I just checked, and Sony has added 42 new regions to the online account set-up in preparation for the PS3's launch in the Middle East, Europe, South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand. Here is a list of all the regions you can sign up for so far:
- Australia
- Austria
- Bahrain
- Belgium
- Bulgaria
- Canada
- Croatia
- Cyprus
- Czech Republic
- Denmark
- Finland
- France
- Germany
- Greece
- Hong Kong
- Hungary
- Iceland
- India
- Ireland
- Israel
- Italy
- Japan
- Korea
- Kuwait
- Lebanon
- Luxembourg
- Malta
- Netherlands
- New Zealand
- Norway
- Oman
- Poland
- Portugal
- Qatar
- Romania
- Russia
- Saudi Arabia
- Singapore
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- South Africa
- Spain
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Taiwan
- Turkey
- UAE
- United Kingdom
- United States
For some reason Mexico is not listed?
It is not clear how many unique regional "Playstation Stores" there are. I've made only three different regional accounts. US, Hong Kong, and UK. There are noticeable differences between all three, each having some content that the others do not.
The UK PS Store doesn't have a lot of downloadable games that the US store has:
- Ca$h Gun$ and Chao$
- flOw
- Go! Sudoku
- Q*bert
I assume the GT:HD Concept available in the UK store is the same as the US and HK store, although I noticed they make no mention what version it is - while the US & HK store lists it as being v.1.1
The UK store is also without the following game demos that are available in the US:
- Ca$h Gun$ and Chao$
- Def Jam: Icon
- Everybody's Golf 5
- Full Auto 2: Battlelines
- Go! Sudoku
- Grip Shift
- NBA 07
In addition, the UK store doesn't have any of the following game trailers:
- Ca$h Gun$ and Chao$
- Calling All Cars
- Dark Kingdom
- flOw
- Lair
- Lemmings (6 clips from the cut scenes)
- MotorStorm (trailer #2)
- MotorStorm (behind the scenes)
- NBA 07
- Resistence: Fall of Man (20-min of behind the scenes videos)
- Warhawk
The UK store is also currently without any theatrical movie trailers:
- 300
- Astronaut Farmer
- Blood Diamond
- Casino Royale
- Disturbia
- Fred Clause
- Ghost Rider
- The Good German
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Pheonix
- Letters from Iwa Jima
- Lucky You
- The Messengers
- Nancy Drew
- Premonition
- Shooter
- Shooter (behind the scenes)
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
- Unaccompanied Minors
It also doesn't have any of the Blu-ray movie trailers from the US store:
- Black Hawk Down
- Click
- House of Flying Daggers
- Silent Hill
- Stealth
- Talladega Nights
- Ultra Violet
- Underworld: Evolution
OK, well that's what's missing from the UK store when compared to the US store, but there are some things the UK store has that the US store doesn't.
For instance, the UK store has a few game trailers that are not available in the US or HK stores:
- NHL 2K7 (I didn't realize Hockey was popular in the UK)
- NBA 2K7
- Formula One: Championship Edition
- Ridge Race 7
It also has several Blu-ray trailers from 20th Century Fox which are not available from either the US or HK stores
(unfortunately though, none of them are available in 1080p):
- Behind Enemy Lines
- Ice Age: The Meltdown
- Kingdom of Heaven
- Speed
- The Omen
- X-Men 3: The Last Stand
In addition, the UK has the Casino Royale trailer available in 1080p & 480p. The US only has it avilable in 720p & 480p. Odd.
What the UK PS Store has a lot of though are PS3 promo videos, of which the US and UK store has none. Some of them are pretty interesting, like the "PS3 Stories" series, of which a few have made there way onto YouTube.
I hope this is useful for those in the UK and the US that might want to create an additional account in that region to have access to downloads that are not available in your area.
Oh... one last thing, although the files in the UK store say they wont be available until the PS3's release date
(March 23rd), you can download them now.... so for those in the US, you might want to start downloading now in case the UK store gets swamped with downloading traffic.
