I live in Dubai, and every game here is in PAL. Basically, it's all imported from UK. I have a Xbox 360 and a Wii, and around hundred games. I am also buying a 3DS soon.
Now, here is my dilemma. I am moving to Canada this Summer to continue education, and I am gonna take my 360, Wii and 3DS. Since all those 3 consoles are locked, what the hell should I do? Can I buy all my games online, like from Amazon?Are all their games region-free?And how much does it cost to ship to Canada?
Things I need to point out: There is no chance of me selling this stuff. I can't sell them in this country.
I am on a budget, and won't have the money to buy another console.
Region Lock Dilemma.
Canada is NTSC, so if you need PAL games you'll have to get them online. I'm pretty sure you can buy at Amazon.co.uk and have them shipped to Canada, but I have no idea what the shipping and customs situation is. I can't imagine it's much more expensive than importing to Dubai from the UK.
Some 360 games are region-free, so if you're lucky you can get a game in the shops there and it'll work on your console. Don't know about the Wii though.
Like Dubai, Australia is a PAL region, and I almost exclusively import my games due to the outrageous mark ups here. Amazon.co.uk, while awesome for blurays and such, are picky about sending 360 games internationally, for example they won't ship Portal 2 to my address, not sure why. The sources I use are usually based in the UK or Hong Kong, and explicitly state a game's region lock (if it has one at all) or only stock region free software. Hopefully without coming off as a huge plug, these are the joints I use to import. Most offer free worldwide shipping, if not it's relatively cheap.
http://www.gamehubs.com
http://www.365games.co.uk
http://www.mariio128.com
Shopped with all of these places, never had an issue with any of them before. I obviously don't want to speak regarding the import conditions, delivery times and such but these places are my go-to for game purchases.
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It costs around 60$ to ship anything to Dubai, so the charge of shipping to Canada won't be a problem. Seems like that's what I have to do, until I get a NTSC console altogether.
As for 3DS, I'm getting it from Amazon.com, which I presume, sells NTSC almost exclusively(Excpet for the games, which are region-free)
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