Just wander up and down Sei Yung Choi Street to see loads of electrical stores.

Thanks again, Stan.

However, if you want compatability with UK Blu-Ray disks and PS2 games then buy a PS3 in the UK. Hong Kong’s Blu-Ray region is the same as Japan and America, which means that if you are willing to import Blu-Ray’s from the US, Japan or Hong Kong then you can get them cheaper, but you won’t be able to walk into HMV and buy a Blu-Ray in this country for either Japan or Hong Kong PS3’s.

PS2 games were region encoded using DVD regions, so once again if you import a PS3 from Japan or Hong Kong then you will not be able to play UK PS2 games.

If backward of future compatability with UK disks is required then I would suggest you buy a PS3 in the UK. If you are willing to import disks, either by buying online or have people regularly coming and going between suitable places, then buying abroad is still cheaper.

I hope that answers all your questions,
Al

Please bear in mind all compatability issues with blu ray + ps2 games.

Thanks, Stan.

sorry, but I deleted your follow up comments by accident.

It doesn’t matter whether you buy PAL or NTSC if you’re using a HD-TV, as HD is its own format. You need to buy PAL to use on UK SD-TVs because that’s the format we use.

In Hong Kong they use PAL as well, as it was a British colony, so most systems and games will be PAL.

1 - at the moment games are not region encoded, so a HK PS3 will play any PS3 games from anywhere around the world, including the UK. They might start encoding games in the future, who knows?

2 - the price in Hong Kong is HK$2,880 for a 40GB model and HK$3,780 for an 80GB model (click here to see the price in Fortress in Hong Kong). That works out as approximately £185 and £240 respectively.

3 - buy PAL games if you want to use a non-HD TV set from the UK. Hong Kong is primarily PAL so all games there should be in that format - but do check before buying.

4 - Most games should have menus in both Chinese and English, but check the back cover before buying to make sure English is listed there.

The English/Chinese issue is not normally a problem for bought games, as there is plenty of room on a Blu-Ray disk to support alternate languages. However, as Nick appears to have found out in the comment before Stan’s, it can be an issue if you download a game from the wrong store, as downloads don’t always come with this option. I would assume that Nick had registered his PS3 in Hong Kong, and not in the UK, meaning that he bought his Gran Turismo game from the Hong Kong Playstation store - and their version only has Chinese language. I know this because I downloaded the demo from the Hong Kong store as it was released there before the UK, and it was only in Chinese so my partner had to translate things for me.

Anyway, enjoy Hong Kong - I’m hoping to be going there again in the autumn., and I’m looking forward to that.

Al

1. Will the HK ps3 work with ALL Uk games, including Call of Duty.

2. Is it worth it, now that the UK price has dropped a lot?

3. What games should i buy there? NSTC or PAL?

4. Will these games have menus etc in English or all in chinese?

Thanks for any help!

Stan.

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