I confirmed my suspicion with a quick Google that it’s a
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DVD regions map
but the more I look the less I understand about why the regions are divided up the way they are. What’s Australia doing with South and Latin America? Why do Madagascar and India share a number with Russia and Poland? What the hell even is going on with 2?
I confirmed my suspicion with a quick Google that it’s a
spoiler
DVD regions map
but the more I look the less I understand about why the regions are divided up the way they are. What’s Australia doing with South and Latin America? Why do Madagascar and India share a number with Russia and Poland? What the hell even is going on with 2?
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What’s really weird to me is the mix of NTSC and PAL/other in the same region. Japan is NTSC and Europe is PAL so why are they both in 2?
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I suspect it was an attempt to group by dome sort of income/PPP tiering.
They couldn’t sell DVDs to America for $20 if they also sold compatible ones for Ghana at $3.
That’s the right answer, also why Australia isn’t in the same region as Europe so they’d have to buy the more expensive Australian releases.