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Title: Sony charged with fair-trade violation
Post by: Black Samurai on August 04, 2001, 10:53:53 PM
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By Reuters
August 2, 2001, 4:25 a.m. PT
TOKYO--Japan\'s Fair Trade Commission (FTC) said on Thursday that Sony broke fair-trade rules by pressuring retailers to sell software for its PlayStation video game machines at set prices and through predetermined channels.

Sony Computer Entertainment (SCE), wholly owned by the electronics giant, also hampered free distribution by directing wholesalers to sell only to retail outlets and for retailers to only sell to consumers, the FTC said.

It told the company to immediately halt the practice.
Sony Computer accepted the ruling. ``We respect the FTC\'s stance and will make sure that our policy of not setting resale conditions on wholesalers for PlayStation hardware and software is observed,\'\' it said.

Sony, facing the launch of rival game consoles later this year, recently cut the domestic recommended retail price of its PlayStation 2 game console to $282 from $320.

Last year, 17,040 software titles for PlayStation 1 and PlayStation 2 were released. Sony expects the same number of titles to come out this year.

Before the FTC\'s announcement, shares in Sony rose 4.84 percent, in line with other high-tech shares that ended higher in the Tokyo Stock Market.

The high-tech recovery pushed the Nikkei 225 average up 3.68 percent


Thoughts?
Title: Sony charged with fair-trade violation
Post by: EmperorRob on August 05, 2001, 07:57:44 AM
Think that will have any affect on the U.S.?
Title: Sony charged with fair-trade violation
Post by: Ashford on August 05, 2001, 09:12:58 AM
PS1 and 2 combined last year to release more than 17,000 titles???

:confused:
Title: Sony charged with fair-trade violation
Post by: Living-In-Clip on August 05, 2001, 09:40:47 AM
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Originally posted by Ashford
PS1 and 2 combined last year to release more than 17,000 titles???

:confused:


That number has to be off. I didn\'t think they made that many Army Men games....
Title: Sony charged with fair-trade violation
Post by: Black Samurai on August 05, 2001, 10:17:20 AM
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Originally posted by EmperorRob
Think that will have any affect on the U.S.?
Doubt it. Although they do like to keep their prices high in the states to make their products seem more valuable than they are.
Title: Sony charged with fair-trade violation
Post by: EmperorRob on August 05, 2001, 12:38:24 PM
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Originally posted by Living-In-Clip


That number has to be off. I didn\'t think they made that many Army Men games....
YEah you forgot about
[list=1]
Title: Sony charged with fair-trade violation
Post by: Living-In-Clip on August 05, 2001, 12:52:38 PM
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Originally posted by EmperorRob
YEah you forgot about
[list=1]

  • Army Men: Greatest Hits (which is a blank CD)
    • [/list=1] [/B]


Hmm. It must be manufactored at the same place FFT was.
:D
Title: Sony charged with fair-trade violation
Post by: Ryu on August 05, 2001, 01:17:07 PM
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Army Men: Hit the X button and you win


Hey, wasn\'t that manufactured by Nintendo? ;)
Title: Sony charged with fair-trade violation
Post by: METALGEAR007 on August 05, 2001, 02:45:24 PM
ha ha ha nice guys made me laugh:D
Title: Sony charged with fair-trade violation
Post by: Toxical on August 05, 2001, 06:02:29 PM
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Originally posted by EmperorRob
YEah you forgot about
[list=1]
  • Army Men: cross-dressing for war
  • Army Men: The VA Hospital adventures
  • Army Men: Project Hile Hitler
  • Army Men: Project green nutsac
  • Army Men: Attack of the Tans
  • Army Men: anus wars
  • Army Men: Hit the X button and you win
  • Army Men: Greatest Hits (which is a blank CD)
    • [/list=1] [/B]


LOL  :bounce:
Title: Sony charged with fair-trade violation
Post by: AlteredBeast on August 05, 2001, 06:06:21 PM
why does this scream Nintendo Entertainment System to me?


Eric Jacob