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"The Import Gamers Thread"

I figured seeing as there seems to be a fair few people into importing like myself around here that we should have our own thread to talk about the latest American and Japanese releases and also to have a bit of a laugh at the European gamers and feel superior with our access to better games :-D

So lets get talking about the latest games coming out overseas

Cusack wrote:

> And what about your machine ? Is it chipped or imported ?


I have both a modded PS2 and pretty nifty yellow PS2 from Japan. Now please don't drag this topic down into another argument between us, this is an attempt to make an actually decent topic so don't ruin it with your right on ramblings. Unless you're going to talk about import games (what this topic is actually about) then please go away

lalakersrule wrote:
> Import games and Pirate games are two totally different things.
Pirate games are mostly pirated from the imports.

lalakersrule wrote:
> Cusack wrote:
> lalakersrule wrote:
> Imports are the official games from America and Japan and is nothing
> illegal about it.
> That's when you ACTUALLY buy the originals, and play them on an
> import machine, not a chipped machine.
>
> That's what we're talking about for christ sakes. Do you see me and
> Magician or Darwock talking about pirated games? No, we're talking
> about the actual legal versions of the games.
And what about your machine ? Is it chipped or imported ?

Cusack wrote:
> lalakersrule wrote:
> Imports are the official games from America and Japan and is nothing
> illegal about it.
> That's when you ACTUALLY buy the originals, and play them on an
> import machine, not a chipped machine.

That's what we're talking about for christ sakes. Do you see me and Magician or Darwock talking about pirated games? No, we're talking about the actual legal versions of the games.

Import games and Pirate games are two totally different things.

lalakersrule wrote:
> Imports are the official games from America and Japan and is nothing
> illegal about it.
That's when you ACTUALLY buy the originals, and play them on an import machine, not a chipped machine.

Darwock wrote:
> Yeah Cusack, 'import' does not mean 'pirate', and 'european' doesn't
> mean 'official'... that sounds like it was the source of your
> confusion.
>
> Does Egypt use PAL? What about the mains voltage, is it 240V?
Egypt uses 240 volts, and all the imports here are copied.

Imports are the official games from America and Japan and is nothing illegal about it.

Yeah Cusack, 'import' does not mean 'pirate', and 'european' doesn't mean 'official'... that sounds like it was the source of your confusion.

Does Egypt use PAL? What about the mains voltage, is it 240V?

Sandbox Magician wrote:
> Cusack wrote:
> lalakersrule wrote:
> I figured seeing as there seems to be a fair few people into
> importing
> like myself around here that we should have our own thread to talk
> about the latest American and Japanese releases and also to have a
> bit of a laugh at the European gamers and feel superior with our
> access to better games :-D
>
> So lets get talking about the latest games coming out overseas
> Sticking to European releases is actually our choice, well at least
> for most people. You already know that I live in Egypt. Do you know
> that we have all the import games here? And we don't have any of the
> european releases ? But I chose the european, simply because it's
> the
> official choice, knowing that buying eurpean releases costs me a
> fortune when ordering from the internet. It's the principal, owning
> original games gives them respect.
>
> I fail to see your point man.
>
> How is owning European releases any different from owning Import
> releases?
I am talking about copied imports, it's illegal and doesn't have the true value of the original. Buying original imports is ok.