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GTA IV likely region locked on Xbox 360

Recent releases from Rockstar Games have indicated that the Xbox 360 version of Grand Theft Auto IV will be region locked. The news is a bad sign for those living in areas where titles are normally delivered later or where video games carry a high premium.

Microsoft's console employs a system which allows game publishers to choose whether they wish their titles to be locked to a single region. Rockstar Games' only released title on the platform so far, Table Tennis, is locked to the region in which it is purchased. The company's next game for the console, Bully: Scholarship Edition, was today confirmed by VideoGamesPlus to have suffered the same fate.

All titles for Sony's PlayStation 3 are region-free, although many retailers refuse to send PlayStation titles to the European Union for legal reasons.

Just to clarify, a region locked game is one which only works on a console bought in the same market in which the game was. For example, if you buy Table Tennis in the USA it will only work on consoles in North America.

Updates:

This is a RUMOR. I apologize for selecting the wrong category this time.

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BigKev45 - 654 days 22 hours ago

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Who cares?

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Daz - 654 days 22 hours ago

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Not me and uk gets stuff later then america. BUt i still be able to play it 3 days later

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Korosuke - 654 days 21 hours ago

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people who lives in areas where titles are normally delivered later, or not be delivered.

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barom - 654 days 19 hours ago

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Although region-locking is pretty stupid. It's normal. Most of X360 titles are region locked. This shouldn't be news at all.

On the other hand, if GTA IV would've been region-free on X360. Now that would've been news.

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Malacath - 654 days 7 hours ago

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Doesn't bother me. This would only bother me if I lived in an area where the game was censored. If a game is censored or banned then I would want to import it. Like GTA3 was censored in australia. It is possible this game could be censored somewhere as well.

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jack who - 654 days 21 hours ago

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green - 654 days 21 hours ago

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How is this news?

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Lumbo - 654 days 21 hours ago

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Its more news than the HD-DVD posts, at least it has the 'game' part right...

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Stubacca - 654 days 20 hours ago

3.2 - Even more importantly...

Why would you use a LXG movie poster as your avatar?

Disturbing.

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Gitaroo - 654 days 21 hours ago

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most 360 games beside those Ubi and EA Asia version games are region locked anyway. Nothing new really.

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Yi-Long - 654 days 20 hours ago

5 - 'legal reasons'

"All titles for Sony's PlayStation 3 are region-free, although many retailers refuse to send PlayStation titles to the European Union for legal reasons. "

...which is absolutely ridiculous, cause it isnt illegal to sell an American game to an individuel European costumer.

Ninja Gaiden Sigma (ps3) is only available UNCUT in the USA. The UNCUT version is the ONLY version I would consider buying. I should be allowed to import the region-free uncut American version!

I really wish all this region-coding would stop, OR that they would stop making different (priced, or in terms of content) versions for different markets!

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moparful99 - 654 days 20 hours ago

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Its only retailers that refuse to export.... You can buy these games for days on ebay and amazon... The reason they state legal reasons is because most countries have different content standards... Games that are m here in america would be AO in europe or uk. These countries dont allow ao games to be sold.

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ReBurn - 654 days 3 hours ago

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I'm sure the legal reasons have more to do with import tariffs than anything else. Censorship probably isn't as much of the issue.

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Boink - 654 days 20 hours ago

6 - great

so now if I buy this game, I can't play it on my 360 that I keep in my villa on the french riviera, or my temporary quarters at buckingham palace.

thanks for screwing me over rockstar.

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tonsoffun - 654 days 20 hours ago

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REALLY HOW THE HELL IS THIS NEWS?

The vast majority of 360 games are region locked, so why go to the trouble of speculating that ANOTHER 360 game will be the same?

Utter Nonsense

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The Wood - 654 days 20 hours ago

8 - this may have been big news IF

the release date wasn't almost a worldwide same day release.

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Strife Lives - 654 days 16 hours ago

9 - Um, so what?

Im sure Rockstar wants their game to get into peoples 360s pretty quick, so they can rake in the profits. i live in South Africa, and its always the austrailians and us that get stuff a day or two late,but I checked at my local stores, and they're getting it on the US listed release date.then again,with reguards to austrailia,they've been many times where we got games before them.

