Sony Sued Over PS3 "Other OS" Removal

Stoobalou writes "A Californian Playstation 3 user has filed the first class action lawsuit against Sony over removal of the 'Install Other OS' function from the Playstation 3. The action seeks to redress Sony's 'intentional disablement of the valuable functionalities originally advertised as available with the Sony Playstation 3 video game console.' The suit claims that the disablement breaches the sales contract between Sony and its customers and constitutes 'an unfair and deceptive business practice perpetrated on millions of unsuspecting customers.'"

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Re:File a complaint, don't just talk

[kimvette]

End users complaining to Sony makes little difference unless it's hundreds of end users each day.

End users are not whom Sony considers their customer; they consider the resellers to be their customers.

What it will take to break sony is end users pissing of resellers, so the resellers in turn get pissed off at Sony with RMAs and threats to stop carrying the product line.

What GP did will hurt the reseller a bit (after all, they are only the reseller) but that is the way to hit Sony.