{"id":714708,"date":"2026-07-28T04:02:15","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T04:02:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/714708\/"},"modified":"2026-07-28T04:02:15","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T04:02:15","slug":"gta-6-region-locks-raise-more-questions-about-psns-flaky-infrastructure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/714708\/","title":{"rendered":"GTA 6 Region Locks Raise More Questions About PSN’s Flaky Infrastructure"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"GTA<\/a><\/p>\n

Officially, PSN is only supported in a handful of countries.<\/p>\n

This is an issue that dates all the way back to the origins of Sony\u2019s online network, and it\u2019s generally been accepted that the \u201cworkaround\u201d is to create an account in another nearby country, spoofing the address.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re like me, you\u2019ll have multiple PSN accounts \u2013 I have one in the UK, US, Japan, and Hong Kong, for example. Sometimes you want to buy or download a game that\u2019s not available in your own region.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve never had any of these accounts banned or disabled, but I assume \u201ctechnically\u201d it\u2019s not supported by the terms of service. It\u2019s one of those quirks of the PSN that everyone\u2019s just, well, accepted.<\/p>\n

But it\u2019s rightfully attracting scrutiny of late because it\u2019s prevented some fans from buying Sony games on PC, where a PSN login is required. Most recently I reported on this in regards<\/a> to Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls<\/a>.<\/p>\n

And it\u2019s particularly messy with GTA 6\u2019s<\/a> physical editions, which include a code in the box<\/a>.<\/p>\n

These are region locked, so if you want to purchase a boxed copy of Rockstar\u2019s latest and you\u2019re not from one of the few countries officially supported<\/a>, you\u2019ll have to import from a different region and then create an associated PSN account for that nation.<\/p>\n

For the record, these are the countries where you will be able to redeem a GTA 6 digital code. And remember, in Japan, these will only be valid for 170 days<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Brazil: Brazil.
\nLATAM: Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay.
\nNorth America: Canada, United States.
\nKorea: South Korea.
\nJapan: Japan.
\nUnited Kingdom: United Kingdom.
\nSaudi Arabia & UAE: Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates.
\nRest of Asia: Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand.
\nRest of EMEA and Asia: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine.<\/p>\n

I think people from affected countries will be well aware of the situation here, and will know the way to work around the restrictions. But I concede it\u2019s far from ideal.<\/p>\n

This is just a reminder of how messy the PSN is, and I think if Sony is insistent on enforcing an all-digital future on us, it should probably put some elbow grease into finally resolving these problems for good.<\/p>\n

[source support.rockstargames.com<\/a>]<\/p>\n

\tRelated Games<\/p>\n

\tSee Also<\/p>\n

\"Sammy<\/p>\n

As the Editor of Push Square, Sammy has over 15 years of experience analysing the world of PlayStation, from PS3 through PS5 and everything in between. He\u2019s an expert on PS Studios and industry matters, as well as sports games and simulators. He also enjoys RPGs when he has the time to dedicate to them, and is a bit of a gacha whale.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Officially, PSN is only supported in a handful of countries. This is an issue that dates all the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":714709,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[59,1176,1175,112,762,86,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-714708","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-gb","tag-grand-theft-auto","tag-gta","tag-ps5","tag-rockstar-games","tag-technology","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/714708","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=714708"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/714708\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/714709"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=714708"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=714708"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=714708"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}