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Acmlm's Board - I3 Archive - General Gaming - Lik-Sang shuts doors thanks to Sony lawsuits | New poll | | |
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Cynthia Uh-huh. Since: 11-17-05 From: LaSalle, Quebec, Canada Last post: 6431 days Last view: 6431 days |
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The end of an era.
Sony are the real villains in all of this. Obviously the legal costs were such that Lik-Sang thought they had a good case and would be OK with a win, but thanks to the loss... bah. I've only ordered from Lik-Sang once but I was impressed by the speed of delivery and the lack of hassles. I know several people who've ordered from there multiple times, and obviously the site's track record speaks for itself if that's the case. It provided a valuable service to gamers and now... :\ RIP Lik-Sang. |
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Xeo Belmont Wiiiiiiiiiiiiin Since: 11-17-05 Last post: 6431 days Last view: 6431 days |
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Yeah, I saw this at another site earlier this morning. I'm not too pleased. I got several good adaptors and stuff from Lik Sang. That and most of the stuff I've seen at Lik Sang can sometimes be quite hard to find elsewhere.
At least there's still Play-Asia for games, but it wouldn't surprise me if Sony kills them too. Congrats Sony, just piss off the world if you will. I'm sure we'll see another similar company rise from the ashes after this, but it still sucks. |
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Yoronosuku Toss Tortoise Since: 11-17-05 From: Massachusetts is my new home.. Last post: 6431 days Last view: 6431 days |
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God they better not kill Play-Asia...that's my life Dx I get my music and movies from back home there too, not just games. Sony, that lawsuit was ridiculous. They only won because they were a huge corporation. Reality sucks sometimes... | |||
BlackNemesis13 Micro-Goomba Since: 02-28-06 From: In my own little world Last post: 6456 days Last view: 6431 days |
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GRAAAH!!!!! I just found this out when I went to their site. I HAD MY WII PREORDERED FROM THERE! Just my luck. I don't buy often from them, but I was always very satisfied with them when I did. Plus, most of the stuff I buy from there I have no idea if I can find anywhere else. THIS SUCKS! I never liked Sony much to begin with but after this I think I now have a personal vendetta with them. SONY NEEDS TO DIE! URGH! I AM SO PISSED OFF RIGHT NOW!!! Now I have to find another place to preorder my Wii. Ah well, I probably would have ended up paying too much for shipping ordering through them anyway but I don't care. Heck, buying any console at launch is pretty much a ripoff anyway, but I'd like to have SOMETHING for Christmas this year lol. At my house, especially if we want something expensive, we pretty much get one gift, and unless we want it to suck, we pick it out ourselves. So its either buy it at launch so I have it by then, or have a sucky Christmas and wait until God knows when for something it seems I've already been waiting forever for. Ah well, anyone know another place they sell Super Smart Joys? I was about to get another one better for N64 emulation. Plus I just got a friend of mine into emulation and she was about to buy one. And I should add, I know how bad n00bs are around here, and I'm not one of those people who doesn't know how to check Google. In fact I'm pretty good at finding out information on my own, and that's one reason I rarely post here. I'm about to check Google now actually and will probably find a site easily. I just haven't had time to check it yet as I wanted to vent my rage at this first!
Anyway, R.I.P. Lik Sang. You will be sorely missed. May you rise once again like a phoenix from the ashes, and MAY SONY BURN IN HELL!!! /rant |
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drjayphd Torosu OW! BURNY! Since: 11-18-05 From: CT Last post: 6434 days Last view: 6432 days |
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And now, let's get reaction to this announcement from Your Man On the Street:
See that, Sony? YOU MAKE BABIES CRY. I hope you're proud. |
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Ailure Mr. Shine I just want peace... Since: 11-17-05 From: Sweden Last post: 6432 days Last view: 6431 days |
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Guess I start boycotting Sony now. Oh wait, I already do. Too bad. | |||
Hiryuu Sword Maiden Retired Admin Since: 11-17-05 From: Nerima District - Tokyo, Japan Last post: 6432 days Last view: 6432 days |
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Wow...over a power issue. You can get that taken care of at a RadioShack for fscking...
Sony once again shows how they can throw their dense (VERY dense) weight around. |
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Cynthia Uh-huh. Since: 11-17-05 From: LaSalle, Quebec, Canada Last post: 6431 days Last view: 6431 days |
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Yeah, come on Ailure. There's plenty of reasons to "boycott" Sony, but your reason... well, I won't copy/paste those pictures from a few posts back.
I want to see what the Sony fanboy spin on this is myself. |
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Emptyeye Oneofthebiggestlegendsand starseverinthis...GOD! Ceremonial Full Moderator Since: 11-17-05 From: I DUNNOOOOOOOO!! Last post: 6431 days Last view: 6431 days |
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Christ, it's like Sony is TRYING to lose the latest round of the console wars. | |||
Ailure Mr. Shine I just want peace... Since: 11-17-05 From: Sweden Last post: 6432 days Last view: 6431 days |
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The two first paragraphs in that Wiki I linked to isn't enough?
