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.

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Questionable claims

[Thanshin]

I wonder what would happen if citizens could sue the government for "questionable claims during campaign".

Re:Questionable claims

[Charliemopps]

We'd have one continuous legal battle from now until the sun burns out?

Re:Questionable claims

[Anonymous Coward]

You can keep your doctor, you can keep your insurance plan, period.
The average family will see a reduction in insurance premiums of around $2500.

I have literally dozens of recording of Obama saying both the above, not a PAC. He lied, and knew he lied when he said it (a whistleblower in meetings said they knew they were lying and decided to do it anyways)

Hows that for you?

Re:Questionable claims

[Kneissl]

You could get a partial refund of whatever you paid for your vote.

What about what my military shipmates paid in blood for my vote?

Personal social media accounts

[mwvdlee]

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.

Re:Personal social media accounts

[Jason Levine]

I disagree. My employer actually knows about my Twitter account. However, I don't tweet anything about my day job. I don't even mention where I work ever. The things I discuss on Twitter are totally separate from my work. If my employer ever told me to start posting glowingly positive things about my company on my personal Twitter account, I'd refuse on the grounds that it is my personal account, not a work account. If they wanted to open a company Twitter account and have me manage it - posting positive things about my company during working hours - I'd be more than happy to. I just refuse to let my work life bleed into my personal life.

anyone know more?

[slashmydots]

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.

Re:PS4 next

[almitydave]

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.