Lik-Sang's last words

Soon-to-be defunct importer blasts Sony's claims that it had nothing to do with the company's early demise.

The soon-to-be shuttered Hong-Kong-based import game retailer Lik-Sang has released a final statement in the tit-for-tat verbal battle between it and industry giant Sony.

The company recently lost a court case in London to Sony, who contested that its selling of Japanese PSPs to Europe infringed on Sony trademarks, copyrights, and registered design rights. Sony then asserted its intentions to block all "grey importing" of its products.

Lik-Sang responded to this by circulating a statement to games industry personnel claiming that key Sony Europe executives bought Japanese PSPs from their company, and continued to name names. Sony issued a statement stating this was simply "sour grapes".

Today in his final e-mail as a Lik-Sang employee, marketing manager Pascal Clarysse hit back at Sony's claims that it had nothing to do with the importer's closure. "While they 'strongly denied that their actions have had anything to do with [Lik-Sang's] closing' in their statement, they still had the time to send a 15-page fax less than 24 hours later, outlining the terms of the order made by the UK court last week and asking Lik-Sang to pay the sum of £100,000 ($190,000) just for their legal costs before 4pm on November 1," he said. "The fax also includes a penal notice, nicely reminding the reader that not obeying the order (which means shipping any PlayStation branded product to any country in Europe) may mean sequestration of all assets and, in worst case, imprisonment for the directors of the company."

Lik-Sang also blasted Sony's statement that any Japanese PSPs which would have been bought by members of their company would have been solely for investigatory purposes. "Sony's unbelievable statement that all purchase orders made by their own directors 'would' be for investigatory purposes speaks volumes, and also doesn't explain why these and all the other orders placed by Sony officials were not revealed to the High Court," said Clarysse.

Clarysse concluded his statement on behalf of Lik-Sang by declaring that it was a sad day for import gaming. "Sony should be proud of having such a die-hard import gamers' community rushing to buy their products and supporting them with a passion. Instead, they march all over us," he said.

274 Comments

  • Neo_Strife100

    Posted Dec 31, 2006 7:42 pm PT

    Hey did you hear? Nintendo is doing the exact same thing now to stop imports of Pokemon Diamond and Pearl. Let's see if you Nintendo Fanboy hypocrites stop buying Nintendo products now.

  • ddrmegamixer

    Posted Dec 19, 2006 10:54 pm PT

    This all happened a while back and alot of people say that this will not hurt sony. Well im not buying your mass branded rubbish anymore so thats about 3-4 grand you have lost for starters as i waste alot on games let alone however many more deside to go 360 or Wii so have a Wii while doing a 360 and make sure sonys PS3 is on the outer ring they have nothing new to add all their idears are stolen and they will suffer the price of their ignorance.

  • strikingLink

    Posted Nov 15, 2006 10:18 am PT

    "Copyright, trademark, and licensing laws are ther for a reason, like it or not. " - right, they are there to protect in terms of not copying products and using trademarks for other products without authorization etc. but if they are used to block the free trade of ORIGINAL japanese products even to japanese people living in the UK, then it looks to me just as wrong as when hitler changed the laws and the germans were applying these new laws to kill jews. if there was no german resistance not obeying to these laws, then even more jews would have died.

    these laws in favour to sony may have their reason to protect financial interests, but whether it's right in the common sense is another question IMO. sorry, but i can really not see what's wrong with ordering original products from another country and will simply switch to yesasia and play-asia to continue getting my japanese games - only nds and wii games of course to show sony what i think of their ridiculous arrogance...

  • pakoconk

    Posted Nov 13, 2006 4:13 pm PT

    Someone from Sony's global sales should really review their strategy throughly... This sounds more like the sales rep. in Europe is getting a cut from the European retailers... I'll check the news who are the major retailers in Europe... A deal should've been arranged between Lik-Sang and Sony... pfffffffffff......................................... too bad too bad.....

  • manuhia

    Posted Nov 3, 2006 7:27 am PT

    well it kinda sucks to know that we european's are NOT respected.We always have to wait the longest for like EVERYTHING,what's wrong with global releases!!!and then saying we can't even import it,that's just discriminating in my eyes.i loved lik-sang,and hate sony now,I THINK I'LL JUST DOWNLOAD FFXII NOW AND PLAY IT ON AN EMULATOR OR FIND A MODCHIP FOR MY PS2!!!!!!!!

