I finally got a guitar bundle of Guitar Hero World Tour. My excitement was tempered by the fact that it’s a Region 4 release. What this means is that I won’t be able to buy any kind of downloadable content from the US Playstation store.
Apparently, DLC’s are region-specific, so if you have a region 4 disc, like I do, then tough luck. You’ll have to find a way of buying content from the Australian Playstation store. I think this is one of the things that Sony has to work on soon. True compatibility is so dismal that something as simple as downloading content should not be a problem anymore. I don’t know the logic of Sony for making content region-specific, it just makes it harder to buy stuff and it’s also a big letdown for certain countries that won’t be able to buy content from other regional stores. I really think Sony dropped the ball on this one.
It’s probably the same region copyright issues that made MS lock people out of foreign live accounts when they opened video marketplace.
Don’t Sony advertise the games as being region free? It’s funny they would push the fact you can buy the games anywhere but not allow for DLC.