My PS3 (80GB) was purchased in HK about 2 years ago. On the whole I have had no problems using it in the UK with my European PSN until recently....

-Trials of Topoq hangs on the "London Studio" Screen, requiring console reboot
-Flower refuses to load and returns me to the XMB
-Vidzone hangs the console, requiring reboot

While I appreciate I am probably using both the PS3 and the PSN outside of the Terms and conditions I am slightly annoyed that the PS Store allowed me to purchase games which do not work with my console.

Can anyone provide any info as to why Flower, for instance won't work on the HK console? Are regional releases technically different [asides language]? Are there still PAL/NTSC issues despite this brave new HD world we all live in?

yours WJ