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Lew_Ijgee - 654 days 16 hours ago

10 - Big news...

for those who may live in countries where games with this sort of content is not allowed to be sold at retail stores. GTA is the sort of game in which you want to receive the full content and not a censored version.

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Malacath - 654 days 4 hours ago

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True but if someone lives in a country where it's sensored they could just import the ps3 version which will be region free.

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GETPWNZORED - 654 days 15 hours ago

11 - GTA IV likely region locked on Xbox 360

Ahhh sh*t. I'm screwed!!! Oh wait...No I'm not. I don't care...

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Xbox is the BEST - 654 days 14 hours ago

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says it's a rumor

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Rusted - 654 days 5 hours ago

13 - Mmmh

R4G: Rumours 4 Gamers...

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moujahed - 654 days 1 hour ago

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Alot of you people say you dont care, because you never go through the same crap that Europeans go through. Fortunately if they want, they could get it for their PS3. Good thing Sony changed the region code rule for games.

The PS3 version may very well sell more it's first week because of this.

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LSDARBY - 653 days 23 hours ago

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All 360 games are region locked arent they? So why is this news

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cpuchess - 653 days 23 hours ago

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Yeah, so what? How many does this affect, 10 people?

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cow moolester - 654 days 21 hours ago

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who cares?Simultaneous Worldwide release ...

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BrianC6234 - 654 days 6 hours ago

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Aren't all 360 games region locked? I believe they are. I've never really heard developers have a choice. The PS3 is region-free, the 360 isn't.

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Stubacca - 654 days 21 hours ago

2 - Exactly.

It makes a huge difference for games like Unreal Tournament which take months to came out. But GTA4 is out around the world at the same time. As is MGS4.

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power of Green - 654 days 20 hours ago

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You're a PS3 fanboy fanatic as if you were going to get the 360 version anyways.

You don't know where you'll be when it launches so you'll get it on PS3?, lol you are a Sony fanboy one of the worse I'v seen in recent history I doubt you'd get the 360 version.

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You travel and you wan't to bring GTA with you to play on foreign 360's?. Most people will own the game anyways why bring it.

Its possible each region will have its own legal standards???????......LOWLLOLW LWOWl.

You idiot. lol

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gambare - 654 days 20 hours ago

3.3 - Power of Pee

shows a true fanboyism, if someone says something bad against the 360, Power of Pee comes to the rescue

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caffman - 654 days 10 hours ago

4.1 - Hey moron

check your facts. I know for a cast iron fact that not all 360 games are region locked. The main one being COD4

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Jenzo - 654 days 7 hours ago

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Still grumpy over that 360 exclusive content, are we?

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Xbox is the BEST - 654 days 14 hours ago

5 - Lair

had 7.1 sound and it sucked. Lesbian Sword as all those languages and it's an average game.

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BrianC6234 - 654 days 2 hours ago

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So you have a PS3 and Lair?

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Xbox is the BEST - 654 days 1 hour ago

5.2 - Are

you trying to defend Lair and the PS#3?

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t-0_ot- - 654 days 7 hours ago

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bootsielon - "I care" No, you don't.
"I travel a lot, so I guess I'll have to get the PS3 version wherever I am when it comes out." Uhm.. do you even own a 360.. probably not.
"It's more a reminder than news." And, what you said is just a reminder that your a PS3 fanboy.. nothin new.

gambare - Yea.. that's true. But, do you notice that this topic is listed as being only under the 360 area? There's no reason for a PS3 fanboy to be in here. The only two reasons I can think of for them being in here is because they just want to cause problems OR because the PS3 is not having any good news..

Which is it bootsielon?

UPDATE: bootsie did you even read the topic? "it's safe to say it's region locked like EVERY 360 GAME."

"Microsoft's console employs a system which allows game publishers to choose whether they wish their titles to be locked to a single region." Apparently not, I mean come on. It even says it in the Description...

And, like Caffman said "check your facts." "The main one being COD4"
If your going to Troll at least know what you're talking about...

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streeks1984 - 654 days 6 hours ago

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I will never understand this region locked crap.....It doesnt make any kind of sense to me and just sounds like more work.

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AGZEN - 654 days 4 hours ago

8 - 360 just sucks

first over heating, then 3 red lights of doon,then dvd9:-(, then the loss of hd-dvd, paying for online gaming now region locked games. wow lifes hard on the 360 side. too bad

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jinn - 654 days ago

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this is an attack from sony

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