Are all pc games region free

Thanks, guys, I kinda figured this was the case, since PCs aren't made from a universal set of components the way consoles are, but it's still nice to be reassured. Now, if you'll excuse me, there's a city in need of saving.

While a PC game could theoretically include some form of proprietary region-locking, this is fortunately not a common thing. I'm not even sure it exists in the real world. DVDs do have region-locking, but it's only used for video and I'm not sure if it's even possible to region-lock other types of DVDs.

Yeah, some games are region-locked. I think some of the Call of Duty games are region-locked, for example. I think it's region-free,but I'm not sure. Will I run into any trouble with a overseas-purchased game on a computer in the US? Similar to the region-locked DVD and blu-ray movie releases.. I've ordered tv shows as well as movies on DVD and blu-ray from Amazon. FireGryphon Darth Gerbil. Wed Aug 14, pm Not sure, but are you fluent in German? Sheep Rustlers in the sky!

Consumers may opt to purchase region free products so that they have more access to products they are interested in, and some manufacturers choose to produce such goods to appeal to more consumers. The idea of separating the world into regions is that manufacturers can produce products that will only work in a particular part of the world.

This is theoretically done to protect copyrights and embargoes, such as when a movie that has no distribution rights in the United States is released on discs that play in the European region only.

The regions also allow manufacturers to charge differing prices to consumers, however, taking advantage of the fact that people in one region may be willing to pay more than consumers in another.

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