FreshFromThaDeli Posted December 2, 2020 Share Posted December 2, 2020 So basically buy the digital game and the pirates dlc on the Korean store. What's the most cost efficient way to purchase Korean PSN credit? I've used CDKeys and G2A in the past so I'm wondering if they are the go to for this as well. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BluesFanUK Posted December 13, 2020 Share Posted December 13, 2020 (edited) On 02/12/2020 at 10:20 AM, LEGOmii said: The DLC is still on the Korean store. I checked. You don't have to get a Korean account, however it is from what I could find the only Asian store with the core game available and the DLC. If you can get a copy from another Asian region that has the DLC and the servers are up (which rules out Japan) then that will work too. But I couldn't find any other physical copies than Japan available to the UK. Before getting the Korean version and the trophies I played on the UK version with someone in US and where he got trophies I didn't. TL;DR Asia has the DLC but you also need a copy of the game from that region. Korea has both on their store so is an option that works; it's how I did it. Playing with someone with the DLC does not work, you must own it too. Hope that helps. How do you get it without a Korean account? This is their online store: https://store.playstation.com/ko-kr, everything is PS4 as per Sony's moronic update back in October. The PS3 store can only be accessed on a console but wouldn't that require a Korean account? I've never purchased a different region account so not sure how it works. EDIT - So turns out their PS3 store is actually still up and I can see the pack available for KRW 8,100 (About £5.50). Problem is you can't buy it without signing in. If you sign in with your standard account it'll throw up a page error that says "Your account information doesn't match the locale in the URL". The LBP game also only shows as Free Trial on the store too. Is the disc region locked? So confusing! Edited December 13, 2020 by BluesFanUK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HuntingFever Posted December 13, 2020 Share Posted December 13, 2020 24 minutes ago, BluesFanUK said: How do you get it without a Korean account? This is their online store: https://store.playstation.com/ko-kr, everything is PS4 as per Sony's moronic update back in October. The PS3 store can only be accessed on a console but wouldn't that require a Korean account? I've never purchased a different region account so not sure how it works. EDIT - So turns out their PS3 store is actually still up and I can see the pack available for HK$46 (About £5). Problem is you can't buy it without signing in. If you sign in with your standard account it'll throw up a page error that says "Your account information doesn't match the locale in the URL". The LBP game also only shows as Free Trial on the store too. Is the disc region locked? So confusing! PS3 games aren't region locked but the DLCs are, therefore you have to get both the game and DLC from the same country if you want them to work together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BluesFanUK Posted December 13, 2020 Share Posted December 13, 2020 40 minutes ago, HuntingFever said: PS3 games aren't region locked but the DLCs are, therefore you have to get both the game and DLC from the same country if you want them to work together. Ta, also just realised I was on the Hong Kong store, amended that to the Korea one now. Question remains mind - is it possible to obtain it without a Korea account? Reading further up it seems like you need personal identification to create one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HuntingFever Posted December 13, 2020 Share Posted December 13, 2020 (edited) 10 hours ago, BluesFanUK said: Ta, also just realised I was on the Hong Kong store, amended that to the Korea one now. Question remains mind - is it possible to obtain it without a Korea account? Reading further up it seems like you need personal identification to create one. If you want a Korean account, you only have 3 options: 1: Move to Korea and become a Korean citizen 2: Have a Korean friend create an account for you, using their details. 3: Buy a Korean Account via legally dubious means. TL:DR version: If you don't have the legal means of creating an account, you are 100% screwed for getting this DLC. Edited December 14, 2020 by HuntingFever Update. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BluesFanUK Posted December 13, 2020 Share Posted December 13, 2020 Just now, HuntingFever said: If you want a Korean account, you only have 3 options: 1: Move to Korea and become a Korean citizen 2: Have Korean friend create an account for you, using their details. 3: Buy a Korean Account via legally dubious means. TL:DR version: If you don't have legal means of creating an account, you are 100% screwed for getting this DLC. Thought so. Can get it on the Hong Kong store with a HK account, which means needing to import a physical copy of the game. Probably not worth it. I know companies could care less about trophy hunters, but this kind of thing gets on my nerves. DLC being delisted or servers going down for online content - there's potential for it, so don't add it into the games. Near 15 years later and people are still playing the PS3 - for many they are put off by this sort of idiocy on the publishers behalf. They're the ones who lose out. