Do PS3's play DVD's from any region?

Specifically R2 for Japanese stuff. Think I know they do games, but how about DVD's? I know that's not at always the case sometimes...

Nope. Like any DVD/Blu-ray player, PS3 also has a region lock on it, depending on where it's sold.

The locks are there on the notion of somehow preventing piracy, but that just seems a bit crazy.

If you know where to look, you can either find DVD and Blu-ray players that are region-free, or certain disk programs that'll allow you to bypass the region lock on a PS3 without having to hack the thing.

I remember Game Shark having a Region Selector program for PS2 years ago.

Dayum, was hoping to import some h-anime favorites... you guys have any suggestions on good region free DVD/BD players? If they do both that'd be cool.

I searched this before I bought my own ps3 and no they don't. Games are region free but you have to play a dvd of the same region you bought your ps3.

But there are games that are region lock though like Persona 4: Arena

I've only seen a few games that aren't region locked.

I know some European versions of certain games do work on NA consoles, (just can't remember which ones though. :s )

Really? I thought the vast majority of the games were region free.

Microsoft has locked up Xbox tight. That's one of the pro's of the PS3: It's region free.

Well for the most part it is. There's a few games that aren't region locked, Persona 4 Arena is the only game off the top of my head that I can remember.