. ▁ ▁Although ▁Play Station ▁Port able ▁has ▁no ▁region ▁lock ing ▁for ▁U MD ▁games ; ▁U MD ▁mov ies ▁are ▁locked ▁by ▁region . ▁However , ▁Sony ▁has ▁confirmed ▁that ▁it ▁is ▁possible ▁to ▁implement ▁region - lock ing ▁on ▁the ▁P SP , ▁and ▁the ▁firm ware ▁will ▁disable ▁features ▁based ▁on ▁region . ▁For ▁example , ▁Asian ▁region ▁P SP s ▁will ▁not ▁display ▁the ▁" Ext ras " ▁option ▁on ▁the ▁X MB ▁despite ▁having ▁been ▁upgrad ed ▁to ▁the ▁US ▁version ▁of ▁F irm ware ▁ 6 . 2 0 , ▁prevent ing ▁own ers ▁of ▁such ▁P SP s ▁from ▁installing ▁the ▁Com ic ▁Book ▁V iewer ▁and ▁the ▁TV ▁Stream ing ▁applications . ▁As ▁the ▁applications ▁are ▁installed ▁through ▁a ▁PC , ▁and ▁users ▁from ▁the ▁region ▁are ▁not ▁blocked ▁from ▁downloading ▁them , ▁it ▁is ▁possible ▁to ▁install ▁them ▁on ▁non - As ian ▁P SP s ▁that ▁have ▁been ▁imported ▁into ▁the ▁region . ▁ ▁While ▁Play Station ▁V ita ▁games ▁had ▁the ▁potential ▁to ▁be ▁region - locked , ▁all ▁games ▁released ▁for ▁the ▁system ▁are ▁region ▁free . ▁ ▁Like ▁its ▁prede cess or , ▁the ▁Play Station ▁ 4 ▁is ▁not ▁region - locked , ▁although ▁it ▁is ▁still ▁possible ▁to ▁develop ▁region - locked ▁games . ▁Sony ' s ▁official ▁st ance ▁is ▁that ▁they ▁disc ou rage ▁developers ▁from ▁region - lock ing ▁and ▁will ▁only ▁rel ent ▁in ▁special ▁cases ▁( as ▁with ▁the ▁PS 3 ▁Person