Angry the Clown Posted April 26, 2005 Report Share Posted April 26, 2005 The PSP will at last get its European launch on the 1st of September at the expected price of ?178 (or 249 euros) for the 'value pack' [The Spider-Man 2 UMD offer will be repeated]. In silly money that makes the European pack around $340 so er... should I ever decide to get one I think I shall be importing thank you very much. http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=8231 Daniel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogbert Posted April 26, 2005 Report Share Posted April 26, 2005 [The Spider-Man 2 UMD offer will be repeated] Although in the UK it's going to be a mail-in gift instead of packed in like the US. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rustyjaw Posted April 26, 2005 Report Share Posted April 26, 2005 Although in the UK it's going to be a mail-in gift instead of packed in like the US. How very cheap. They force you to buy a more expensive bundle, and then don't bundle everything! I assume the rationale is the same as mail-in rebates, enough people don't bother following through with the paperwork/mailing that it makes it worthwhile. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angry the Clown Posted April 27, 2005 Author Report Share Posted April 27, 2005 I was trying to figure out the reasoning behind that too, and I couldn't really think of a worthy excuse. The only thought that did come to mind is that UMD movies may not be available in Europe for quite some time perhaps due to territorial multi-language issues and that owners wouldn't be able to buy Spider-Man II off the shelf, but it too is a rather baseless guess. If Videogames Plus in Canada, who sell the ValuePack for ?155 including Gretzky NHL, included Wipeout or Lumines as the bundle game instead I?d probably import one on a whim. Daniel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angry the Clown Posted April 27, 2005 Author Report Share Posted April 27, 2005 Sony was good enough to go on the record to Eurogamer to stress again that no PSP games will have regional lockout, stating that it is in fact a technical mandate to developers not to put region locking on titles. They also said wireless play will be fully compatible between various regions though suggested due to "language, system issues and quality assurance procedures" in a multiplayer situation gamers are best off each having a game from the same territory. UMD movie regional locking is, according to Sony, up to the content providers themselves. http://eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=58810 Daniel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogbert Posted April 27, 2005 Report Share Posted April 27, 2005 Sony was good enough to go on the record to Eurogamer to stress again that no PSP games will have regional lockout, stating that it is in fact a technical mandate to developers not to put region locking on titles. From what I've heard, technically they support game region lockouts, but it's a TRC that you do not support it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iainl Posted April 27, 2005 Report Share Posted April 27, 2005 They also said wireless play will be fully compatible between various regions though suggested due to "language, system issues and quality assurance procedures" in a multiplayer situation gamers are best off each having a game from the same territory. Colin Berry from the Wipeout Pure team confirmed a while back that a US copy of Pure will (a) work on other region machines, but ( won't play networked games with other region copies, due to language support issues. But then, the situation is the same on the GBA, so I can't say I was surprised. If you want one, import it. Personally, I'm not bothering purely because I'm broke. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angry the Clown Posted April 27, 2005 Author Report Share Posted April 27, 2005 Oh I'm honestly in no rush. It'll be way beyond the 1st of September before I consider getting one regardless of whether I import one or get a domestic model, and it will take a good number of PSP games at E3 to even convince me if I've any great reason to own one in the first place since the current games that do appeal I can count off on one hand. Isn't there also a wild rumour Wipeout Pure may be enhanced somewhat for Europe? Daniel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iainl Posted April 29, 2005 Report Share Posted April 29, 2005 Colin and Foxy have made some slightly vague comments that there will be something there for us poor Europeans, yes. But they didn't know about the release date, so comms between the different departments clearly aren't that fluid... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angry the Clown Posted June 17, 2005 Author Report Share Posted June 17, 2005 In their desire to continue to piss off Europeans waiting for PSPs even further, Sony are clamping down with legal action on all retailers here and overseas selling imported models to European customers. http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=9594 Daniel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeyN Posted June 17, 2005 Report Share Posted June 17, 2005 They have got to be kidding. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romier S Posted June 17, 2005 Report Share Posted June 17, 2005 They have got to be kidding. ..and Sony yells: "Stop that! We don't want you money right now!