Well, my point was just that I boycotted Sony for awhile now. Since I'm not depending on Music CD's or DVD's or even any hardware from them it's not really hard. Besides Lik-sang seemed to be a awesome shop, and I really hate it when the big guys stomps down on the small guys. |
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Cynthia Uh-huh. Since: 11-17-05 From: LaSalle, Quebec, Canada Last post: 6431 days Last view: 6431 days |
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Well it's fine to boycott a company for several reasons but just make sure that you believe in said reasons.
Well, Sony's losing this year for sure (and is nicely set up to lose to Nintendo in Japan through part of 2007 at least) so... Might as well just set themselves up as the bad guys, no harm. |
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Xkeeper Took the board down in a blaze of glory, only to reveal how truly moronical ||bass is. Since: 11-17-05 From: Henderson, Nevada Last post: 6432 days Last view: 6432 days |
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Originally posted by EmptyeyeCtrl-Alt-Del makes a funny. |
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Gideon Zhi Keese Since: 12-05-05 From: ...behind you! Boo! Last post: 6434 days Last view: 6431 days |
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Originally posted by Millenia That's just why they -won.- The real issue is probably that they either can't or won't meet with European demand, and were upset that they were losing money to Lik-Sang, who was meeting the extra demand via imported PSP units. |
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BlackNemesis13 Micro-Goomba Since: 02-28-06 From: In my own little world Last post: 6456 days Last view: 6431 days |
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Originally posted by Emptyeye No kidding! You're selling a product geared toward hard core gamers, many of whom have at least heard of Lik Sang, if not buy from there, and like it. Coming out with, IMO a very unoriginal next gen console, pricing it at $600, and now taking down a much loved game site, and screwing tons of people out of their next gen preorders, plenty of which were for the PS3 itself, just seems like they're intentionally trying to piss off the gaming community. This is yet another thing that will make plenty of people who have nothing against Sony, but are undecided in which game console they want to get, decide to steer clear of the PS3. And its the biggest reason since the price tag was revealed. Not to mention its enough to make plenty more people who were going to get a PS3 change their minds about getting one. How on earth can they think this is a smart move they're making? They must put a lot of faith (have a lot of arrogance) that the Sony fan boys will be enough to make the PS3 a great success, which sadly still doesn't seem that far fetched . But personally, I really don't know who else would want to buy the console except ignorant and stupid rich kids who like to show off their expensive new souless toys and think Sony is wonderful. Or if you REALLY can't live without playing certain PS3 games. No offense to anyone if you still want to buy one though of course. Everyone has their reasons. Its just assuming there are good reasons to buy a PS3, I haven't heard any yet. |
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Koitenshin +∞ Moblin Since: 12-24-05 From: Misery Last post: 6434 days Last view: 6434 days |
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<-----Sony Fanboy no longer. That's it. Going after all the little guys simply because you cannot meet the demand for a product is fucking ridiculous. (are we allowed to swear?)
I actually had a preordered ps3 but I'm gonna get my money back now. Down with PS3. Maybe we can convince the companies to remake MGS4 and Resistance for XBOX 360. I really wish Square-Enix would boycott Sony. |
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Xeo Belmont Wiiiiiiiiiiiiin Since: 11-17-05 Last post: 6431 days Last view: 6431 days |
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Originally posted by XkeeperOriginally posted by EmptyeyeCtrl-Alt-Del makes a funny. But what are you guys talking about? I mean come on! Sony denies it! =O (edited by Racer Xeo on 10-25-06 12:56 AM) |
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Ailure Mr. Shine I just want peace... Since: 11-17-05 From: Sweden Last post: 6432 days Last view: 6431 days |
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Originally posted by XkeeperThank you for not posting a link to the overrated guys like people always do on slashdot.Originally posted by EmptyeyeCtrl-Alt-Del makes a funny. (I'm talking about Pennyarcade.) And now it all makes sense! Thank you XK, and I think I should start investing in stocks too. :o (edited by Ailure on 10-25-06 01:54 AM) |
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Adamant Buzz Blob Staff Wii have Wii Since: 11-17-05 From: Norway Last post: 6431 days Last view: 6431 days |
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Thank you Sony, for cancelling my Wii preorder now that it's probably too late to place another one. Let's hope this leads to a massive boicott. | |||
Alastor Fearless Moderator Hero Since: 11-17-05 From: An apartment by DigiPen, Redmond, Washington Last post: 6431 days Last view: 6431 days |
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Originally posted by Racer XeoSarcasm aside, makes perfect sense. As I stated in IRC, this article is absolutely retarded in its logic. It is what we in "the biz" and, indeed, what we out of "the biz" refer to as an appeal to emotion and argumentum ad hominem. lol at that. Sony's absolutely right about lik-sang's shoddy business practices displayed here. I mean, just, wow. They deserved it like mad. Before I saw that, I thought Lik-sang deserved it but Sony was still stupid, but man... Lik-sang is pure fail. |
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Xkeeper Took the board down in a blaze of glory, only to reveal how truly moronical ||bass is. Since: 11-17-05 From: Henderson, Nevada Last post: 6432 days Last view: 6432 days |
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I don't really see where you're coming from on this, Alastor.
All I can see is that Lik-Sang was selling things to people overseas. It's the same as asking a relative in [x] to purchase item [y] for you, and then you pay him for it and he gives you the item. i.e., bullshit |
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