Youngy_UK999 Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 Hi, Been trying to find a definitive answer for a while and it's doing my head in. Ultimately, can I play JP PSN games on my EU account on my VITA? I started an EU account when I got my PS4 on launch day. Looking at the VITA list, there's alot of easy platinums to get, but they're all JP PSN games. My understanding is that if I continue to use my EU account as my "main" account on PSNProfiles, then the only way I'm going to get JP plats, is by imported the physical game cartridge? But then I find accounts such as Dogger1983 and SilentBun which show as UK accounts, but they have A LOT of JP VITA games in the PLAT list. This confuses me. Do you think these accounts are JP accounts, with location changed via PSNProfiles admin? Or is there another way to do this? I'll be gutted if I need a JP account as my "main" account, as if I change now, I'll lose my trophy progress. Thanks for your help/comments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crimsonidol38 Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 3 minutes ago, Youngy_UK_CYM said: I started an EU account when I got my PS4 on launch day. Looking at the VITA list, there's alot of easy platinums to get, but they're all JP PSN games. My understanding is that if I continue to use my EU account as my "main" account on PSNProfiles, then the only way I'm going to get JP plats, is by imported the physical game cartridge? Like you said the only official way to play japanese games on your EU-account is to import the physical game. There's the possibility to have download games from other regions on your Vita memory card but you still would require to set the main account to the japanese one to actually run them due to the game's license (and it would require to hack your Vita which could cause your device and the accounts to get banned. And about the two accounts: From what I can see most (if not all) of the JP-games seem to have retail versions so those persons imported the games or just bought them second hand from other trophy hunters (there are some dedicated communities for this). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dermarx Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 7 minutes ago, Youngy_UK_CYM said: My understanding is that if I continue to use my EU account as my "main" account on PSNProfiles, then the only way I'm going to get JP plats, is by imported the physical game cartridge? This. Unfortunately, you can't get Japanese (or other) Downloads on your PSVita, if you set a EU-Account. If you look at my Trophylist, I have a german account, but I have some Japanese Platinum on the PSVita, because I bought the game cartridge of these games. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevieboy Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 (edited) 10 minutes ago, Youngy_UK_CYM said: Hi, Been trying to find a definitive answer for a while and it's doing my head in. Ultimately, can I play JP PSN games on my EU account on my VITA? I started an EU account when I got my PS4 on launch day. Looking at the VITA list, there's alot of easy platinums to get, but they're all JP PSN games. My understanding is that if I continue to use my EU account as my "main" account on PSNProfiles, then the only way I'm going to get JP plats, is by imported the physical game cartridge? But then I find accounts such as Dogger1983 and SilentBun which show as UK accounts, but they have A LOT of JP VITA games in the PLAT list. This confuses me. Do you think these accounts are JP accounts, with location changed via PSNProfiles admin? Or is there another way to do this? I'll be gutted if I need a JP account as my "main" account, as if I change now, I'll lose my trophy progress. Thanks for your help/comments. You can play JP games on your EU account on your Vita if it's a physical version. You can't play digital games on an account from a different region (or even a different account) than the PSN store it was bought from. Edited January 17, 2017 by Stevieboy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Youngy_UK999 Posted January 17, 2017 Author Share Posted January 17, 2017 Spot on guys. Cheers for the final verification. And thanks for the speedy replies. I consider the post closed :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kusuriuriPT Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 since its all related i have a question...if i import a japanese vita will i be able to set the psn store to the portuguese one? Or will i be stuck to the JP store? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greenshyguy Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 4 minutes ago, kusuriuriPT said: since its all related i have a question...if i import a japanese vita will i be able to set the psn store to the portuguese one? Or will i be stuck to the JP store? Vita's are not region locked so it doesn't matter where you buy it from. However the "x" and "o" buttons will be swapped on an Asian vita compared to an EU one. The region will depend on the PSN account you use with the Vita. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kusuriuriPT Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 ok....i want to buy a japanese vita but didnt know if i would be stuck with the JPN psn store Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simpgraus Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 13 minutes ago, kusuriuriPT said: ok....i want to buy a japanese vita but didnt know if i would be stuck with the JPN psn store if you buy a vita from Japan, when you get it u just set it up to your main account whatever that is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elpap27 Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 (edited) can someone tell me some community where i can find physical game copys? Answers: ebay, amiami.com, nin-nin games Playasia.com... THX Edited January 30, 2017 by elpap27 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProfBambam55 Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 Playasia.com... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnowxSakura Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 You can also find them on ebay, amiami.com, nin-nin games etc. There's a lot of places you can import from 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProfBambam55 Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 6 hours ago, Stevieboy said: You can play JP games on your EU account on your Vita if it's a physical version. You can't play digital games on an account from a different region (or even a different account) than the PSN store it was bought from. Just a question of curiosity, is this a weird region-lock vita thing?...i know you can do this with ps3s and psp's...as in play games from any region store, digital or disc... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sora9427 Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 14 minutes ago, ProfBambam55 said: Just a question of curiosity, is this a weird region-lock vita thing?...i know you can do this with ps3s and psp's...as in play games from any region store, digital or disc... Vita has only 1 Account per time so if you set Your Candian Account you can play just that. You CAN make a JApanese account and buy games there but since are releated to the account and you can have only 1 you won't be able to play those on your main account. Ps3 you can ahve how many accounts youw ant so you cna just make a japanese one get the game there and swap account on your console, on Vita you can't do that that's why. But if you buy a Retail japanese game no problem insert the game and play normally no Region Block from sony, it's not Nintendo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadiochao Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 (edited) 20 minutes ago, ProfBambam55 said: Just a question of curiosity, is this a weird region-lock vita thing?...i know you can do this with ps3s and psp's...as in play games from any region store, digital or disc... It's not region locking, the Vita is completely region-free, it's just a design flaw. Well it's a flaw from a trophy hunter's standpoint, Sony doesn't seem to mind. You can only use one account on the Vita at a time, so you're limited to downloading and playing digital games that belong to the account you're using. If you want to play a digital game from another region, you'd be forced to remove the first account from the memory card before you add a new one. Even if you somehow kept a game installed, it won't let you play it. Edited January 17, 2017 by Shadiochao Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Satoshi Ookami Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 7 hours ago, Youngy_UK_CYM said: Looking at the VITA list, there's alot of easy platinums to get, but they're all JP PSN games. Don't abuse poor JP games Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProfBambam55 Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 interesting stuff...thanks for the replies...strange design flaw indeed... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eyjabria Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 If I've understood correctly, you're "region locked" out from any DLC for the game though? If you buy a physical JP game, any DLC for the game from EU PS store is not compatible? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Satoshi Ookami Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 24 minutes ago, Eyjabria said: If I've understood correctly, you're "region locked" out from any DLC for the game though? Yep, you are region locked out of DLCs. 24 minutes ago, Eyjabria said: If you buy a physical JP game, any DLC for the game from EU PS store is not compatible? Well, if the game has EU/NA version, there aren't many people that would buy JP version but yea, DLCs from non-JP stores would not be compatible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Youngy_UK999 Posted January 18, 2017 Author Share Posted January 18, 2017 Really good discussion guys and Thanks for clearing everything up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Youngy_UK999 Posted November 1, 2018 Author Share Posted November 1, 2018 Just in case someone stumbles across this old thread...... There is now a method of playing other region VITA games on your main account, without Custom Firmware. See below thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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