Rock has never been this expensive

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Thanks, Pete!:)That's very nice of you.

Nevertheless, I think the point is moot.

I sent the following email to EA, the publisher responsible for the tech support for Rock Band:

Dear EA sports

I live in Norway and wish to purchase Rock Band for the Playstation 3 from someone in the US; either from an online store, or through a friend residing in the US.

My question to you is:
Will an American copy of Rock Band work properly on a Norwegian Playstation 3 (40GB model). I will probably need to purchase a power adapter to work out the difference between US and European electrical systems. But once I've done that, is there anything inherent in American Playstation 3 games that prevents them from working on a European PS3?

Thank you for your help.

Best regards

- Eirik Jakobsen
Stavanger, Norway

and got the following auto-replyesque reply:

Hi,

Thank you for contacting us here at Electronic Arts Technical Support. I’m sorry for the difficulty with Rock Band.

If you purchase a game, please make sure that the game has the same region as your console. Be aware that if you purchase a game online, you may not be aware of it's region.

You can verify the region of your game by looking on the back of the package for one of the following codes.

NTSC - North America (United States, Canada, and Mexico)
NTSC-J - Asia (Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Singapore, and Taiwan)
PAL - Europe, Australia, and New Zealand

Should you require further assistance about this or any Electronic Arts games in the future please visit our website and review our extensive Self Help knowledgebase (http://support.ea.com)

Francis A.
EA Games Technical Support

Am I to infer from this that Rock Band (and other PS3 games) are *not* region-free? Colour me stunned. And then add a stroke or two of cheated. One of the reasons why I bought a PS3 was that games would finally be launched worldwide due to the lack of zoning restrictions on games.

*angry*


Edit: Oops! Just spotted the concord error in my email to EA sports. Oh well, they deserved it! The ratty bunch!