Bye Bye Lik-Sang, Thanks Sony, gameSlave

Tuesday, October 24 2006

Bye Bye Lik-Sang, Thanks Sony by Craig D at 22:45

Now, I'm not anti any particular platform or console; it's all about the games right? But Sony's recent behaviour is going a long way towards convincing me that I need to blacklist all of their gaming products completely. With their latest batch of lawsuits Sony has pretty much single handedly shut down grey market importer Lik-Sang and scotched any possibly avenue for us Europeans to get a Playstation 3 before next March without paying for lots of air travel. Their safety concerns would also seem to be somewhat exaggerated.

The Inquirer can explain in more detail if you wish and they do put it well when commenting 'What ever happened to free world trade?' My opinion? It died when big corporations and clever lawyers began to convince judges it was illegal. Shame on you Sony, shame on you!

I would further surmise that the fact that the machines are somewhat cheaper in the Far-East despite being more or less identical has MUCH more to do with Sony's dislike of grey market importers.

The disclaimer is that this is my personal opinion and does not represent the opinion of gameSlave as a whole.

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Comments
Stan Posts: 2696 Rank:	24 October 2006 22:49
	I am very sad to see lik-sang gone I myself have used them several times for cables that can't be found elsewhere, thanks alot Sony you aint taking the piss at all. We just love being told what we can buy and where.
Midnight Posts: 2826 Rank:	24 October 2006 22:53
	I've used Lik-sang on multiple times and they've always come through with quality stuff and prices. The best bit in the story is defenitely this.... "ossibly the most damaging news for Sony, and something that has caused this hack to laugh uncontrollably at Sony's expense, concerns the naming and shaming of multiple European Sony executives who purchased Sony PSP hardware and software through Lik-Sang on the console's launch in Japan in 2004. Brilliant touch guys."
bogie Posts: 112 Rank:	24 October 2006 23:23
	Sony can got eat their own shit. I'm not paying for a PS3. They are a greedy corporation just like microsoft.
malis Posts: 1740 Rank:	25 October 2006 00:08
	This is a sad day for the industry, and people really need to wake up and take a look at themselves. I cannot believe that as an adult I cannot spend money on a product from another company purely because it is made by Sony. Utterly disgraceful, especially with Sony's cavalier attitude towards European markets.
ralinn Posts: 1971 Rank:	25 October 2006 00:28
	Well this is a pisstake really. It's going way too far. I myself purchased a PSP and DS from liksang. I also got some nice goodies from there too. This is definitely a step over the line in my book. but yeah I'll be buying a PS3. I'm not missing out on games just because Sony are a bunch of **ish **arses. This was also a surprising move to me, I thought it was just rumours at first but they seem to like trashing their reputation even more by the day. I tell you what; my PS3 better be flawless.
hobgoblin Posts: 974 Rank:	25 October 2006 08:22
	wow sony really do take the cake.just when u think they cant dig a hole any deeper....

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