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Sony To Offer Partial Refunds For PS Vita
mpicpp sends this report from the Houston Chronicle:
"Hundreds of thousands of people who bought the handheld gaming console PlayStation Vita are in line for a partial refund from Sony because of questionable claims in its advertising. The Federal Trade Commission said Tuesday it had reached a settlement with Sony Computer Entertainment America, the U.S.-based arm of the PlayStation business, over advertising claims that the government contended were misleading.
As part of the proposed settlement, Sony will provide refunds to those who bought the PS Vita console before June 1, 2012. They'll be eligible for either a $25 cash or credit refund — or a $50 merchandise voucher from Sony. ... Among the claims challenged by the FTC: That the pocket-sized console would revolutionize gaming mobility by allowing consumers to play their PlayStation 3 games via "remote play" on the console anywhere with a Wi-Fi connection, [and] that people could engage in "cross-platform" play by starting a game on a PlayStation 3, pausing it, and continuing the game with the PS Vita from where they left off. Not really true, the FTC said.
As part of the proposed settlement, Sony will provide refunds to those who bought the PS Vita console before June 1, 2012. They'll be eligible for either a $25 cash or credit refund — or a $50 merchandise voucher from Sony. ... Among the claims challenged by the FTC: That the pocket-sized console would revolutionize gaming mobility by allowing consumers to play their PlayStation 3 games via "remote play" on the console anywhere with a Wi-Fi connection, [and] that people could engage in "cross-platform" play by starting a game on a PlayStation 3, pausing it, and continuing the game with the PS Vita from where they left off. Not really true, the FTC said.
I wonder what would happen if citizens could sue the government for "questionable claims during campaign".
From TFA
The FTC also alleged that Deutsch LA misled consumers by asking employees to post positive tweets about the console on their personal Twitter accounts — without disclosing their connection to the ad agency or Sony.
There is no such thing as a personal twitter account.
There are only corporate twitter accounts and anonymous twitter accounts which your employer does not know about.
Slashdot social media options: AIM, ICQ, Yahoo, Jabber and Mobile Text. Why no MySpace?
What about those two claims was specifically not followed through on from a technical perspective? I saw the commercials that claimed it did both of those and they were pretty black and white. All the article says was that less than all games supported pausing and resuming on the Vita. There has to be more to it.
...Buy Sony.
If only that "close and dont show me this again" button...
...Fucking worked?
/. even on the same computer, and get the "deals" BS again.
As far as I can tell, it works exactly once, per browser session. Close and reopen
Of course, I can't rule out the possibility that it would remember the setting for logged-in users. But - oh bother - it appears that I need to load Slashdot before I can log in.
The PS4 doesn't have Intel hardware, and there's nothing generic about it.
Mada mada dane.
It runs a customized AMD x86-64 APU based on their desktop processors (including Radeon GPU), so no, not Intel-manufactured hardware; but compare this to past consoles with specialized processors. I would imagine this makes cross-platform development somewhat easier.
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Actually, turns out the PS4 *does* do all of what was claimed for the PS Vita - you can play PS4 games on the Vita over Wifi including pausing and continue.
Their sleep/wake is a lot slower than promised, true. But it's a big improvement over the PS3, and it also does finally let you go back to the system menu while the current app/game is paused...