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PSA: Don’t buy Mortal Kombat X on PS4 from outside of your region

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We know that Mortal Kombat X on PlayStation platforms is region locked – meaning you’re only able to play multiplayer games with those in the same geographical location as you. For a fighting game, I have no problem with this – the latency when playing with people far away is terrible. Unfortunately, it seems to be in the game’s code, and not filtered by IP or ping. Reports suggest that buying the digital copy of the game from US PSN servers means you’re stuck playing the game’s multiplayer with Americans.

In a post on NeoGAF, a UK user explains his woes. He purchases a cheaper US copy, only to find he’s unable to play the game with his friends.

“So i live in UK got the game from the US psn as the prices here are just crazy,” says Nuszka “Not only you cannot play cross region but the digital copy is locking me to the US servers, why does it not check my ip address.”

“So all i am getting are semi bad connections. Tried setting a private match with a friend from EU – it does not work even though we live in the same region our MKX copies are preventing us from connecting. NetherRealm just to remind you we live in 2015. Best of all this feature is exclusive to PS4.”

It’s something that could easily be patched, I presume – but it’s worth a warning. Don’t buy the game from outside of your region if you’re playing on PlayStation platforms. While it affects the digital copies, we’re unsure if the same lock is in place with physical ones, If it is, it means those of you who’ve imported the other Collector’s edition may not be able to play the game online with your friends. It sucks – but you can’t say you weren’t warned.

Last Updated: April 14, 2015

31 Comments

  1. Ryanza

    April 14, 2015 at 08:47

    Don’t Support DRM.

    Reply

  2. Pieter Kruger

    April 14, 2015 at 09:04

    Only PS4 or does this affect PC and Xbox One too?

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    • HairyEwok

      April 14, 2015 at 09:06

      I don’t think its cross platform due to it being playstation plus causing the problems.

      Reply

      • Pieter Kruger

        April 14, 2015 at 09:42

        Ok thnx!

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    • Geoffrey Tim

      April 14, 2015 at 09:45

      PS4/PS3 only.

      Reply

  3. HairyEwok

    April 14, 2015 at 09:05

    This is probably a good time to ask for a SA to get its own region. We are a continent of our own so why not grant us this.

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    • Admiral Chief asked for this

      April 14, 2015 at 09:06

      Will Cape Town get their own region? Since they believe the rest of the world is another place

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      • Capt. Bob of the Blood Ravens

        April 14, 2015 at 09:10

        Don’t be nasty so early in the morning. CT is a great place to live. Traffic is terrible but everything else is good.

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        • Admiral Chief asked for this

          April 14, 2015 at 09:16

          You get paid less and everything costs more?

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          • Blood Emperor Trevor

            April 14, 2015 at 09:21

            Like petrol? 😀

            And you know you don’t get paid more to live in JHB because it’s awesome right? It’s the opposite. ;P

          • Admiral Chief asked for this

            April 14, 2015 at 09:31

            I don’t live in JHB, SIES, what a dreadful place!

          • Blood Emperor Trevor

            April 14, 2015 at 09:41

            Close enough. Guilt by association. 😉

          • HvR

            April 14, 2015 at 11:12

            Aah Pretoria, the place the previous government created to give Afrikaans people the illusion that they are not staying in Jozi.

          • Lord Chaos

            April 14, 2015 at 09:21

            Counter: Their fuel is cheaper. Not by much, but still.

          • Hammersteyn

            April 14, 2015 at 09:23

            The oceans boring, I can go anytime I want but I don’t

          • Capt. Bob of the Blood Ravens

            April 14, 2015 at 09:26

            We do get paid less but if you think of the premium for Joburg as danger pay then its not so bad is it? 😛

        • Gr8_Balls_o_KFM_Fire

          April 14, 2015 at 10:51

          And that’s why you vote DA.

          Reply

      • Blood Emperor Trevor

        April 14, 2015 at 09:13

        Rest of the world? Does anyone know what he’s talking about?

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      • Hammersteyn

        April 14, 2015 at 09:13

        I think they draw the line where the DA stops.

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      • HairyEwok

        April 14, 2015 at 09:14

        Cape Town must be the Nether Realm then.

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  4. Blood Emperor Trevor

    April 14, 2015 at 09:12

    Oh well played. Region-locking the actual game so you can’t buy it outside of your own region & import it for less. Well played indeed.

    Reply

  5. Uberutang

    April 14, 2015 at 09:47

    Looks like the $19 RU region steam copies work just fine 🙂

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    • Geoffrey Tim

      April 14, 2015 at 09:47

      Yeah, is a PlayStation thang.

      Reply

      • Uberutang

        April 14, 2015 at 09:48

        Really stupid of them imho. Seems Xbox ducked that bullet.

        Reply

  6. HaVoK6

    April 14, 2015 at 10:23

    Does anyone know if there is a delay 🙁 My pre-order not here yet

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    • Nikola

      April 14, 2015 at 11:05

      got mine this morning but when to buy pick it up from the store!

      Reply

  7. Sgt. M

    April 14, 2015 at 10:29

    “Amercians” An americans spelling of Americans?

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  8. HvR

    April 14, 2015 at 11:16

    A hell of a lot of region locking/discrimination coming from PlayStation so far this year.

    This was basically a lie since both guys need to either asian or white
    http://img.hsmagazine.net/2013/06/Sharing.jpg

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  9. xcalibur

    April 14, 2015 at 20:38

    Can anyone confirm if playing with US copy but on a EU account still connect you to US severs?
    And I do mean CONFIRM when I say it, not guess.

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    • Przemek Walz

      April 15, 2015 at 10:32

      I can 100% confirm on that, game works fine but the netcode is very bad so playing anyone in US from EU is impossible.

      Reply

  10. Guille M

    July 2, 2015 at 18:49

    I live in South America and bought a Ps4 “Special Edition” Bluray, region 2 (Europe), and online rooms only show people from Europe and Australia, so playing against them is a laggy -and impossible- experience. I could not even play against my friends because they wont show up anywhere in the game. I had to buy another copy, this time region ALL, and it works fine. I have 2 copies and will keep them both, because nobody will pay me more than two cents for a game they can’t use online. Worst 100 dollars spent.

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