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iainl Posted June 20, 2005 Report Share Posted June 20, 2005 The slightly scary part is the bit in the lawsuit where they're also demanding a list of names and addresses from Play-Asia of everyone who was sent one. Needless to say, I plan to buy a DS now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angry the Clown Posted June 20, 2005 Author Report Share Posted June 20, 2005 The slightly scary part is the bit in the lawsuit where they're also demanding a list of names and addresses from Play-Asia of everyone who was sent one. You're kidding? My god that is sick (and I mean sick, not "sick" as in "cool" however the hell that silly term came to be). What are they going to do? Charge those buyers the extra ?80? I was so close to wanting a PSP as well but Sony have now escaped so far up their own arse they can count me out of a sale. If ever I do get one in future it’d still be an import just to piss them off, unless they’re going to arrest people at airports next too. Daniel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeyN Posted June 20, 2005 Report Share Posted June 20, 2005 I dont know what they think they can do to people buying them . Whats next people in Europe cant by stuff from North American Sellers on ebay? North Americans cant buy stuff from Amazon.uk? capt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iainl Posted June 20, 2005 Report Share Posted June 20, 2005 Whats next people in Europe cant by stuff from North American Sellers on ebay? Sony have eBay running around closing down all the PSP auctions on the UK site apparently (when they aren't busy stopping people unloading spare Live 8 tickets, I presume). People who have won auctions that escaped the net have been sent emails requesting they don't go through with the sales, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angry the Clown Posted June 20, 2005 Author Report Share Posted June 20, 2005 What can they feasibly do in court though? It baffles me what rights they actually believe to have here. It's a universal product, surely any sane ruling would be in favour of the consumer and blast Sony for bringing this on themselves by giving planned European PSP stock to the US for the North American launch, seriously delaying the European release and delivering it at a higher price. Daniel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angry the Clown Posted June 23, 2005 Author Report Share Posted June 23, 2005 Sony have, thankfully, denied they've any plans to go after consumers who have purchased imported PSPs, nor are they going to impound those paid for and already on their way to customers. http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=9706 Daniel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angry the Clown Posted July 20, 2005 Author Report Share Posted July 20, 2005 Sony has won what, we can safely assume, is the first of many planned court injunctions against a retailers selling PSPs to Europe. Nuplayer is the first to be hit with the order. Following a series of delays in the case, Mr Justice Lawrence Collins last week ruled that Nuplayer had no arguable defence against Sony's claim that the retailer was infringing trade marks. He issued a summary judgement ordering Nuplayer to pay substantial costs and damages, and to hand over any remaining stock along with details of profits, suppliers and the names and addresses of customers who purchased five or more PSP consoles. You can read all abaaaaaaad it here. Sony's going after Lik-Sang next. Daniel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iainl Posted July 20, 2005 Report Share Posted July 20, 2005 If I wanted one at all, I'd definitely be getting an import one now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angry the Clown Posted July 20, 2005 Author Report Share Posted July 20, 2005 If I wanted one at all I'd get one, then go down to Sony's building in Golden Square and start playing the damn thing outside their window... I'd no doubt see Sony employees on the other side of the glass enjoying their own imported models. Daniel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angry the Clown Posted August 8, 2005 Author Report Share Posted August 8, 2005 Lik-Sang goes public on their dealings with Sony in regards to the importing row: This lawsuit comes as a total surprise to Lik-Sang.com, given that the laws of Hong Kong are clear when it comes to parallel trade. Hong Kong's legislation is based on the fact that allowing parallel and free trade will restore natural competition and benefit consumers with lower prices. Hong Kong, one of the pioneering countries respecting worldwide exhaustion of trademark rights, allows free trade once an item entered the market for sale. The company running Lik-Sang.com, Pacific Game Technology (Holding) Limited, is fully registered and operating in Hong Kong and has no ties with the UK. The company is currently looking into available options to combat Sony's cynical attempt to disrupt the successful online business again, gain total market control, and garner publicity. http://www.lik-sang.com/news.php?artc=3666 Daniel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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