Playstation chipping legal in Australia

Alucard · 07-29-2002, 04:08 AM

http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/...818507207.html

Thats just too cool. We are the land of legal modchips and giant squids. Maybe next time Sony can get their act together and make it a rule to have perfect conversions of certain games!! Dont care what excuse they use about it being the developers choice. It makes their system look bad having them. Do what Sega did.

STFU Sony! Pretty happy. Now importing games is fine and having a modded system is fine.

Bookbagninja · 07-31-2002, 06:56 PM

Is it legal here in America, too? I forgot.

Alucard · 08-01-2002, 01:41 AM

That would be a huge no. Seems only Australia its officially legal. STFU Sony.

08-01-2002, 09:19 AM

LEts not forget places like HK and Taiwan, where pretty much everything is legal, which also includes making a crap TV and sticking a Samsung Logo on it. :p

But its nice to know that in some places outside of China its legal to mod your console.

Alucard · 08-01-2002, 11:05 AM

I'm sure its legal to chip systems in HK and the other places. Just like selling bootlegs is. Its not legal there. Just hard to stomp out. Here though we can take our systems which are faulty and get them fixed and not worry about there being a chip inside.

xXx Beaver xXx · 08-03-2002, 09:21 AM

thats great news! im happy!

- Triple X Beaver :spin smil

08-05-2002, 06:39 AM

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Originally posted by Alucard
Here though we can take our systems which are faulty and get them fixed and not worry about there being a chip inside.

Are you 100% sure about that? As far as I know, everywhere in the world, once you open up your console, the warranty is void. What is cool is that any shop will be able to legally offer to chip your console in Oz, but I am pretty certain that the warranty will be invalid if you do so.

Of course, some shops who chip consoles offer their own warranty in exchange, but thats up to the shop. I hardly imagine Sony taking your chipped PS2 and saying, "Oh, theres a chip in here, but Im sure the console is broken because of some OTHER reason. LEt me repair it for ya!"

Or something :D

Alucard · 08-05-2002, 06:43 AM

You misunderstand. I never mentioned warranty. But imagine taking your system to get it fixed while it was chipped and it WASNT legal? You couldn't. You would have to take the chip out before taking in for repairs. Now you wont have to worry because it isn't illegal to have one already inside. Sure you pay for it. But thats what happens with faulty things you've had for a while.

07-29-2002, 04:08 AM	#1
Alucard Registered User Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Australia Posts: 32,641	Playstation chipping legal in Australia http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/...818507207.html Thats just too cool. We are the land of legal modchips and giant squids. Maybe next time Sony can get their act together and make it a rule to have perfect conversions of certain games!! Dont care what excuse they use about it being the developers choice. It makes their system look bad having them. Do what Sega did. STFU Sony! Pretty happy. Now importing games is fine and having a modded system is fine.

08-03-2002, 09:21 AM	#6
xXx Beaver xXx OL's Personal \\|/\|-\|0R3 Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: New Zealand Posts: 401	yeh! thats great news! im happy! - Triple X Beaver :spin smil __________________ Dissin' people with a star in their avatar since 1996

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07-31-2002, 06:56 PM	#2
Bookbagninja Registered User Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 130	Is it legal here in America, too? I forgot.

08-01-2002, 01:41 AM	#3
Alucard Registered User Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Australia Posts: 32,641	That would be a huge no. Seems only Australia its officially legal. STFU Sony.

08-01-2002, 09:19 AM	#4
Seska Guest Posts: n/a	LEts not forget places like HK and Taiwan, where pretty much everything is legal, which also includes making a crap TV and sticking a Samsung Logo on it. :p But its nice to know that in some places outside of China its legal to mod your console.

08-01-2002, 11:05 AM	#5
Alucard Registered User Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Australia Posts: 32,641	I'm sure its legal to chip systems in HK and the other places. Just like selling bootlegs is. Its not legal there. Just hard to stomp out. Here though we can take our systems which are faulty and get them fixed and not worry about there being a chip inside.

08-05-2002, 06:43 AM	#8
Alucard Registered User Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Australia Posts: 32,641	You misunderstand. I never mentioned warranty. But imagine taking your system to get it fixed while it was chipped and it WASNT legal? You couldn't. You would have to take the chip out before taking in for repairs. Now you wont have to worry because it isn't illegal to have one already inside. Sure you pay for it. But thats what happens with faulty things you've had for a while.