QUOTE(FeRgY @ Oct 24 2006, 04:18 PM) [snapback]7247[/snapback]
Sony had the right to do it and they needed money, what would've you done? Not getting a console just because of a decision of the company-which doesn't necessarily have any affiliation with Playstation, is just kind of being blind IMO. Kotaku isn't the best of sources and Lik-Sang has ripped off some people before...but I won't go in to that.
The info is on Lik Sang right now.
Sony didn't have the right to do anything. Lik Sang sold the PSPs with the proper adapters, and even took out anything that could cause a problem.
They LEGALLY purchased the systems. And, go look at the bottom of an NTSC power adapter for the psp. It's voltage is compatible anywhere in the world.
Sony taking Lik Sag to court in 3 differant countries was just wrong. They needed money? A company that can produce a 600 dollar system and still take a loss for each one sold doesn't need money.
Please go into how Lik Sang ripped off people. Because if it is the bullshit some guy in the UK wrote about how he bought some Game Boys or some shit, that one was a lie. When he wrote that article, and when he said he bought the items, the particular model of Game Boy Sp wasn't out yet. Or available for sale on Lik Sang.
You want to talk about ripping people off? How about rootkits installed by Sony music cds and Dvds. That shit endangered government computers. No one got sued there right?
What about those exploding batteries? Sony knew about them. They waited until after computers were catching fire (One even exploded on an airplane!) and someone figured out they were sony batteries, not dell, to issue a recall.
The holiday demo disc? Another thing Sony knew about before the disc was even packaged and shipped. Instead of not shipping the pressed discs, they let them out and that corrupted memory cards everywhere. I have two cards just sitting here. And what did Sony do? They gave me a copy of NBA something. It wasn't even worth one of the memory cards.
Shit, even their customer service is fucked up. My PS2 broke a while back. So, I call them and ask about repairing it. They say that the repairs would cost 150 dollars. I asked them why when the part I needed only costed 30 dollars? They eventually let me get it repaired free, at my cost of shipping. So I send the PS2 off. 4 weeks go by. No PS2. I call them. They blame UPS. They gave me a tracking number. I call UPS. They look up the tracking number. It isn't in their system. I call Sony back. They say that my console was shiped 2 weeks ago. So I wait one more week. I call sony back. They say that my PS2 has been shipped and recieved. I tell them that the tracking number wasn't in UPS's system. Then I ask for a supervisor. The bitch on the phone hung up. So I call back and finally get him.
He tells me that my PS2 has just gotten there and is in repair now. I go check the tracking number I recieved for the box I sent to them. It says that the package was recieved 3 days after I sent the box off. Sony's site says that they fixed the PS2 on the following Monday after that. The PS2 has been in the process of getting shipped for a month now. I call again, and speak with the supervisor. He gives me a repair number. I call that and they say they recieved the PS2, but they couldn't fix the part so they sent a new one since it was under warranty and untampered with.
I finally get the PS2 a few days later. I open it up, and it wasn't my ps2. It wasn't even new. They sent me a differant console that had marker on the top, and the tray didn't even open. I call again, and demand I speak with someone higher than the supervisor. I got him again. I tell him that they sent a PS2 that was broken, and wasn't mine. They say it was mine, but they would send a package so I could ship it back. I send them the ps2. They finally sent my PS2 back. Then the bitch had more DRE's in another few months.
I had to go buy a new PS2 because if how shitty Sony was. Then, I saw that they still charged my card for the repair that was supposed to be free. I spent 368 dollars for what should had been free.
So, after all this shit, I am done with Sony. The PS3 I am getting as a gift will be put on Ebay for 3,000 dollars or more. With that money, I am giving the person who gave the gift 800 bucks. The other 2200 will be spent on a Wii, a computer for my cousin, games for the consoles I still own, and a nice 50 inch HDTV.
Sony Killed Lik-sang
Oct 24 2006, 12:14 PM