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KunoGuy Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 Was able to get the dlc and use a korean physical copy I got so saved a little bit. Just finished Port Royal. Now maybe I can get this done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LEGOmii Posted December 27, 2020 Author Share Posted December 27, 2020 On 13/12/2020 at 9:52 PM, BluesFanUK said: How do you get it without a Korean account? This is their online store: https://store.playstation.com/ko-kr, everything is PS4 as per Sony's moronic update back in October. The PS3 store can only be accessed on a console but wouldn't that require a Korean account? I've never purchased a different region account so not sure how it works. Apologies, I meant it as you could find another solution if you don't want to get an account that requires some hoop jumps, not that it was possible without it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exhausted__Gamer Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 I created a Singapore account (takes like 5 minutes). Went into the PS3 store to see if the PoTC DLC was there along with the Muppets and it was downloaded the DLC by purchasing a Singapore PSN Card. (You can Google PSN Singapore cost like $17 for 20 SG). Went into game and was able to play DLC. I hope this helps anyone with any issues with the DLC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vonSchenkopp Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 On 1/5/2021 at 7:53 PM, x_ODD-SACK_x said: I created a Singapore account (takes like 5 minutes). Went into the PS3 store to see if the PoTC DLC was there along with the Muppets and it was downloaded the DLC by purchasing a Singapore PSN Card. (You can Google PSN Singapore cost like $17 for 20 SG). Went into game and was able to play DLC. I hope this helps anyone with any issues with the DLC. That didn't work for me. I purchased the DLC, but my US (Canada) digital version of LBP didn't register it. The claims earlier in this thread that the DLC only works with a game from the same region appear to be correct. Also, the English/Chinese/Korean version is listed on the Singapore PSN page as "Disc only", so it can't be downloaded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LEGOmii Posted January 9, 2021 Author Share Posted January 9, 2021 On 06/01/2021 at 1:53 AM, x_ODD-SACK_x said: I created a Singapore account (takes like 5 minutes). Went into the PS3 store to see if the PoTC DLC was there along with the Muppets and it was downloaded the DLC by purchasing a Singapore PSN Card. (You can Google PSN Singapore cost like $17 for 20 SG). Went into game and was able to play DLC. I hope this helps anyone with any issues with the DLC. I tried this with a character unlock rather than the level dlc, using the UK disc version of the game. The character was not playable for me so I didn't try the level pack (to save cash ?). I did however find the Singapore character playable on the Korean version of the game, so some regions are definitely wider than their own country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melodicmizery Posted January 20, 2021 Share Posted January 20, 2021 (edited) is there any news of the pirates download cards anywhere available still? also do those cards ever expire because i wouldnt want to find one and buy it just to realize it has a experation date on it also i just browsed the korea store and if im reading this jibberish right the base game is 34,200 = $31 american dollars the pirate dlc is 8,100 = $8 american dollars so youll be roughly paying $40 to rebuy everything in korea. i didnt sign up for a account though, i only entered the ps store. so i cant vouch if signing up for a korean account in usa works. im not going to bother trying because im not going to pay $40 for a game that i already own 3 american copies of lol Edited January 21, 2021 by melodicmizery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HaserPL Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 On 7.01.2021 at 2:44 PM, vonSchenkopp said: That didn't work for me. I purchased the DLC, but my US (Canada) digital version of LBP didn't register it. The claims earlier in this thread that the DLC only works with a game from the same region appear to be correct. Also, the English/Chinese/Korean version is listed on the Singapore PSN page as "Disc only", so it can't be downloaded. It is. I bought the DLC as a code from G2A i think for the US version, had to borrow US disc version from my friend in order to play it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pato_friki Posted February 9, 2021 Share Posted February 9, 2021 I'm very late to the party. I'd really like to get 100% but I don't have the pirates of the caribbean dlc. Is there any new news? I read on reddit that it is possible to get the trophies by joining someone who had the dlc and who disconnected so that you were the host but nothing is clear someone tried? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HuntingFever Posted February 9, 2021 Share Posted February 9, 2021 12 minutes ago, Pato_friki said: I'm very late to the party. I'd really like to get 100% but I don't have the pirates of the caribbean dlc. Is there any new news? I read on reddit that it is possible to get the trophies by joining someone who had the dlc and who disconnected so that you were the host but nothing is clear someone tried? It would be nice if it's true but if it was, someone would have posted about it ages ago - therefore the odds are it doesn't work. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melodicmizery Posted February 9, 2021 Share Posted February 9, 2021 12 minutes ago, Pato_friki said: I'm very late to the party. I'd really like to get 100% but I don't have the pirates of the caribbean dlc. Is there any new news? I read on reddit that it is possible to get the trophies by joining someone who had the dlc and who disconnected so that you were the host but nothing is clear someone tried? im pretty sure you cant get the trophies just by joining someone who has the dlc if you dont have the dlc. youll just have to cough up the money to buy the dlc and game in the last region or 2 that still sells it in the ps store. i think it was maybe singapore and hong kong, scour the other threads they say the region i cant remember. i think youll also need a credit card for that region to buy it as well. whatever the old solutions were on the other threads are still the same. except you pretty much cant find the download cards anywhere now i looked and dont see any available anywhere. so youll have to dish out roughly $40 (american, you can convert that to whatever your area is) to buy the game and dlc in the only region that supports it. also i think japan servers are offline so i dont think thatll work. my brain is rusty right now youll have to double check what i said. id say money is the biggest issue here, if your willing to blow that much money on being a completionist and can afford to, then it can be done. