Sony announced in an e-mail and blog post to members this morning that the new film Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods will be coming to the Japanese PlayStation Network for rental and download-to-own services.
The film will be available tomorrow (14 December 2013). A purchase of the movie in high definition will run ¥4,000, a standard definition purchase ¥3500, HD rental ¥500, and SD rental ¥400. The HD version can only be purchased / viewed on the PS3; no further distinction is made about how that affects either the PlayStation 4 — which is not actually available yet in Japan — or Vita.
There is also a promotion going on from tomorrow through 15 January 2014 where if you purchase (not rent) the movie through the PlayStation Store, you will automatically receive a Battle of Gods exclusive custom theme for your PS3, as well as be entered in a drawing where six people will win a free download-version of the upcoming fighting game Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Z (three for PS3, three for Vita).
Battle of Gods currently retails in Japan for ¥3,990 on DVD and ¥5,040 on Blu-ray (MSRP) for standard editions, with the “Limited Edition” versions running ¥8,190 and ¥9,240 for the same formats, respectively. Various retailers — such as Amazon Japan — do have the film for a lower price, however.
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I know the games section of the PSN is “region-by-account”, but what about videos? Can I just create a Japanese PSN account, get a points card from Japan, and get it that way?
That a hefty prize for a download…
The game section isn’t blocked region wise. I made a JPN PSN and downloaded tons of games. I assume you can do the same with Videos with a JPN money card .\
I’m fairly certain the video store is restricted by IP.
It is, unfortunately, region restricted. The Japanese PSN Store video section isn’t listed at all when viewed in North America.