PlayStation 4 will be region-free.This news has been revealed by Shuhei Yoshida, President of Sony Worldwide Studios, on Twitter:

And yes, PS4 is region free :D



— Shuhei Yoshida (@yosp) June 11, 2013





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This news means games bought in or imported from any region will play on any PlayStation 4 console.This contrasts with Microsoft's decision to region-lock the Xbox One If you want to know more about yesterday's press conference, you can read our analysis of How Sony Struck Knock-Out Blow at this year's E3 or watch IGN's take on all of yesterday's conferences below. And if you want to preorder a PS4, you can do that too.

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