Sony haters always say that Sony is hurting the game industry... I always say the opposite without the playstation many genre's and series wouldn't have been what they are now. Sony has constantly shown more support and aim to please the gamers then any other console maker (even sega). They support their consoles the longest and make "sequels" for titles that didn't sell well to begin with (SoTC is from the maker of ICO which sold poorly). They also give their second party developers tons of freedom (GoW Creator and SOTC are making all new IPs).
And now they did another move that puts them even higher then MS and Nintendo...
The PS3 games will NOT be region coded... That means no more US fans getting screwed on Japan only games. We can import any game we want without having to mod our consoles. This is just an awsome move by Sony, Handhelds were the only systems to be region free but not anymore!
http://www.gamespot.com/news/6146475.html