Players Can Now Change Their PSN Region Within the EU
Noticed by Reddit user “AlphaFoxWarfare”, there should be a new sub-option for eligible players on the sidebar of the PlayStation Store. You can see the new option in the picture below.
You will notice that there are two options to choose from. Country and Language. Does that mean you can take advantage of deals in Ireland while reading it in Italian? Not sure why you would do that unless you speak Italian, but yes, you probably can!
The change might come to the surprise to everyone, but as pointed out by another Reddit user named “TheWorstNL”, this update is probably part of a new European law that restricts shops from being region locked. It is referred to as Geo-blocking and you can read more about it right here.
EU players will now be able to take advantage of any deals they were previously restricted from due to being a resident of another European country. However, some commenters pointed out that deals and prices usually stay pretty consistent across all of the available regions.
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Source: https://www.dualshockers.com/psn-region-change-eu/
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Mine_TurtlePosted:
Nik I was thinking the same what the advantages with this new option for the store? Exclusive games that you can purchase early, view games that nobody can buy? Not sure to me it's pointless. Maybe there could be a method buying games for free by switching regions? Na that would be stupid, NEVERMIND!
For me, I recently moved to the UK so this can be beneficial to me.
MazePosted:
This is cool for EU players that have wanted to claim a deal that they couldn't in the past!
9ntyPosted:
I was thinking the same what the advantages with this new option for the store? Exclusive games that you can purchase early, view games that nobody can buy? Not sure to me it's pointless. Maybe there could be a method buying games for free by switching regions? Na that would be stupid, NEVERMIND!
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