Spoilsport Sony Computer Entertainment is to plug the grey market hole that enables its Japanese-market PlayStation 2 to play US DVDs. Gaming wizards last week discovered a way of playing Region 1 DVDs on the Region 2 console by entering codes in the machine. Today it seems Sony has already made plans to stop this activity. According to British retailer Computer Exchange (http://www1.cex.co.uk/gaming/cex_feature.asp?ct=1&id=1581), the manufacturer is to produce an updated version of the DVD driver - the 1.01 – which will only play Region 2 and Region Free DVDs. The updated versions will go out on a new utility disc in PlayStation 2's next shipment to Japanese shopkeepers. However, gamers will still be able to get around Sony's rules -- if they have a friend with a first-batch driver. Hang onto that existing driver version – this will be valuable as it will also work in the forthcoming consoles. And Sony hasn't yet made any announcements regarding hardware changes to PlayStation 2.® Related stories PlayStation 2 can play US DVDs – apparently (http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/archive/9797.html) PlayStation 3 to ship in 2002 (http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/archive/9729.html)