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Okay, okay. Let the games speak then. I don't know how the Sony console is going to do in the long run anymore than you know if Nintendo's Wiimote will stop from lapsing into the problems it had during testing. Time will tell. Until then...I'm done fighting with people.Adamant wrote:Blah blah blah, I don't like Sony, damn them for using new techology, Nintendo forever*
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6076354.stmOlivier Hague wrote:Then again, it looks like Sony will do everything it can to prevent you from importing, this time around... They're apparently planning to deal with that exactly like they did with the PlayStation Portable, and boy was that ugly...MajinVejitaXV wrote:Also, and this is funny since we're fans of a Japanese show/games, it's region free for games. So, say I wanna import the next DBZ game (assuming the software engineers don't implement a software lock)? No need for system modification or a Japanese console.
MajinVejitaXV wrote:My only concern, assuming PS3 games actually are region free, is my PSX/PS2 library. They haven't said whether the backwards compatibility will be region free
Meh. Do you feel protected yet?In his ruling yesterday, Judge Michael Fysh found that Lik-Sang - which offered Japanese PSPs to European consumers via its website - was in breach of intellectual property rights.
Lik-Sang had claimed that it was operating within the law as the company is based in Hong Kong, and has no trading presence in the UK or European Economic Area.
But, as reported by the Financial Times, Judge Fysh ruled that, "The acts of which the complaint is made have, in my view, been perpetrated not in Hong Kong but here in the EEA, and without Sony's consent."
Sony declined to comment directly on the case. However, a spokesperson did tell GI.biz: "The law is clear; grey importing PS2, PSP or PS3 into the EU, without the express permission of SCE is illegal. Therefore, we will utilise the full scope of the law to put a stop to any retailers who chose to do this."
He continued, "Ultimately, we're trying to protect consumers from being sold hardware that does not conform to strict EU or UK consumer safety standards, due to voltage supply differences et cetera; is not - in PS3's case - backwards compatible with either PS1 or PS2 software; will not play European Blu-Ray movies or DVDs; and will not be covered by warranty."
Ah, yes, that's what I heard. I didn't remember it was only about EU (for now?).Ash wrote:Depends on where you live, Play-Asia, and I guess Lik-Sang too now, won't ship PSP hard- or software to the EU and some other countries.
Yeah, I heard rumors about that a few weeks ago. I wouldn't be surprised.Adamant wrote:it's apparantly not region free after all.
