with no.
Oct 6, 2012 7:15 am GMT
TheDRE2k2 posted...Nope. You'll need a JPN PSN account, and you'll need to buy JPN DLC.
Asian games and Japanese games are different regions. If you get the Asian version you should be able to make a Hong Kong account (in English). DLC works within the region of your game. American DLC will not work on an Asian region game.
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Oct 6, 2012 8:32 am GMT
Will I have to use a credit card or will a playstation network card work? Thanks
Oct 6, 2012 8:55 am GMT
I can't confirm but from my experience, a lot of Asian-English game are compatible with US DLCs.
not all of them but a lot of them.
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Oct 6, 2012 10:48 am GMT
i was planning on checking to see if the DLC works for my asia copy of the game once and for all but i cant find any dlc on on american server. and on asia server theres only japanese version DLC. i dont have a euro account atm. is the dlc up there?
Oct 6, 2012 11:03 am GMT
soopaaaa posted...Will I have to use a credit card or will a playstation network card work? Thanks
I've purchased a yen PSN card to buy stuff on the Japanese PS store.
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Oct 6, 2012 2:35 pm GMT
Asian games and Japanese games are different regions. If you get the Asian version you should be able to make a Hong Kong account (in English). DLC works within the region of your game. American DLC will not work on an Asian region game.
That's not the case. Japan and Asia are in the same region. Almost 100% of the time, the only difference between the two is that game discs being shipped internationally get a different manual insert and cover (with different rating system) than the discs being shipped domestically. They're the same games with the same code, printed at the same time in the same factory.
So, basically, "Japan" and "Asia" are the same. It's not a "region" it's a "version."
There are however a few exceptions. I believe a Grand Turismo game was one of them. It's only done for games with heavy online components where there would be too much strain on the Japanese servers if they had to handle all of the Asian online traffic. But it's very rare.
Generally speaking, if you buy a Japanese or Asia version of a game... it doesn't matter. You can get the DLC and use it from either the HK store or the JPN store... because they're the same region.
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Oct 6, 2012 2:56 pm GMT
Japan, Asia-Japanese version = JP PSN and HK PSN
US, Asia-English version = US PSN and HK PSN
so... if you bought an Asia-English disc, don't waste your money with JP PSN or HK PSN (it's for Asia-Japanese version only, DLCs for Asia-English are not release yet.)
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Oct 6, 2012 8:54 pm GMT
My bad, Mwulf. I've never ordered an Asian version game before, just US, PAL, and Japanese. So it's really just a game by game decision for servers?
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