WTF Sony ordered to halt PS2 sales in U.S! - GoFuckYourself.com

svenski · 03-28-2005, 08:10 AM

Sony lost a patent infringement lawsuit, have to pay damages and cease PS2 sales!

They'll fight it (obviously):

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4387045.stm

Sosa · 03-28-2005, 08:12 AM

ouch, well they don't have to halt them while it is still in court.

Cassie · 03-28-2005, 08:16 AM

ouch....if they lose that will hurt and you will see a new rash of lawsuits coming out of the woodwork.

HpicAnn · 03-28-2005, 08:19 AM

imagine if they cease ps2 sales they will lose a lot lot of money

EddiePulp · 03-28-2005, 08:23 AM

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Originally Posted by HpicAnn

imagine if they cease ps2 sales they will lose a lot lot of money

thanks Captain Obvious

ITG-Obi · 03-28-2005, 08:25 AM

they would surely lose a large chunk of their market

Jace · 03-28-2005, 08:29 AM

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Originally Posted by EddiePulp

thanks Captain Obvious

haha.....

loverboy · 03-28-2005, 09:27 AM

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Originally Posted by ITG-Obi

they would surely lose a large chunk of their market

i don't think they will suffer in the US. PS2 has been out for more than a year now. Surely, Xbox will take advantage of this crisis.

candyflip · 03-28-2005, 09:31 AM

PS2 sales have been slowing up for the past few months now, while the XBox has hit it's stride and sales numbers grow.

This "generation" is just about over and the new consoles are just on the horizon.

Hopefully, this lawsuit won't have any effect on the future.

TheLegacy · 03-28-2005, 10:10 AM

hm... so thats where Acacia's been all this time

Downtime · 03-28-2005, 10:16 AM

Well I'm fucking glad mine arrives tomorrow!!!

Screaming · 03-28-2005, 10:26 AM

what!!! that is crazy

katdaddy · 03-28-2005, 10:33 AM

its all about the dollar its all about the dollar. I wonder if this will effect PS3 ? anybody know when thats coming out?

iwantchixx · 03-28-2005, 10:37 AM

so why did they only attack Sony? Nintendo, Sega and Xbox all have vibrating controlers.

Babaganoosh · 03-28-2005, 10:38 AM

All over a vibrating controller? That's retarded. I always shut that "feature" off anyway. It's fucking annoying.

Sosa · 03-28-2005, 10:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Babaganoosh

All over a vibrating controller? That's retarded. I always shut that "feature" off anyway. It's fucking annoying.

ya, very annoying. Can't wait for the PS3 though. I will be there inline for sure.

nojob · 03-28-2005, 10:42 AM

I dont play games, but was thinking about getting one.

European Lee · 03-28-2005, 10:43 AM

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Originally Posted by iwantchixx

so why did they only attack Sony? Nintendo, Sega and Xbox all have vibrating controlers.

Precident.

Go for the little fish before going after the larger ones ;)

Regards,

Lee

nnweb · 03-28-2005, 10:46 AM

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Originally Posted by European Lee

Precident.

Go for the little fish before going after the larger ones ;)

Regards,

Lee

I don't think Sony is too "little" of a fish.

Rui · 03-28-2005, 11:13 AM

Microsoft & Nintendo must be in Nirvana-status lol

Lt. Space Dingo · 03-28-2005, 07:06 PM

I guess sony is lucky they didn't ultimately design the psp with forceback technology, as I'm sure it was considered at some point.

sonofsam · 03-28-2005, 07:08 PM

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Originally Posted by EddiePulp

thanks Captain Obvious

lol

DateDoc · 03-28-2005, 07:13 PM

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Originally Posted by katdaddy

its all about the dollar its all about the dollar. I wonder if this will effect PS3 ? anybody know when thats coming out?

PS3 comes out the day they are forced to cease sales of PS2 in the US.

Greg B · 03-28-2005, 08:39 PM

See! I was just on my way to buy a PS2 and this shit happens. Can you imagine what'll happen on Ebay when the PS2s are pulled??? The backlog will go up in price til and IF the new PS3 etc. comes out.

Toshiba got hit with a similar judgement. Crazy millions. If Sony did swipe somebody's shit they deserve to get a kick in the ass.

Spunky · 03-28-2005, 08:41 PM

That looks like a cool gizmo..I wish I had time to play games

Steen2 · 03-28-2005, 08:47 PM

Does no one read Forbes?

Article about this lawsuit a while ago.

Pornwolf · 03-28-2005, 08:50 PM

Who cares. Anybody buying a game system is buying a PSP right now.

Doctor Dre · 03-28-2005, 08:50 PM

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Originally Posted by loverboy

i don't think they will suffer in the US. PS2 has been out for more than a year now. Surely, Xbox will take advantage of this crisis.

a year ?

it's been like ...
4 years and 2-3 months now I think

03-28-2005, 08:10 AM	#1
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Greg B So Fucking Banned Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: EARTH (for the time being) Posts: 7,014	See! I was just on my way to buy a PS2 and this shit happens. Can you imagine what'll happen on Ebay when the PS2s are pulled??? The backlog will go up in price til and IF the new PS3 etc. comes out. Toshiba got hit with a similar judgement. Crazy millions. If Sony did swipe somebody's shit they deserve to get a kick in the ass.

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