There's a 3rd-party remote attatchment available in Japan, consisting of a remote and an IR receiver that plugs into a control-port. It has the 'side-effect' of disabling territorial protection. Maybe not an issue for Americans, this is quite a biggie for those of us outside area 1, since native UK releases tend to cost more, take longer to arrive and have less in the way of special features.
Is that a good thing for Sony?
Consoles are usually sold on very narrow margins at best; manufacturers make most of their profits from licensing. I don't think Sony will be too glad of the additional hardware sales if they don't get the software sales to go with them.
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There's a 3rd-party remote attatchment available in Japan, consisting of a remote and an IR receiver that plugs into a control-port. It has the 'side-effect' of disabling territorial protection. Maybe not an issue for Americans, this is quite a biggie for those of us outside area 1, since native UK releases tend to cost more, take longer to arrive and have less in the way of special features.
Is that a good thing for Sony?
Consoles are usually sold on very narrow margins at best; manufacturers make most of their profits from licensing. I don't think Sony will be too glad of the additional hardware sales if they don't get the software sales to go with them.
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