  • Surllio

    Posted Oct 30, 2006 12:29 pm PT

    If you are issued legal warnings by a company several times before taken to court, thats your own fault. Lik-Sang had their warnings, they were told to stop, and continued to push forward in their activities. You can call Sony "evil" for what they've done, but the facts still remain. A High Court found Lik-Sang guilty for a reason. Clarysse said that "evidence" was withheld. You know in a lawsuit, both sides are asked questions and asked to present evidence. Why didn't he mention this to the court. This sounds to me like someone making a loud noise because he didn't get his way. Call Sony what you want, but the fact of the matter is they will sell what they want to sell where they want to sell it. Copyright, trademark, and licensing laws are ther for a reason, like it or not.

  • Talgrath

    Posted Oct 30, 2006 11:59 am PT

    "It's sad to see the importing scene get smaller and I honestly wished that Sony would have just helped instead of suing Lik-Sang out of business (in this case it really was Sony's doing cause their asking $$$ for recouping losses was crazy)."

    Actually, that's standard legal procedure in cases like this.

  • Akira-Angel

    Posted Oct 30, 2006 10:36 am PT

    Liksang was a great site i had FFXII orderd from them, then paniced when i heard the news. Luckily i found www.playasia.com thats good for imports.

  • i_like_evil

    Posted Oct 30, 2006 8:36 am PT

    And I guess YOU MrPuzzlez are one of them american wankers (I meant that as in a particular type of american. Not americans as a whole as some of you guys are really nice/cool) who takes glee on getting their greedy hands on something they want. When the Europeans miss out it doesn't matter because at least YOU get one. Well at least that's how your post came across to me thankyou very much.

    Get a life. Lik Sang being forced out of business is probably one of the worst atrocities Sony have done. A phenomenal amount of people relied on them. And even gaming magazines raved about them too (and they have a surprising amount of influence) as Lik Sang could get hold of gaming merchendise found only in Japan too.

    This WILL hit the gaming world hard. Lik Sang was THE best and was famous for it. I don't care what happens next, but this next thing I will say will definately happen.

    Sony will not get away with this quietly...

  • MrPuzzlez

    Posted Oct 30, 2006 6:58 am PT

    AdamC79
    LOL you dumb witted people saying "Sony is done" or that you are done with Sony. This could never hurt Sony and honestly they did us a favor by putting Lik Sang out of business. A court does not find you guilty for nothing.

    Not unless you're a certain ethniticity.

  • GrimBee

    Posted Oct 30, 2006 4:07 am PT

    Lik-Sang... and now the song is over Everyone give a 3 minute silence whilst I wait for my imported psp to load a game...

    shhh.....



    ....



    ....



    ....



    Nice. Its good to get rid of the hate

  • Bathyj

    Posted Oct 29, 2006 10:20 pm PT

    PacoL250 while we obviously have differring opinions on this subject I applaud you post for being well thought out and well worded and for adding more to the argument than "F*** you Sony, you're evil, I hope you die." Everyone here acts like they're all about the games but their hate can cloud the issue abit I think, which is what is really pissing me off lately. These people wouldn't play a good game if Sony released its and its really their loss. I like a good game no matter what machine its on and i just wish people could get over this console bashing crap.

    I do feel sorry for you people that import games but I think there will always be ways of doing this through other companies. Playasia is a name I've heard abit.

    I still think anyone who gets 3 legal warnings and doesn't heed them is pretty stupid, and has no one to blame but themselves, but that just my opinion. You can bet if someone was selling illegal copies of Windows online M$ would do something about it.

    Anyway, thanks for your post, feel free to refute me again when you disagree, and your right, I was making a horrible pun. EWWWW !!!!

  • PacoL250

    Posted Oct 29, 2006 9:25 pm PT

    Bathyj:
    It's Lik-Sang, not Lik-Sac (unless you're making a horrible pun, then, well...)

    As an occasional importer, do I like what Sony did? Not at all. But then again, I didn't like what Nintendo and Microsoft did when they did a similar thing back almost a year or so ago.

    As for importing vs. the locality, there's really no comparision, and to refute Bathyj's point about supporting local shops, most people will buy from local shops. The most exteme importers and occasional importers (like myself) get screwed. Surprisingly, there are more people who import games than one would think cause otherwise "The Big 3" (in this case Sony) wouldn't have gone after Lik-Sang, and Lik-Sang wouldn't have been in business as long as they were if there wasn't a market for it.

