Originally Posted by SuperCarnitas
The same region-control shenanigans apply in the world of video games. Don't plan on running that "Densha de Go!" game on your North American consoles...
Not so true these days - the Densha de Go! Pocket games play just fine on my US-bought PSP
Nintendo DS, PSP and PS3* games aren't region coded. My DS is from Hong Kong and happily plays UK and US games; my PSP is from the US and plays Japanese, UK and US games; my PS3 is from Japan and plays Japanese, UK and US games.
(* the PS3 does have region control capability for games in it, but no-one has released a game that enforces it yet)