New CHinese/CHina's PS2 launching 20/12

hi there guys,

i just picked up a copy of a magazine with some interesting news on it, this maybe old news as it was announced earlier that SOny is officially launching another ps2 (the official launch) in China pretty soon, december 20th would be the date, as mentioned from the magazine. FYI, this is from Atomic magazine (Australia).

The interesting part from the article is that this new ps2 would be launched WITHOUT any anti-piracy protection measures! . Guess Sony is quick to learn that above 90% of stuffs in China are erm what do u call, the republic's backups hehehe...

So this would indeed be interesting to see, if this is old news, i beg your pardon and well i just got shocked to see Sony is even contemplating on doing such thing hehe

Some news outlets are reporting it just as you say, that sony has scrapt all Anit Piracy parts of the Chinese PS2. While other just say that sony says its out of their hands and it happens, but nothing of the lack of protection.

I really cannot see what the logic would be, even if sony were to admit to defeat by piracy, what good could come by making it easier, unless sony feels that it can make ore money on just selling the consoles. But then with this a breach in the entire world market has been made. I wouldnt hold my breathe on this one, although this information has come from a few highly reliable news sources, I think the information was misguided and just spread. Although I could be wrong, buti personaly wouldnt count on it. I geuss we shall see in a few days.

i really doubt this, since sony is sure to expect chinese console sales to rise, and ntsc region game sales to drop.

even sega attempted to produce dreamcasts that wouldnt read cdrs towards the end.

i wonder what do they mean by anti-piracy measures....
will they be able to play backup with out a modchip/swap of any kind?

yeah in a way i do think that those magazines from where i have read from may indeed be misguided in a way ... but yeah i agree, eager to see in a few days ..what sort of version would come out soon dec20th...:) hmm..
anyone saw the pictures of PSX from liksang and other sites? sure wish sony can send me one to pry open and simply post pictures... i think i could do that hahahaha

I only know China PS2 cost $19XXcny (China Yuan Renminbi). So equal about $230 usd. :wow:

Also the game region will be NTSC/C (C???). DVD movies region will be 6.

any word on these anti-protection ps2s now that they've been released?

China PS2 DELAY!!!!!!!

well that sucks. besides, i'm sure games outside china would have protection on them keeping you from using a chinese ps2 to boot just any game.

umm, that would mean any game up to the point of the release of a chinese ps2 with no protection(yeah right), and that's hundreds of games, hell, thats EVERY game. it's not like online games and dnas where there were only a few to begin with. and if the code to not allow games to boot on chinese ps2's wasnt there to begin with, how would it work?