Lik-Sang is no more

Acronym · Post by **Acronym** » Tue Oct 24, 2006 10:14 pm 0

Kemper_Boyd wrote:
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.

Sony aren't even nearly the most suspicious company in tech. Nor are Microsoft... the point is that any company in America *has* to act like this; to fail to attempt to maximise profits is a breach of fiduciary duty for which they can be sued.

Governmentyard · Post by **Governmentyard** » Tue Oct 24, 2006 10:32 pm 0

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

Gaming culture, and all it entails, good and bad. Lik Sang were ostensibly a very good thing and Sony killed it out of stupidity. The Roman Abramovich of gaming, they are, and bollocks to them.

That Lik Sang is gone is reason enough to have a big fat mourning thread. That a company currently making it very easy to dislike them is culpable for no sane reason at all is just the icing on the cake.

Criticism of Nintendo's track record is fair comment but fundementally they are trying to be a good games company, hardware and software alike, though things like the release schedule and Euro pricing still make it hard for people to forgive and rightly so. Not sure, given that, what relevance comparisons to Sony have - Sony have a range of very accidental high points in gaming history. If those hadn't happened, they'd still be massive and they still wouldn't care. Flawed though Nintendo are, they seem to be at elast able to see the videogaming world and the culture and just maybe the odd heart in amongst the dollar and yen signs.

I'm sure Lik Sang wil be back somehow though. And I'll buy something from them immediately, if I've cash.

Governmentyard · Post by **Governmentyard** » Tue Oct 24, 2006 10:34 pm 0

Factoid: boycottsony.com is owned by Sony.

Rod_S · Post by **Rod_S** » Tue Oct 24, 2006 10:41 pm 0

goatboy wrote:That Lik Sang is gone is reason enough to have a big fat mourning thread.

Get a grip, man, it's an import shop. No one died. Lik-Sang ain't the Diana of gaming. Take your business to Play Asia, I'm sure they'll be glad to take all of Lik-Sang's customers, and in a month you'll have forgotten LS even existed.

GeeZa · Post by **GeeZa** » Tue Oct 24, 2006 10:42 pm 0

Rod_S wrote:
goatboy wrote:That Lik Sang is gone is reason enough to have a big fat mourning thread.
Get a grip, man, it's an import shop. No one died.

You don't know that for sure.

teamonkey · Post by **teamonkey** » Tue Oct 24, 2006 10:55 pm 0

Rod_S wrote:Lik-Sang ain't the Diana of gaming.

Could be...

NickMon · Post by **NickMon** » Tue Oct 24, 2006 10:57 pm 0

Well Sony wont be getting any hardware purchases in this house any more

Yak · Post by **Yak** » Tue Oct 24, 2006 10:58 pm 0

Rod_S wrote:
goatboy wrote:That Lik Sang is gone is reason enough to have a big fat mourning thread.
Get a grip, man, it's an import shop. No one died. Lik-Sang ain't the Diana of gaming. Take your business to Play Asia, I'm sure they'll be glad to take all of Lik-Sang's customers, and in a month you'll have forgotten LS even existed.

Except you haven't been able to buy any PSP stuff from P-A since Sony started all this unnecessary meddling

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Bog · Post by **Bog** » Tue Oct 24, 2006 10:59 pm 0

Lik-Sang ain't the Diana of gaming.

Oh, I dunno. Huge amounts of wailing and gnashing of teeth, calls of foul play and calumny, breast-beating and screams of how it's not right, and how they'll be missed...

betamax · Post by **betamax** » Tue Oct 24, 2006 11:01 pm 0

Bog wrote:
Lik-Sang ain't the Diana of gaming.
Oh, I dunno. Huge amounts of wailing and gnashing of teeth, calls of foul play and calumny, breast-beating and screams of how it's not right, and how they'll be missed...

Every day for the next seven years? :d

Bog · Post by **Bog** » Tue Oct 24, 2006 11:03 pm 0

Unless Lik-Sang do what they did when Ninty pulled the same stunt. Shut down today, open up tomorrow as a different company with the same name.

Part of my loves that idea, part of me hates it. Part of me just doesn't give a shit - I call that last part "Bog's Diana Bit"

fdave · Post by **fdave** » Tue Oct 24, 2006 11:14 pm 0

Kemper_Boyd wrote:
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.

That is the most incredible piece of fan-boyism I have ever seen on the information super highway

Rod_S · Post by **Rod_S** » Tue Oct 24, 2006 11:20 pm 0

Yak wrote:
Rod_S wrote:
goatboy wrote:That Lik Sang is gone is reason enough to have a big fat mourning thread.
Get a grip, man, it's an import shop. No one died. Lik-Sang ain't the Diana of gaming. Take your business to Play Asia, I'm sure they'll be glad to take all of Lik-Sang's customers, and in a month you'll have forgotten LS even existed.
Except you haven't been able to buy any PSP stuff from P-A since Sony started all this unnecessary meddling .

Yes Asia for PSP stuff: http://global.yesasia.com/en/index.aspx

I'm guessing about 95% of the people who are claiming this to be the death of gaming have never even purchased, or intend to purchase, anything from Lik-Sang. It's just an excuse to rant and gain some fanboy credentials by slamming Sony, again. Everyone is suddenly an industry expert and knows the exact details of this case, from both sides. It's tedious in the extreme, go and play some fucking games.

Yak · Post by **Yak** » Tue Oct 24, 2006 11:24 pm 0

Er, I'm a gamer who's used LS for many things, and I just think it's a shame that they've been fucked with for no good reason at all. I'm allowed to be disappointed by that aren't I?

Kemper_Boyd · Post by **Kemper_Boyd** » Tue Oct 24, 2006 11:25 pm 0

Yak wrote:Er, I'm a gamer who's used LS for many things, and I just think it's a shame that they've been fucked with for no good reason at all. I'm allowed to be disappointed by that aren't I?

Absolutely, but there's a huge difference between thinking it's a bit shit
and thinking Sony are evil incarnate.