Sony Refuses To Sanction PS3 "Other OS" Refunds

Stoobalou writes "Sony says that it has no intention of reimbursing retailers if they offer users partial refunds for fat PS3s. Last week, the first PS3 user successfully secured a partial refund from Amazon UK as compensation for the removal of the ability to run Linux on the console. The user quoted European law in order to persuade the online retailer that the goods he had bought in good faith were no longer fit for his purposes because of the enforcement of firmware update 3.21, which meant that users who chose to keep the Other OS functionality would lose the ability to play the latest games or connect to the PlayStation Network."

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Re:Normally, I'd say let them do what they want

[Anonymous Coward]

No, OP is. It has nothing to do with "breaking the hardware".

You are also talking crap. There is no contract with Sony. There is an implied contract with the retailer. All this information is well known.

Funny how you talk of the "world of law" while making utter bullshit up.

Re:Normally, I'd say let them do what they want

[Anonymous Coward]

Wow, there is a Slashdot poster who knows more about consumer law than Sony's legal counsel.

Mod parent up, he IS a lawyer!

Re:Normally, I'd say let them do what they want

[DavidTC]

The crippled hard-drive less X-Box 260 can be found for the same price as a Wii, but that's a pretty dumb thing to buy.

And, um, yes, something that is tied for the lowest price is, in fact, 'pretty cheap' by any sane person's conception of 'pretty cheap'.

And you will notice I pointed out two reasons to get a a Wii. They are priced 'pretty cheap' and they have the kind of games that you can't get on a PC or other consoles, casual multi-player games. (Whereas you can get the same kind of games on the PS3, Xbox, and the PC, although not always the exact same game. The exception might be Guitar Hero style games, which are only on consoles, but, hey, only need one of those.)