    As for the good ol' Dreamcast, you have to put "blame" (and it's not even blame) for its demise on BOTH Sega AND Sony. Sega for failure to market their console as well as they should have to both developers and the public (the system was powerful for the time) and Sony for pretty much seeing their opportunity and taking advantage of Sega's mistakes (they ended up buying out a lot of exclusivity deals on games; we all know games make the console and PSX/PSOne proved it and to an extent so did the PS2).

    It's sad to see the importing scene get smaller and I honestly wished that Sony would have just helped instead of suing Lik-Sang out of business (in this case it really was Sony's doing cause their asking $$$ for recouping losses was crazy).

  • Bathyj

    Posted Oct 29, 2006 7:13 pm PT

    Impulse7
    It wasn't a red card bathyj, the cut off their supply lines

    So what you're saying is Lik-Sac was living off Sony and other manufactures illegally, and against their wishes, despite 3 warnings, legally submitted and now they have to stop because they have no stock left.

    Why not import DS's and Xboxes? Cos they would be sued again.

    The are only 2 reasons anyone cares about this:
    1. You were a customer of Lik-Sac and you will be personally inconvienianced, for which I'm sorry, sincerly.

    2. Cos you hate Sony and you blame them for everything from this to the Dreamcast's demise. (Seriously Sega did a good enough job themselves messing up their hardware operations without needing help from Sony.)

    Obviously I dont care. I support my local shops. I buy all my new games 10 minutes from where I live. I buy older stuff for bargains on eBay.

    Buy this time next year I'll be happily playing my PS3, X360 and Wii and all of this negative will I see at the monent wont matter a bit and everyone will have forgotten about Lic-Sac. How do I know? You all seem to have forgotten Sony, Nintendo and Microsoft were ALL suing Lic-Sac not so long ago. Either you forgot for real, or its just not being acknoledged because it doesn't suit anyone agenda at the moment.

  • cmontyx49

    Posted Oct 29, 2006 6:59 pm PT

    Good PR just before a console launch Sony. All eight of your remaining fans must be thrilled.
    Oh wait, make that seven, one of them just bought a 360 and a DS. : (

  • torres_unix

    Posted Oct 29, 2006 6:02 pm PT

    Ok, to all of the law-savvy, pre-juris-doctor candidates... Why was Lik-sang
    breaking the law? I'm only including the period post "modified" systems.
    I don't think importing games from one country to another should be
    illegal. The legality of things nowadays are only tied to money, and if Sony
    resorts to such tactics they will lose on the game market; MS will take the foothold.

  • singsorrow

    Posted Oct 29, 2006 6:01 pm PT

    Sony is starting to become a gaming Nazi.
    mine as well as other gamers respect for sony is slowly dwindling.
    Nintendo would never do that to us!

  • Impulse7

    Posted Oct 29, 2006 5:29 pm PT

    It wasn't a red card bathyj, the cut off their supply lines "Sony then asserted its intentions to block all 'grey importing' of its products." No importing. Unless they paid up 100,000 pounds and went into a massive legal battle which, given that its sony, they would not have the cash to continue. Sony used their massive corporate weight to sqaush the small guy.... Maybe they aint that different from microsoft after all....

  • Bathyj

    Posted Oct 29, 2006 4:25 pm PT

    TorugotoShinsan

    If what you you say is true then I dont see how Sony had any other choice. Good Job to Lic-Sac I say.

    As for running them out of business, I think that was their own choice to do so. Just cos you get a red card doesn't mean you have to quit soccer.

  • cjcr_alexandru

    Posted Oct 29, 2006 12:31 pm PT

    I've said it and I will say it again: Lik-Sang was breaking the law. Simple. And about the fact that Sony has something to do with Lik-Sang closing... I don't know.

  • GrimBee

    Posted Oct 29, 2006 10:29 am PT

    lol illegle...

    illigle... elligle... ...

    nope, illegal has an A in it alright

    I dont know the full in and out of the story, and neither will we know both sides of this story. But if i was sony, and cared about gamers, i would of stopped them selling sony stuff, not ruin them and everything else they sell.

    Nintendo and M$ didnt rat on them for importing tho.. something to think about i guess.

  • TorugotoShinsan

    Posted Oct 29, 2006 8:11 am PT

    Kempatsu_basic
    TorugotoShinsan You know absolutely nothing about law....oh and also learn to spell. Illegal doesn't have the letter "A" in it.

