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Sony attacks Lik-Sang for MASSIVE DAMAGE


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Holy shit.

Sony has gone and killed Lik-Sang. Killed it dead. Out of naught but spite.

Furious at the online retailer for bringing hope and salvation to frustrated European gamers, who it shipped Japanese PSPs to during the systems 9-month delay between the two territories, Sony launched a series of seemingly flimsy legal challenges against Lik-Sang. And somehow won.

Sony claimed they were determined "to protect consumers from being sold hardware that does not conform to strict EU or UK consumer safety standards, due to voltage supply differences et cetera". Now, i'm no judge, but even I can smell legal horseshit when presented with it.

Those packs came with legal, EU-certified adapters. They were never going to burst into flames, endangering life and property like, say, oh, a Sony laptop battery. Sony just cracked a massive shit when an online retailer found ways to circumnavigate their anarchich hardware release schedules.

This is quite possibly the worst thing to happen in gaming for a long time. There is no valid reason for this. Sony has acted out of childish petulence, and somehow been awared a win for it, and as a result the world's largest online retailer of video game products is now out of business, citing the overwhelming legal costs of the loss as the reason for their closure.

But wait, it gets even better/worse. Along with the press release announcing their demise, Lik-Sang published a list of top Sony Europe execs who bought their PSPs from Lik-Sang during the release delay. The list includes Ray Maguire (Managing Director, Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Ltd), Alan Duncan (UK Marketing Director, Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Ltd), Chris Sorrell (Creative Director, Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Ltd) and Rob Parkin (Development Director, Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Limited). It...it just...bah, you just can't even put it into words.

Lik-Sang marketing director Pascal Clarysse had this to say: "Blame it on Sony. That's the latest dark spot in their shameful track record as gaming industry leader".

Amen brother. Fuck you, Sony. Fuck you to hell.


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