Is there a way for a Region 3 PS3 (NTSC) play Region 2 games (PAL)?
MOST PS3 games are region-free, meaning that you can import/export games from any region and they should work. There have been the odd issues though, such as The Simpsons Game – I don’t think the American version of that game works on the European PS3s. North America and Japan use the NTSC television standards, or 480i, while Europe uses PAL standards, or 576i. Hence, the US PS3 isn’t configured to handle the extra 96 lines of imaging. So to resolve this issue you will need an HDTV since all PS3 titles support 720p, and you’re good to go ! Blu-Ray movies, however, ARE region-encoded – so you must get Blu-Ray movies from whichever of the three regions your console is from.
