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Sony Closes Shop for PlayStation Exporters

Sony goes another step in the fight against PlayStation imports

By Robert Matei, Gaming News Editor

25th of October 2006, 07:39 GMT

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Hong-Kong based gaming retailer Lik-Sang fell victim in Sony's fight against PlayStation imports. The retailer was forced to close shop as SCE recently obtained a judgment in the High Court of London to declare the sale of PSP consoles by Lik-Sang unlawful.


The retailer obtained an important part of its profits by taking on-line orders of PlayStation consoles. As of today, Lik-Sang will not be able to take any more orders and furthermore, they will have to refund any existing orders. This is but one of Lik-Sang's legal issues as the Hong-Kong based retailer had some trouble back in 2002 with Nintendo, Microsoft and of course Sony, regarding the sale of some mod chips. Back then, the retailer was not affected by that scandal, as they continued to run operations until this day.

Sony officials responded to the rumors that they were responsible for Lik-Sang closure and gave a statement to GamesIndustry.biz website denying that they were in any way responsible for the retailer's closure. They explained that they only followed the letter of the law and that they tried to protect their copyrights. They qualified Link-Sang's attitude as infantile, accusing them of the "sour grapes" syndrome.
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