Lik-Sang is no more

Kamineko · Post by **Kamineko** » Tue Oct 24, 2006 7:27 pm 0

matt303 wrote:
Al wrote:Sony respond...
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=20564
Think Sony are suffering from some sort of compulsive lying syndrome

Sony wrote:The purchasing of PSP consoles by SCE employees would be for investigatory purposes.

"You're right! The square button does do that thing"

fred_zen · Post by **fred_zen** » Tue Oct 24, 2006 7:30 pm 0

Sir_LANs-a-lot wrote:I got somethin' they can blow.

Ooooh, a whistle?

Sir_LANs-a-lot · Post by **Sir_LANs-a-lot** » Tue Oct 24, 2006 7:35 pm 0

fred_zen wrote:
Sir_LANs-a-lot wrote:I got somethin' they can blow.
Ooooh, a whistle?

Try it. See if it makes a noise.

rockwaldo · Post by **rockwaldo** » Tue Oct 24, 2006 7:59 pm 0

well, theyve both got the same handle and holes.

Peet · Post by **Peet** » Tue Oct 24, 2006 8:04 pm 0

Fucking hell. I was JUST planning a larger-than-my-average order from them too.

Goddammit Sony.

Bog · Post by **Bog** » Tue Oct 24, 2006 8:10 pm 0

I don't know which is worse. The fact that they've squished Lik-Sang or their "A Big Boy Did It And Ran Away" bit. Grrr.

Darkflame · Post by **Darkflame** » Tue Oct 24, 2006 8:34 pm 0

juice wrote:
Bubba wrote:Yeah, no company has a completely checker-free past - Ninty included. But I don't think they'd do something like this today.
Nintendo are just as bad as the rest: at the moment, they're the underdogs, which gives them a lot more leeway and sympathy. Give it time: if they make any headway in the next round of the console wars, then they'll be back to their old selves...

Not really, no.

Nintendo do many things wrong, that in turn, normaly fucks themselfs over. (eg, not releaseing X games, chargeing too much, not supporting things that have been standard for ages)

But as Nintendo is just a games company, they arnt really going to ever be in the same league as Sony when it comes to actual lying, backstabbing, media-manipulation, or public exploitation.

eg. Nintendo only has one reason to make you buy their systems: Because they want to sale games.
This factor alone narrows their "field" of potential evil.

All companys are not equaly bad.
They range from "bad occasionaly", to "normaly bad", "crazly bad" and ending at the top, with "Sony Bad".

The only thing past Sony Bad I cna think off is "Govement Bad"

Haven't they just laid off a load of devs too?!

Was a few years back, around 30% I think.

dw · Post by dw » Tue Oct 24, 2006 8:45 pm 0

Tossers.

I know what I'm getting for xmas now - WWWWWIIIIIIIiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii.

konsoul · Post by **konsoul** » Tue Oct 24, 2006 8:45 pm 0

I am utterly fuming!!!!! My Wii was preordered at likky.
Sony making me miss out on my Wii goodness

Sir_LANs-a-lot · Post by **Sir_LANs-a-lot** » Tue Oct 24, 2006 8:48 pm 0

konsoul wrote:I am utterly fuming!!!!! My Wii was preordered at likky.
Sony making me miss out on my Wii goodness

But you'll be getting any cash refunded so just walk into a store and get one?

konsoul · Post by **konsoul** » Tue Oct 24, 2006 8:51 pm 0

Wanted to get a US one, as all my cubie games are NTSC, and also get a month early!

PVB · Post by **PVB** » Tue Oct 24, 2006 8:52 pm 0

Sir_LANs-a-lot wrote:
konsoul wrote:I am utterly fuming!!!!! My Wii was preordered at likky.
Sony making me miss out on my Wii goodness
But you'll be getting any cash refunded so just walk into a store and get one?

My local Gayme are taking Wii pre-orders, but they say they may not get any consoles before Christmas, so can't guarantee anything.

Viscount Charles · Post by **Viscount Charles** » Tue Oct 24, 2006 9:19 pm 0

I agree with all the comments here (and love the "A Big Boy did it" one), but I'm betting that *everyone* here who had previously expressed an interest in the PS3 will still go out and buy one, even if it means letting the cnuts make a profit.

Me, I swore over a decade ago never to give a penny to Murdoch, and so far I'm doing pretty well with that resolution (I did get The Times once, but it was a free copy, so it doesn't count).

Kemper_Boyd · Post by **Kemper_Boyd** » Tue Oct 24, 2006 9:20 pm 0

Darkflame wrote:The only thing past Sony Bad I cna think off is "Govement Bad"

That is just nuts. Have you never heard of any of the things that
the big defence, oil and mining companies have done? When Sony
has a private army and has been involved in coups then what you
said might make some sense.

It's only fucking games at the end of the day.

Al · Post by Al » Tue Oct 24, 2006 9:37 pm 0

Viscount Charles wrote:I agree with all the comments here (and love the "A Big Boy did it" one), but I'm betting that *everyone* here who had previously expressed an interest in the PS3 will still go out and buy one, even if it means letting the cnuts make a profit.

We'll see. I've always been lukewarm on PS3, but since their recent 'Gamer Day' over in the States where the games finally came together a bit, and they showed off some nice stuff the it can do outside of games (especially in conjunction with a PSP) I was actually beginning to warm to the idea of getting one - once the price drops below '3rd world country GDP' levels of course.

But right now I'm feeling guilty even about the smidgeon of cash Sony are getting from me for my pre-ordered-out-on-Friday copy of Singstar Legends let alone the dough I'd have to lay down for a PS3. And that's despite the fact that I believe Lik-Sang are possibly being a bit cheeky about the whole thing and will probably be back up and trading again in some form once this blows over (see previous historical thread re. when they last got shut down).