Mr eel
Corporations Suck Basically
Just in case you needed reminding. Sony are being dorks about PSP imports.
I’m having a hard time thinking of how it benefits Sony to stop the importation of PSPs into markets waiting for an official release. Surely it would actually benefit them. I mean, all those hardcore game fans are doing them a favor. I tend to think that importations help generate pre-release buzz.
The only advantage I can see is an attempt at fixing prices within particular territories ala the (scumbag) DVD Consortium. It’s possible that imports could be cheaper in the longer term.
Also what makes them think they have the right to stop it? Frankly if they put a product to market, it’s no business of theirs what happens to it afterward. If I decide to sell it to someone in the UK or shoot it into space, once I’ve bought it that PSP is mine and I’ll do as I please with it. I think those rights extend to retailers like Lik-Sang as well.
*sigh*, deep down corporations are sooks. If they don’t get their way, they sue.
Comments
Jono Cono on March 22, 2006
Corporations are fanatically concerned about their bottom dollar, whether it be price fixing, or whatever the case may be. As long as they’re making maximum cash they’re happy. Which means of course that a lot of things they do defy logic and commonsense.