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Lik-Sang Stops Singing
The curtain has fallen for one of our sponsors, the online retailer Lik-Sang.
Lik-Sang, the popular gaming retailer from Hong Kong, has today announced that it is forced to close down due to multiple legal actions brought against it by Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Limited and Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. Sony claimed that Lik-Sang infringed its trade marks, copyright and registered design rights by selling Sony PSP consoles from Asia to European customers, and have recently obtained a judgment in the High Court of London (England) rendering Lik-Sang's sales of PSP consoles unlawful.
As of today, Lik-Sang will not be in the position to accept any new orders and will cancel and refund all existing orders that have already been placed. Furthermore, Lik-Sang is working closely with banks and PayPal to refund any store credits held by the company, and the customer support department is taking care of any open transactions such as pending RMAs or repairs and shipping related matters. The staff of Lik-Sang will make sure that nobody will get hurt in the crossfire of this ordeal.
A Sony spokesperson declined to comment directly on the lawsuit against Lik-Sang, but recently went on to tell Gamesindustry.biz that "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".
Lik Sang strongly disagrees with Sony's opinion that their customers need this kind of protection and pointed out that PSP consoles shipped from Lik-Sang contained genuine Sony 100V-240V AC Adapters that carry CE and other safety marks and are compatible world wide. All PSP consoles were in conformity with all EU and UK consumer safety regulations.
"Today is Sony Europe victory about PSP, tomorrow is Sony Europe's ongoing pressure about PlayStation 3. With this precedent set, next week could already be the stage for complaints from Sony America about the same thing, or from other console manufacturers about other consoles to other regions, or even from any publisher about any specific software title to any country they don't see fit. It's the beginning of the end. of the World as we know it", stated Pascal Clarysse, formerly known as the Marketing Manager of Lik-Sang.
"Blame it on Sony. That's the latest dark spot in their shameful track record as gaming industry leader. The Empire finally 'won', few dominating retailers from the UK probably will rejoice the news, but everybody else in the gaming world lost something today."
As DS-x2 understands that gamers will still feel the need to import games from Japan and other regions, we can suggest Play-Asia for the time being.
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I'd Like to blame sony for this. If you agree say I. Im gonna Miss Lik-sang even though i never imported from them. But I Also have another Suggestion. www.toysnjoys.com
That sucks, I use to use liksang all the time... Sony is a video game company heading twards there end anyways.
"I". Honestly, I didn't expect the lawsuit to have this big an impact. Oh well, back to the drawing boards for the new DS-x2 design...
I liked Lik-sang. This is terrible news. Some of my DS games came from them and I was planing of getting a DS Lite from them. Well I'll have to get it from play-asia "ultimately, we're trying to protect consumers from being sold hardware that does not conform to strict EU or UK consumer safety standards" So what they are saying is that they are doing the job of EU? I mean, if this is the problem, isn't up to EU to fix it and not sony? Do sony sell unsafe stuff in the rest of the world? I'd say the real problem is that it took sony 9 month after the Japaneses release , to release their PSP in Europe. And it looks like the overpriced PS3 is on the same path as the PSP. Maybe Sony should look over there internal problems instead.
Good!! SONY KICKS NINTENDO IN THE BALLS
I don't swear that often...but seriously.. *censored by me*
PSP Boy, I think you may have got lost. This is a Nintendo site you know???
Sony is getting sued again by Microsoft (for their cost estimation report), so they have to sue someone to pay for the lawsuit. Good thing I haven't pre-order Jump Ultimate Stars from them yet.
Like the Morissons adverts, reasons to hate Sony... Reason 789: They made Lik-Sang shut down.
NPC IS A FRUIT BOOTY
oh wow...at least you tried. Not to mention, why even go after me? Are you perhaps Charles moore? Or Kaz hirai? lol
NPC U R a loser get out your parants basement and get LAID.
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