Lik-Sang closing!?

[Dobie]

http://www.lik-sang.com/news.php?artc=3901



I will surely miss them. They were a great company and service.

[Daltone]

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".

This makes me angry in so many ways.

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.

You know, I never really had much of a problem with Sony until all this. In fact, this is the first time that a video game related news story has actually got me riled up. Getting imported stuff is going to be so much fun now.[/url]

[Mr.FoodMonster]

That sucks so much. I wonder what they're going to do with the rest of their stuff. The first thing I bought from them was like 3 weeks ago, and I was very pleased with it. Sad to see them go.

[Kejoriv]

Sad news for import fans

[norkusa]

The PS3 is going to be region free and Sony is responsible for bringing down the biggest import sales site online??? Smooth move Sony.

[MrRoboto19XX]

Thats pretty low, sony. Im really going to miss the place.

[segagamer4life]

this sucks so hard, man I hate sony... fuckin bastards, I enjoyed having a great site like lik-sang, where I could get virtually anything imported from overseas, man sony is soooooooooooooooooooooooo on the list... bastards.

[Kejoriv]

[quote="norkusa"]The PS3 is going to be region free and Sony is responsible for bringing down the biggest import sales site online??? quote]

Really? I had no idea that was the case.

[RCM]

Totally sad and totally fucking weak.

[jajaja]

Hm.. one thing i dont quite understand.

as early as 14th of December 2004 (more than nine months earlier than the legal action).

That would be Sept 2005. Does that mean they knew it was illegal to ship Japanese PSP worldwide already back then, but didnt care about it? Surely they would know about this first, its not like they get sued out the blue.

I never shopped there, but it sux that its gone. Atleast we still have Play-Asia

[staxx]

In the past, Lik Sang has closed it's shop numerious times, Microsoft sueing and Nintendo sueing on different occasions for modchips etc. During those times, Lik Sang reopenned after approx a week. Hopefully this will be the case. I hope Sony doesn't go after Playasia, yesasia or ncs, then that would REALLY suck.

[MegaDrive20XX]

This cold blooded man, I say we boycott Sony against this act. Many of us here have bought from Lik-Sang.com over the years and Sony being a greedy bitch like usual to shut down a well respected business like this, is just showing Sony's arrogance again.

[rob black]

its ok people. We still got playasia.com

[Skelix]

Exactly, we're the consumers. We ultimately decide with our purchase. If you feel strongly enough that what they're doing is wrong, stick to your Wiis and your 360s.

Let 'em flop on their PS3's. If you must have one wait until they've choked on them. I don't plan on buying one soon if ever.

[diskoboy]

Yet another reason Sony can go fuck itself with a flaming, hot poker.

[DreamTR]

I'm sorry, Play-Asia is not comparable to Lik-Sang in certain aspects.



Keep in mind, they did not close because they were not profitable, but they ran out of money fighting Sony, that is the reason they closed, not because Sony shut down their business. The lawsuit effectively shut them down from ordering product because they don't have any more cash flow.

[Funk Buddy]

Well the first big Sony lawsuit against them caused another company to take of LikSang and I imagine that another big dollar lawsuit was/is just too much for them to absorb.

[Defconsoft]

The PS3 is going to be region free and Sony is responsible for bringing down the biggest import sales site online???

Really? I had no idea that was the case.

I believe the PS3 is going to region free for games only. DVD and Bluray playback capability will still be region locked.

Source http://uk.ps3.ign.com/articles/697/697656p1.html

[J2games]

We are/were a supplier to Lik-Sang on several US products and heard rumor of issues with Sony. Our calls since late last week to their Sales department have not been returned.

Too bad they were always great to deal with!

J2Games.com

[Fuyukaze]

After reading this I thought a few lines realy stood out in it.

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".

Hmm, Sony Products of Asia dont meet up with the safety standards of Europe or the United Kingdom. Who else thinks this is both BS and a realy BAD thing for Sony to be admiting?

The list of PSP related Sony Europe orders reads like the who's who of the videogames industry, and includes Ray Maguire (Managing Director, Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Ltd), Alan Duncan (UK Marketing Director, Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Ltd), Chris Sorrell (Creative Director, Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Ltd), Rob Parkin (Development Director, Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Limited), just to name a few.

I must say, that's an impresive list of names there. How many of those will admit to actualy buying from LS?


I think Sony has finaly started winning in the war they've wanted for some time. The import war. Sony wants to controle what's available in each region. Yes, so do the other guys to some degree. The difference is that now Sony has taken that extra step. Being in the states, I hate this idea. If I was in any European country though, I'd hate it even more. They get jack when it comes to games. Enjoy your import sites while you can folks, what's to stop them from doing the same in other countries? It doesnt matter if they win the case, all they have to do is tie up just enough of the companies available capital to prevent them from doing buisness. A buisness that cant work fails.