Thank you everyone for your recommendations regarding purchasing a gaming console or platform. Your help is as always invaluable. I will look into the playstation 4 and the Steam platform options and see what is feasible here. Kevin, hope all is well at Marist. Best, Audrey Sartiaux On Fri, Apr 14, 2017 at 9:52 AM, Kevin Gaugler <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Rather than buy a console, I would recommend using the Steam platform. > They make it easy to search for content by language and the catalogue > includes indie games that sometimes have interesting content. You could buy > a steam box if you wanted a dedicated console. We have done this at Marist > and has proven way more useful than our PlayStation 4. > > On Apr 14, 2017, at 9:00 AM, Arthur Orme <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > Audrey: This is a tricky area- Most video games consoles have regional > encoding. The main regions are: Japan and Asia- NTSC-J, North and South > America- NTSC-U, Europe, New Zealans and Australia-Pal, and China- NTSC-C. > Some Regional lockouts have also been achieved with software > authentication, slot/pin changes, Cartridge/case differences, and IP > blocking. According to wikipedia, All playstation 3 games are region free- > but some individual publishers have chosen to region lock certain games. > Microsoft Xbox and Xbox360 are region locked BUT the Xbox one is not region > blocked- but again individual games may be encoded. Your best bet would > probably be Xbox one or playstation-3. That being said- my son regularly > plays japanese games before they are made available here using computer > proxy sites- that takes up a lot of computer space and he regularly deletes > to make more room. Many of the international games do have different > characters, content and locations so it would no doubt be a good learning > experience > > On Thu, Apr 13, 2017 at 11:15 AM, Sartiaux, Audrey <[log in to unmask]> > wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> I'm looking into purchasing a big screen LCD TV and an Xbox or >> playstation for students to play video games in foreign langages. I'm >> looking for examples of set ups and especially name and language >> availability of games. Also, let me know how you play international games >> on a US box or if you had to buy a game box from other countries. >> >> Thank you for your help! >> >> Audrey >> >> -- >> Audrey Sartiaux, Ph.D. >> Director of the Language Center >> Union College, Schenectady, NY >> Ph: 518-388-6216 <(518)%20388-6216> >> >> > -- Audrey Sartiaux, Ph.D. Director of the Language Center Union College, Schenectady, NY Ph: 518-388-6216