Sony tries to stop PSP imports

Source:eurogamer


While Sony’s lawyers have been issuing Cease and Desist orders to UK online retailers who attempt to sell imported American and Japanese PlayStation Portables, the MD of one of the companies targeted claims that even Sony staff members have been buying import PSPs through his website – some of them using Sony company credit cards.

Speaking exclusively to our sister site GamesIndustry.biz, Dan Morelle, managing director of online store ElectricBirdLand, commented: “Sony suffers under the weight of its own bureaucracy and the fact that we’re selling to divisions within Sony Europe is proof of the pudding. “We’re even selling to leading developers working on behalf of Sony such as Team 17, Criterion and Atari,” he added. Source:eurogamer


While Sony’s lawyers have been issuing Cease and Desist orders to UK online retailers who attempt to sell imported American and Japanese PlayStation Portables, the MD of one of the companies targeted claims that even Sony staff members have been buying import PSPs through his website – some of them using Sony company credit cards.

Speaking exclusively to our sister site GamesIndustry.biz, Dan Morelle, managing director of online store ElectricBirdLand, commented: “Sony suffers under the weight of its own bureaucracy and the fact that we’re selling to divisions within Sony Europe is proof of the pudding. “We’re even selling to leading developers working on behalf of Sony such as Team 17, Criterion and Atari,” he added.