Download Tekken 5 Dark Resurrection on Your PS3

So, Japan and Hong Kong got some extra love from Sony, with the appearance of the PSP game Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection in the PS3 store for a paltry $15 (or so, exchange rates and all that).

Alas, North American Gamers, no Tekken 5 for you, unless, that is, you decide to try this very clever work around from Gamers Report:

Firstly, you need to add a new user to your PS3. Keep in mind it cannot be a new sub user, it has to be a new user from scratch. Go ahead and add all the credit card information, and when it asks for the country pick Hong Kong, and choose any city. Remember, all of the information will be the same except city and country. After you have created this new account that has a Hong Kong city and country, go all the way to the right on the main PS3 screen and choose account management. Then choose transaction management, then manage wallet, then add funds. When you add money remember it will be in HK dollars. If you go directly to the PS3 store and try to buy Tekken, it will not work because any amount over $50 dollars and Sony will check if the home address matches the home address the credit card has on file. In order to get around this, add $40 HK dollars to your wallet twice, then go into the PS3 Store and purchase Tekken 5. From there, it will ask you if you want to add more funds to your account, (example $45 HK dollars). This brings you to a total of $125 HK dollars which is roughly equivalent to $15 USD, enough to purchase Tekken 5.

I can't comment to the legality of this workaround, but it seems ethically reasonable. If you follow the sources jump you'll get all sorts of comments from folks who have managed to pull it off.

[Source: GamersReport]