Today’s Headline
RePLAY is all about Sony: the PS Vita sells over 321,000 units in its first
week, Sony apologizes and resolves Vita’s launch problems and the company gets
sued over its "no sue" clause.
Defying predictions of
a “premature horrible death,” the PS Vita sold 321,407 units in its first week.
The sales numbers were reported today by Famitsu.com using statistics from
Enterbrain and covers two days of sales: December 17th and 18th.
In comparison, the
Nintendo 3DS sold 371,326 units from February 26th and 27th of this year and in
2004 the PSP only sold 166,074 units on December 12th.
According to Sony, they
only shipped 500,000 units but a Mainichi Digital contributor claimed to have
heard reports of an initial shipment of 700,000 units prior to release.
*Source: Andriasang
The PS Vita was only
out for two days and already the complaints from consumers are flooding in: everything
from software bugs to unresponsive touchscreens and complete system freezes.
As if Sony was aware
of the problems in advance, the company was quick to deliver an apology and even
dispatch a software update to resolve the issues.
*Source: Endgadget
Back in September,
Sony updated its PlayStation Network Terms of Service with a “no sue” clause to
prevent class-action lawsuits. Now, ironically, Sony is the one being sued over
the “no sue” policy.
According to Gamespot,
a Northern California man is leading the charge with a suit filed last month that
alleges Sony engaged in unfair business practices by forcing consumers to
either give up their right to file a class-action lawsuit or surrender PSN
access, which was effectively paid for when the hardware was purchased.
The suit states that
Sony buried the “no sue” clause near the bottom of the 21-page TOS and avoided posting
an accessible version of the form online, although the company has historically
done so. The suit adds that while Sony has an opt out of the provision, the
only method to do so was to contact the company in writing (no other forms of
communication accepted) within 30 days.
*Source: Gamespot
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