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Microsoft Kicks Playstation2 out of CeBit.

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the money-talks-gamers-walk dept.

dnaumov writes "According to this article on ZDNET, Microsoft complained to the show organizers, Hannover Messe AG, that Sony was breaching show rules by letting people play on Sony PlayStation 2 game consoles. While Sony has been letting people play their consoles at CeBIT for the past 3 years, that didn't really bother anyone. However, MS seemed to not like the fact and filled a complaint. What makes this even more funny is that Microsoft officials denied that the company had complained to the Messe. but the show organizers confirmed that Richard Roy, vice president, corporate strategy, had complained. This effectively forced PS2 out of the show and Sony started packing their bags on Sunday. Microsoft was also displaying their XBOX console at the show."

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  1. Re:What I want to know... by NanoGator · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I would hypothesize that MS having Employees demonstrate the consoles instead of having visitors play them made the difference. Employees playing the games is the same as making a presentation.

    If that's the case, MS COULD have been in the right. "Well, if people are busy playing games, they're not paying attention to the exhibitors" -- that could be why that rule would be there in the first place.

    Talk about bad sportsmanship though. Even if MS had good intentions (ha!) there's no way anybody's going to say 'Go MS!'

    BTW, just because I'm playing Devil's Advocate here doesn't mean you have the right to come in, misinterpret me, and then tell me I'm an idiot. I've had enough of that over the last week. I don't support what MS did so don't twist what I said into saying I do.

    --
    "Derp de derp."
  2. Sony was not much better at E3 by Cerlyn · · Score: 5, Interesting

    A few years back, while bleem! was still a company making a Playstation(tm) emulator, Sony attempted to get bleem! thrown out of the E3 exhibition (held in California). This was contrary to a court order that bleem! acquired stating that they were allowed to present.

    Unfortunately, my old, senile, brain can not remember the details of this incident (and I would prefer not to have large companies coming after me), but perhaps one of the younger people still in the emulation scene can recall the details.

  3. And here it is... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Interesting

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/entertainment/new _media/newsid_1879000/1879078.stm

    Microsoft's Xbox launched across Europe last week where it will compete with the hugely popular PlayStation 2 console from Sony.

    The spokeswoman added: "Both companies were showing their machines but Microsoft followed the rules and did not have any games to play on it, while Sony did. CeBIT is not for playing games."

    She said CeBIT asked Sony to switch the games off but instead the company removed all of its consoles from the fair.

    But boy, it sure is fun to bash M$...