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pato_friki Posted February 9, 2021 Share Posted February 9, 2021 10 minutes ago, melodicmizery said: Estoy bastante seguro de que no puedes conseguir los trofeos simplemente uniéndote a alguien que tenga el dlc si no tienes el dlc. solo tendrás que desembolsar el dinero para comprar el dlc y el juego en la última región o 2 que todavía lo venden en la tienda ps. Creo que fue quizás Singapur y Hong Kong, revise los otros hilos que dicen que la región que no recuerdo. Creo que también necesitará una tarjeta de crédito para esa región para comprarlo. cualesquiera que sean las soluciones anteriores en los otros hilos, siguen siendo las mismas. excepto que prácticamente no puedo encontrar las tarjetas de descarga en ningún lado, ahora miré y no veo ninguna disponible en ningún lado. así que tendrás que desembolsar aproximadamente $ 40 (americano, puedes convertir eso a cualquier área que sea) para comprar el juego y dlc en la única región que lo admite. También creo que los servidores de Japón están desconectados, así que no creo que funcione. Mi cerebro está oxidado en este momento, tendrás que verificar lo que dije. Yo diría que el dinero es el mayor problema aquí, si está dispuesto a gastar tanto dinero en ser un completista y puede permitírselo, entonces puede hacerlo. It is no longer available in G2A, gamestop etc. The work that supposes weighs more on me than the money itself 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melodicmizery Posted February 9, 2021 Share Posted February 9, 2021 5 minutes ago, Pato_friki said: It is no longer available in G2A, gamestop etc. The work that supposes weighs more on me than the money itself i feel the same way. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HuntingFever Posted February 9, 2021 Share Posted February 9, 2021 (edited) 2 hours ago, melodicmizery said: im pretty sure you cant get the trophies just by joining someone who has the dlc if you dont have the dlc. youll just have to cough up the money to buy the dlc and game in the last region or 2 that still sells it in the ps store. i think it was maybe singapore and hong kong, scour the other threads they say the region i cant remember. i think youll also need a credit card for that region to buy it as well. whatever the old solutions were on the other threads are still the same. except you pretty much cant find the download cards anywhere now i looked and dont see any available anywhere. so youll have to dish out roughly $40 (american, you can convert that to whatever your area is) to buy the game and dlc in the only region that supports it. also i think japan servers are offline so i dont think thatll work. my brain is rusty right now youll have to double check what i said. id say money is the biggest issue here, if your willing to blow that much money on being a completionist and can afford to, then it can be done. South Korea is currently the only place you can still get this DLC but getting a South Korean PSN account ls extremely difficult due to needing a South Korean Citizen's Card to set it up and you can only get one of those by living in the country. There are other methods of getting a South Korean PSN Account but they're shady and legally dubious so look into them at your own risk. Edited February 9, 2021 by HuntingFever Update. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robwotnot Posted February 12, 2021 Share Posted February 12, 2021 I am also extraordinarily late to this topic. Does anyone know a good place to buy a cheap physical copy of LBP1 (from Asia, of course)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HuntingFever Posted February 12, 2021 Share Posted February 12, 2021 24 minutes ago, robwotnot said: I am also extraordinarily late to this topic. Does anyone know a good place to buy a cheap physical copy of LBP1 (from Asia, of course)? Ebay and Play-Asia.com are your only real options but due to the age of the game and difficulty in finding an Asian copy, it won't be easy or cheap to get one . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pato_friki Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 i have the dlc from the psn honk kong and waiting to receive a japanese copy surely they will not be compatible but if I am lucky and they are I will comment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HuntingFever Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 9 minutes ago, Pato_friki said: i have the dlc from the psn honk kong and waiting to receive a japanese copy surely they will not be compatible but if I am lucky and they are I will comment They're not compatible, because Hong Kong is Region 3 and Japan is Region 2. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pato_friki Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 Damn I hope I get rid of my OCD one day 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jetfire_007 Posted March 4, 2021 Share Posted March 4, 2021 is it possible to get any of the dlc without going aruond and making a new account on the korean severs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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