Lik-Sang is no more

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Snakey wrote:Mind you, "not marketing properly", "assuming you'd be successful" and "because you always have been" are all also utter bollocks.
We'll have to agree to disagree then. I thought the DC was incredibly poorly marketed in Europe myself.

Never liked coding on the DC anyway :)
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The only time I ever saw the Dreamcast's logo on TV was during Ariston adverts.
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Funny that nobody has mentioned MS yet! :lol: Where's DTJ when you need him
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betamax wrote:I'm still trying to see your point. Does all this waffle make Sony any less ethically suspect*?
Lol, oh yes, I was serious too! :lol:
grue wrote:I think I'll do that a comic at some point, excellent stuff! :lol: :D
I'm thinking about doing one myself, actually. This dumbass debate is comedy gold. :D
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Anders wrote:Lol, oh yes, I was serious too! :lol:


:lol: so was I, then. :lol: :lol: :lol:
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I never dealt with Lik-Sang, used PlayAsia for all of my importing. I'd like to think that they will be around for future importing purposes, but I guess there will always be alternatives (eBay, private buyers, etc)

I like the convenience of these types of stores stocking shitloads of interesting stuff that aren't necessarily the products of the Evil MegaCuntCorp. I've bought posters, figures, cables, controllers and all sorts of unusual stuff that I wouldn't have a snowball's chance in hell of getting in Australia. That's my main beef with these legal actions.

If Sony don't want them selling Sony products, then take an injunction out on the sale of those products and let them continue business with the other stuff.

And just for the record, no, I do not want to pay $A1000 for the privilege of owning a PS3. I don't need Blu-Ray. A Wii will do me nicely thanks.
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LS was always wonderful to me. Reliable, fast, and always made me feel like I was being treated with care. I'll miss them.

The Big Three are all bad at the end of the day, that's a fact. It's also a fact, however, that Nintendo could easily have put them out of business before, but they didn't.

Also, those Nintendo links that Rod provided are from 2003, and the flash cart thing is a legitimate reason for legal action. Those things are used for piracy more than anything else.
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Anders wrote:Look closely at your Sony products. Smell them. Do you feel that? That's corruption, darkness in physical form, that's evil. Fuck man, they killed Lik Sang, killed them dead. You don't want that shit around your house.

You can't destroy it. You can't burn it. Do you have any idea what the smoke would do to you? Have you seen those zombie movies? Do you think that shit is made up? Hell no, those poor sods have been touched by Sony!

Me, I'm already lost. More or less one of the living dead, so they can't harm me.

And the PS3, eh? Who does Sony think they are? Plugging a new product like that when we know, WE KNOW, that they don't understand anything about games and consoles. But go on, show them who's boss. Buy one and then give it away. They will never see that coming!
I don't buy just a console, but a brand and what they stand for. I don't much care for what Sony represents these days, so I'll make a statement about it the only way I can, by not buying the PS3.

Back when Nintendo screwed Sony in the early 90's, they got exactly what they deserved and the PS1 did very well, deservedly so. Hell, I was first in line when it was released. But these days I don't much care for their cocky attitude where they almost openly, in so many words, call their own fans brainless fanboys that will buy the console no matter what, be it being overpriced, released without any games or having their own, unique format that are being forced down the consumers throats.

And we all know how that worked out with UMD and the GC...

And for the record, so far HD-DVD is not only selling better that Blue-Ray, but most of the movies are better as well. Of course, this is before the release of the PS3, so these numbers will most likely change drastically in the months to come.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6083856.stm
BBC News wrote:Sony denies that its actions had anything to do with the closure of the Lik-Sang website.
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Marius wrote: I don't buy just a console, but a brand and what they stand for.
what a silly way to spend your money. If you're not in it for the console get shares instead ;-)
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Marius wrote:I don't buy just a console, but a brand and what they stand for.
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Anders wrote:
Marius wrote:I don't buy just a console, but a brand and what they stand for.
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Shudder.
https://soundcloud.com/audioguy - Always some new sounds there

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Marius = marketing victim.
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