Lik-Sang is no more

Darkflame · Post by **Darkflame** » Tue Oct 24, 2006 4:04 pm 0

matt wrote:Sad news, but let's not forget we can still buy import from http://www.yesasia.com (guaranteed customs duty free) or http://www.play-asia.com

matt

for how long?

david.pettifor · Post by **david.pettifor** » Tue Oct 24, 2006 4:04 pm 0

Boycott all Sony products. Only way to register any form of constructive protest...

RedOktober · Post by **RedOktober** » Tue Oct 24, 2006 4:08 pm 0

SONY: Protecting customers from getting what they want.

aureole · Post by **aureole** » Tue Oct 24, 2006 4:12 pm 0

It's really sad news for liksang, but it's surely not the death of importing. It's crazy that Sony really thought this'd make a difference: you knock out one importer and ten more fill the space.

I would mind less if Sony said "it's a business decision, we as SCEE want to protect sales in Europe that the release schedule is hurting", rather than saying "oooh, it's for your own good, we're doing this because we care".

The Caffeine Kid · Post by **The Caffeine Kid** » Tue Oct 24, 2006 4:14 pm 0

I'm sure Sony believes that "Treat em mean, and keep em keen" is a viable business model.

I really hope that sales of the PS3 will prove them wrong.

Atty · Post by **Atty** » Tue Oct 24, 2006 4:16 pm 0

It's a fucking joke, really - I hate the way these big companies put pressure on smaller companies and retailers by spamming them with lawsuits until they A) implode from the legal fees or B) get shut down by a short-sighted ruling that the big company then flaunts as great victory for consumer rights (special business code for 'limiting consumer choice whilst simultaenously charging them an arm and a leg.')

Fuck you, Sony.

fred_zen · Post by **fred_zen** » Tue Oct 24, 2006 4:17 pm 0

Grrr. It's not like I was going to buy a PS3 anyway, but now... I'm... I'm...

speechless

The Caffeine Kid · Post by **The Caffeine Kid** » Tue Oct 24, 2006 4:20 pm 0

If the company was condensed down into the form of a single human being SONY would be a wifebeater.

zip accident · Post by **zip accident** » Tue Oct 24, 2006 4:21 pm 0

aureole wrote:

"oooh, it's for your own good, we're doing this because we care".

That's for consumption by the 90% of buyers that wouldn't import anyway, and won't have any clue that it's untrue.

Bubba · Post by **Bubba** » Tue Oct 24, 2006 4:22 pm 0

Fucksocks! I was about to order a VGA box from them too!

That is unbelieveably harsh! Sony can go fuck themselves - I've had some fantastic products via import that *simply aren't available here*. Case in point being the wonderful Katamari Damacy. Is it Liksang's fault that they can sell sony products, at a profit, for less than Sony can themselves in the EU?! I'd easily throw money into a "defend lik-sang" fund, but I think it'd be ultimately futile as Sony have virtually infinite legal resources to throw at them. What a bunch of wankers.

Cheers

Bubba

seibu · Post by **seibu** » Tue Oct 24, 2006 4:23 pm 0

I've said it before (to much derision: http://www.yakyak.org/viewtopic.php?p=8 ... ht=#877984 ), but I'll say it again: Sony are not a gaming company, and have never really "got" the gaming industry. They're a consumer electronics corporation. Who have, and will continue to, completely shaft us all at every opportunity.

betamax · Post by **betamax** » Tue Oct 24, 2006 4:24 pm 0

Hmm, going after one of the most widely respected, customer friendly and geek-beloved importers? Good move Sony. I'm sure thats going to repair your corporate rapist reputation.

Absolute_Zero · Post by **Absolute_Zero** » Tue Oct 24, 2006 4:25 pm 0

edit - duplicated

kalmar · Post by **kalmar** » Tue Oct 24, 2006 4:27 pm 0

Probably best just to be quiet really before MegaSony9000's corporate correction department snatches you up and puts you to work in their tantalum mines in north Africa.

betamax · Post by **betamax** » Tue Oct 24, 2006 4:29 pm 0

kalmar wrote:Probably best just to be quiet really before MegaSony9000's corporate correction department snatches you up and puts you to work in their tantalum mines in north Africa.

I'm wishing a Dogma-style boardroom massacre on certain of Sony's dark inner circle right now. Are they competing with EA for a share of the "fuck off, I hate you so much it grants me super powers" market?