    This is funny considering that:

    1)I am studying Law at college and this kind of stuff does in fact pop up very, very, very often (and is pretty damn boring to boot). Talgrath is 100% right. In order to export something you need to consent of the company than manifactures the product. Sony gave three cease and desist warnings to Lik-Sang which Lik-Sang chose to completely ignore. Ignoring a company that is easily abotu to spend millions each year in litigation when they issue such a warning is about as sensible as running around Afghanistan while waving an American flag.

    2) I'm dyslexic. I know how to spell and I find you insulting my intelliegnce like that pretty insulting. i'd really can't be bothered to sink to that kind of insult as i have more important things to do right now than argue with someone who I'll be highly unlikely to meet in my life.

    3) Last time a checked the word "illegal" does contain the letter "a"

  • dryden555

    Posted Oct 29, 2006 7:52 am PT

    this IS unfortunate: LikSang sold plenty of cool stuff hard to find elsewhere

  • Bathyj

    Posted Oct 29, 2006 6:04 am PT

    ebay may be alright because ebay doesn't acutally sell anything. ebay is simply a world wide bulletin board for people to sell things through.

    I dont know if thats correct or anything, I'm just guessing.

  • GrimBee

    Posted Oct 29, 2006 4:25 am PT

    "Why hasn't it gone after E-bay, you ask? Because e-bay isn't importing PSPs, it's just offering listings for items"

    I can see what you mean, but if eBay let people sell illegal items on there, they should be told off right? If you sold illegal stuff on eBay, it would have to be removed from the listings and be taken out, right? Just like if you sold drugs or something on eBay. If they are illegal, you can't sell them.

    Now, if sony DOESN'T attack eBay, it would go against it's own laws! Because eBay are allowing people to sell items, which is against sony's laws, which hence - is illegal.

    So how eBay can let this happen if it is SO ILLEGAL that it shut down a company and can have people imprisoned.. its crazy isn't it!

    For example, if i had some illegal substances to sell to other countries, eBay would take off my listing because they aren't allowed to let people sell items to another country where the law states otherwise. (i.e cannabis in denmark is legal, in the uk it is definately not).

    Selling a psp on ebay from japan to europe is ILLEGAL right? (which is why they shut down lik-sang). So if it is illegal, then sony should let eBay know so that they can stop the listing of illegal activities.

    But the reason why Sony won't attack eBay is because it would gain a monumentally bad reputation. If there is an eBay scandal, ALL the world knows about it because its so popular.
    Sony taking down a little importing company is just its way of working on the sly, taking out smaller competition (like dreamcast... etc).

    ALL im saying is, if its SOOOO illegal for Lik-Sang to be shut down, this legality should be known throughout the industry, not just for one store. To me this looks like Sony had the sour grapes! From losing the rumble liscence, its almost as if this was done so it can say "but we also won a case which made our money back,.. neaa neaa neanea neaaaa"

  • batosaisilver

    Posted Oct 29, 2006 3:39 am PT

    Sony Sony Sony...
    and I had my Wii on preorder from them! lol LikSang was a Godsend for those of us who serve their country from overseas bases... but now....

    oh, and on a more serious note, Japan/China has vbeen at war economicaly for years now...hmmmm.

  • leapfrog91

    Posted Oct 29, 2006 12:38 am PT

    "People like to blame Sony for this but the real blame rests with mis-management of the owners of Lik-Sang."

    Nice. Did Lik-Sang sue Sony? Oh. Right. But, no no, you are correct - it is Lik-Sang's fault. Sony is good.

    Yes.

    Don't confuse the *right* to do something with the righteousness of doing it.

    By the way, I'd like to know what exactly about Lik-Sang's comments offended you, so that you are glad you never did business with them? All they did was respond to Sony's ridiculous claims. No matter how you look at it, Sony has done import gamers a disservice to gain profit.

    How can you take Sony's side unless you work for them?

  • indysurfn

    Posted Oct 29, 2006 12:03 am PT

    okay I was going to get a PS3 but now I HATE Sony. I hate bully wicked business practices for the sake of future gain. The words out of Sony is insulting to anyone not super stupid? Lets see they said they are protecting customers from unsafe products? This is from the same company that knowingly hide other complaints from manufacturing business partners? What will they do to me and you? Last time I checked Sony manufactured the PSP and PS3. And others manufacturered the power adapters and still will after lik-sang is gone!. So the excuses Sony gives is VERY insulting to my intelligence. Very. And now They are saying they did not cause this going out of business?!?! Lets see lik-sang makes money selling japanese games and machines to non japanese customers, and Sony said it infringed on there copyright and stopped them from selling! So I guess Sony thought they would just selling peanuts on the street and stay in business! Yeah thats the ticket! All your customers are supper stupid Sony just think of any lie to spurt out! We will believe.

