{"id":8721,"date":"2013-06-11T11:40:35","date_gmt":"2013-06-11T18:40:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theculturednerd.com\/?p=8721"},"modified":"2013-06-11T11:40:35","modified_gmt":"2013-06-11T18:40:35","slug":"e3-2013-the-ps4-will-be-region-free-for-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/?p=8721","title":{"rendered":"[E3 2013] The PS4 will be region-free for games"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theculturednerd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/9011260103_7e9bbf8d91_b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theculturednerd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/9011260103_7e9bbf8d91_b.jpg\" alt=\"9011260103_7e9bbf8d91_b\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8722\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>One of the many vague and slighly unanswered questions from last nights PS4 E3 Conference was the region status of the PS4 itself.<\/p>\n<p>Late last night Shuhei Yoshida, president of Sony Computer Entertainment Worldwide Studios, confirmed the  on Twitter late last night, saying, &#8220;And yes, PS4 is region free.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theculturednerd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/tweet.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theculturednerd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/tweet.png\" alt=\"tweet\" width=\"521\" height=\"227\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8723\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the many vague and slighly unanswered questions from last nights PS4 E3 Conference was the region status of the PS4 itself. 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