Ps3 region 3? What will that mean game and bluray wise?

Question

My friend wants to buy a ps3, he lives in libya, which is in north africa. The ps3 there is 'region 3'. What will that mean to him, can he buy games from anywere in the world and play them on his ps3 40gb? what about DVDs and blu-rays?

and playing online, because he would like to play with people in europe as well as africa.

A nice explanation to help me solve this plz

Thanks in advance ;)

Answer 1

For PS3 games, he should be able to play any games from anywhere in the world.  PS3 games are region free.

For DVD and Blu-ray movies, he'll be stuck with Region 3 DVD and Blu-ray movies.  

Does Africa have online play?  I think he's pretty much stuck with playing against other people from his region.  

Answer 2

hey i live in libya too but i got my ps3 from the uk but my cousin got his from libya the games work on both consoles mine and his fine but my pal dvds wont work on his b/c my cousins is ntsc.he can play in europe if he signs in the psn as a european country.since libya has fake dvds he can buy them from libya and they will work on his ps3 fine.blu ray dvds are region coded so he has to get them from outside of libya cuz ive nvr seen a place that sells blu ray movies here.tell ur friend to get a 60gb ps3 40b suck.

i dont think they have libya as a psn country

Answer 3

Games for the PS3 are not region coded - he will be able to play games from anywhere.

The region codes for DVDs are as follows:

1: Canada, United States; U.S. territories; Bermuda

2: Western and Central Europe; Western Asia; Egypt, Japan, South Africa, Swaziland; British overseas territories, French overseas territories

3: Southeast Asia; South Korea; Non-mainland China ( Hong Kong)

4: Oceania; Central and South America; Caribbean; Mexico

5: Eastern Europe, Africa, Central and South Asia, Mongolia, North Korea

6: Mainland China

DVDs from one region cannot be played in a player from another, although some DVDs are sold as "region free" and can be played in a player from any region.

Blu-Ray uses an entirely different region coding system, and he would need to check the PS3 to see what it has.

Blu-Ray region codes:

A:  East Asia (except Mainland China and Mongolia), Southeast Asia, North America, South America and their dependencies

B: Africa, Southwest Asia, Europe (except Russia), Oceania and their dependencies

C: Central Asia, East Asia (Mainland China and Mongolia only), South Asia, Europe (Russia only) and their dependencies

Blu-Ray discs from one region cannot be played in a player from another, although a very large percentage of Blu-Ray discs (including all Warner Bros. releases and some Disney releases) are sold without region coding and can be played in a player from any region.

Answer 4

ps3 games are not region incoded which means he will be able to play them from any country as for blur ray movies he will only be alble to watch region three ones as for dvds im not sure u should check the ps3 site