  • silverstar1982

    Posted Oct 28, 2006 9:16 pm PT

    Kempatsu_basic
    TorugotoShinsan You know absolutely nothing about law....oh and also learn to spell. Illegal doesn't have the letter "A" in it.

    Re-read.. just thought I'd point that out. Illeg-a-l.

    Anyway, about this whole hubbub.. PlayAsia can still export units to Europe. PlayAsia is located in Japan. Lik-Sang was located in China. Japan and China are at economic war with eachother.

    There's a lot more going on than what's just on the surface kiddies.

  • Zero254

    Posted Oct 28, 2006 8:57 pm PT

    Sony's last words......we had nothing to do with us closing down.

  • SnowFarmer

    Posted Oct 28, 2006 8:38 pm PT

    The actions and statements that have come out of Lik-Sang, regarding this suit and their closing, completely convince me that I was right to never do business with them.

    Notice how Play-Asia is still in business. If Lik-Sang had not been so ignorant (or stupid) to ignore the cease and desist letters that Sony sent them, they would still be in business today. People like to blame Sony for this but the real blame rests with mis-management of the owners of Lik-Sang.

  • ringbling

    Posted Oct 28, 2006 7:18 pm PT

    Big freakin deal, most games and consoles are eventually available in Europe and other markets. Nobody wants to hear whining about something that Sony had every right to do.

  • Kempatsu_basic

    Posted Oct 28, 2006 5:43 pm PT

    TorugotoShinsan You know absolutely nothing about law....oh and also learn to spell. Illegal doesn't have the letter "A" in it.

  • Talgrath

    Posted Oct 28, 2006 5:42 pm PT

    "who cares if ppl import stuff. if nintendo, sony, etc would release cool stuff in america like they do in japan, i wouldn't be importing stuff.

    it's not like importers are selling pirated games or consoles"

    Actually, it's a lot like that. Little legal information for the ignorant, in order to (legally) export any product, you need the manufacturer's consent for any product you export. Lik-Sang BROKE this law and was sued because of it; simple as that. If you made something that companies were exporting without your permission like Lik-Sang, I guarantee you'd do the same thing Sony did. Send THREE cease and desist orders (the legal equivalent of "knock it off before I pound you" warning) and then start legal action. Sony was actually rather nice about this, but Lik-Sang ignored the warnings and gave Sony the rough equivalent of the middle finger.

  • TorugotoShinsan

    Posted Oct 28, 2006 4:38 pm PT

    This is what you get for importing stuff without the permision of the company that makes it. Lik-Sang was breaking the law, totally ignored three warnings from Sony and it's now they start crying about it. Wait until Nintendo and Microsoft jump on the bandwagon and start litigation against Lik-Sang for illeagally importing thier stuff.

    Lik-Sang was a rip-off and there is a store close to where I live that sells leagal imports for way cheaper that what lik-Sang sold games for so it's no real loss for me.

  • Fiku42

    Posted Oct 28, 2006 4:27 pm PT

    HAHAHAHAHAHAAHA Ah I cant stop... Seriously Sony is loosing on profits, and some wait make that a good amount of people dont like there recent attitude yep me to but guess what? despite this PS3 is just to hard to resist and we will all evetually get it.(At least Hardcore Gamers Will- (FFXIII, MGS4, DMC4) For those who want some orignality (Heavenly Sword, ICO developers next project, White Knight Story,) Can you resist this? I'll be honest I cant but hey I guess not everyones the same..............

    Microsoft is going down the same old road it did with xbox at least Nintendo has the courage to take the new path Best of luck to the Big N

    Peaceout- Fiku42

  • vestan_san

    Posted Oct 28, 2006 3:56 pm PT

    Sony has lost me as a Fanboy.

  • King_Dodongo

    Posted Oct 28, 2006 3:37 pm PT

    Sony is desperately looking for money

  • theKSMM

    Posted Oct 28, 2006 2:35 pm PT

    I know that Sony made this move to protect their profits (these things are always about money, principle be damned), but it seems a little short-sighted to alienate some of your most die-hard customers in this manner. Then again, IANAL, so what do I know.

