Editorial: Sony Bullies Lik-Sang Right Out Of Business

Posted by Rob Stevens Categories: Corporate News, Editorial, Features, Video Games

Playfeed is reporting that Sony has managed to win a major battle in the war against grey market imports, basically by suing the company into the ground. The company in question is Lik-Sang, one of the largest import companies on the internet, and one that I’ve personally used in the past for games I knew would not be released stateside.

Never mind the fact that Lik-Sang already had a British judge rule against them for selling the PSP without Sony’s permission, and never mind the fact that Sony made the PSP region-free and is now trying to put that genie back in the bottle. Hell, let’s even ignore the fact that Sony’s own upper-tier executives in Europe purchased PSP’s from Lik-Sang because they couldn’t get them from their own company.

Sony could have filed a single lawsuit and have seen this reach a decision, which is exactly what happened. Sony stooped to new lows by filing the same lawsuit in every single EU country, basically drowning Lik-Sang in paperwork and lawyers fees. Sony wins because Lik-Sang can’t afford to defend themselves. The end result is that Sony didn’t just say, “Hey, stop selling our stuff, if you don’t mind.” They proceeded to nothing less than thuggery by beating the company while they were down.

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Lik-Sang To Close Shop, Blames Sony

Posted by Christopher Sasaki Categories: Hardware

Video game retailer and importer Lik-Sang will be closing its doors in the wake of the many lawsuits filed against the company by Sony. According to a press release available on Lik-Sang’s website, the company is no longer taking new orders and will begin refunding existing orders and pre-orders immediately. This hasn’t been the only time the company has shut down; in the past, Lik-Sang sold modchips and flash devices intended to play backups of software for consoles from Sony and Nintendo. After this first lawsuit, the online store was resurrected under new ownership, but without the offending products. Now, it appears that the company may be gone for good. With a successful lawsuit against Lik-Sang, Sony may follow up with other retailers of import consoles as well.

The full press release continues below.

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