  • Talgrath

    Posted Oct 28, 2006 2:22 pm PT

    Microsoft and Nintendo sued them as well, Sony's case was simply the first resolved. It's illegal to export products without the consent of the manufacturer (whether it's wine or PSPs or small straws with umbrellas). Sony sent Lik-Sang three requests to cease and desist, and Lik-Sang didnt; Sony was well within its rights when it sued Lik-Sang.

    Why hasn't it gone after E-bay, you ask? Because e-bay isn't importing PSPs, it's just offering listings for items; Sony could certainly go after the individuals who sell Japanese PSPs to people in other countries if they wanted to, but it's simply not productive; it's much like the RIAA proesecuting individuals who download music, it simply doesn't work because there are too many individuals. Companies exporting large amounts of items are much easier to track, prove the illegality of the action and prosecute.

  • fierro316

    Posted Oct 28, 2006 1:47 pm PT

    Lik-Sang last words: We broke the law, we got owned.

  • Wellfedmonkey

    Posted Oct 28, 2006 1:06 pm PT

    Clarysse concluded his statement on behalf of Lik-Sang by declaring that it was a sad day for import gaming. "Sony should be proud of having such a die-hard import gamers' community rushing to buy their products and supporting them with a passion. Instead, they march all over us," he said. I agree totally!

  • alberto2045

    Posted Oct 28, 2006 12:48 pm PT

    Ok so are they colsing or not???

  • kavadias1981

    Posted Oct 28, 2006 12:27 pm PT

    I said it in a previous post and I will say it again. I will not be buying any of Sony's products anymore. Sounds a little extreme but I dont buy products from bullies.

  • GyRo567

    Posted Oct 28, 2006 12:14 pm PT

    I will rejoice in the day Sony finally falls more so than EA's eventual demise.

  • Elyoshi

    Posted Oct 28, 2006 11:54 am PT

    I know this is the business world were talking about, but this seems kind of...mean. Like there kicking sand in the little guys face for no real reason.

    I just keep hating sony more and more...

  • mars_elliot

    Posted Oct 28, 2006 8:43 am PT

    No matter what I do, I just can't seem to like sony. Even after they screwed me with the original ps2 ... I keep trying to like them and want to buy their products but I just can't justify supporting a company with such horrible values. I truely hope sony is embarresed in this race. I never want to hear from them again.

  • undox

    Posted Oct 28, 2006 8:14 am PT

    Whether it is a domestic or foreign customer, Sony is still making a sale. So the fact that Sony is suing Lik-Sang for selling their system outside its original country seems a little crazy. If fact, because of the higher cost of importing a system, it means that both of them are making money--Sony for making the system and Lik-Sang for importing it. Suing for helping their sales seems counterproductive. Now if they for suing for modding a system to play pirated games or to copy it onto a hard drive makes more sense. If that is the reason, I say go for it.

  • GrimBee

    Posted Oct 28, 2006 5:20 am PT

    Why hasn't Sony challenged eBay for letting people sell psps from japan? hmm?

    The only reason why Sony would take down lik-sang and not just give them a warning, and let their governments law decide without the use of clever evidence and statements... is because it poses a threat on their "sony store" mantra.

    For example, sony hope to cut their losses on psp sales, and production costs and r&d through the Sony Store. If independant companies are reducing their European sales, this means less stock sold in major retailers, more stock sent back to sony, less product displayed in stores etc..

    Have you noticed how the psp sections are being downsized, and the umd sales are becoming really really poor? Sony try to eliminate smaller competition so it can cope with the battering from Nintendo and Microsoft.

    With removing imports, Sony hope to generate genuine sales in major stores, and re-engerize interest in the psp. So then it can concentrate on pushing out new hardware to a market which mostly would selectively look for a cheaper way around (i.e imports).

    Importing hurts sony's strategy. It wont hurt Nintendo because their consoles are avaliable to all, are more appealing to a wider audience. The psp is mainly for media-nuts who go online and probably purchase rare games from other countries. Lik-Sang took a large portion of the PSP's gender and age-group. So sony destroyed them, so it can do its sly strategy and make the playstation name big again in commercial stores. Because at the moment, the psp is slipping away, and there is more interest in the 360 and the wii than the ps3.

    I can see how Sony would take out lik-sang.. but doesnt eBay let people import ds lites etc from japan too? And also japanese 360's? It will lose against eBay... thats why they wont attack them...

    Sony don't really have gamers interests at heart, all companies like to make money. But its evident that in sony's strategy, thats all they care about Microsoft and Nintendo are fine with this, Sony aren't so they shut down a games store.

    Idiots

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