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Sony will refund consumers over deceiving PlayStation Vita ads
- Thread starter Takao
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rokkerkory
Member
$25 or $50 a pop can add up to a lot. Man that sucks but nice that someone is looking out for the consumer.
Hope this will make others deliver on promises.
Hope this will make others deliver on promises.
I ended up getting mine in February 2012 after a co-worker and fellow GAFfer got one and loved it. Was a solid purchase out of the gate too.
While what we did see was pretty much false advertising, no one buying the thing really thought remote play would work that flawlessly and there would be stipulations to cross play. I'm fine with getting $50 credit and that Sony is being held responsible for this, I almost see the entire situation funny and almost unnecessary. It's like the FTC is beating a dead horse right now.
While what we did see was pretty much false advertising, no one buying the thing really thought remote play would work that flawlessly and there would be stipulations to cross play. I'm fine with getting $50 credit and that Sony is being held responsible for this, I almost see the entire situation funny and almost unnecessary. It's like the FTC is beating a dead horse right now.
Zalusithix
Member
I have no regrets on getting the system at launch, and I wasn't affected by any of the stuff in the lawsuit. I'll take the $50 voucher just the same though. Haven't gotten around to stacking Danganronpa onto my backlog yet...
biggersmaller
Banned
I can't agree with this enough. I love my Vita and never cared about the feature in question, but I'm really sick of platform holders hyping features they never provide.
PS3 can run games at 120 frames per second, stream six channels of HD, and decode one thousand media thumbnails simultaneously. Ken Kutaragi and Phil Harrison PS3 E3 reveal
Hip Hop
Member
WiFi were also duped with the same continue to play. The only difference is that WiFi had to be done in range of a WiFi signal, 3G in range of a 3G signal.
timetokill
Banned
Seems like a straightforward ruling. Sony was clearly being deceiving. Glad to see the system looking out for the consumer in cases like this. Seems all too rare.
Or 7.1 sound output from the psp, such an odd claim/promise.
Bought my Vita March 2oth. And MLB June.
$50 credit. Nice. That's Bloodborne or Uncharted or my indie games for the next couple of months. It's going right back into their pockets so it shouldn't be too bad to their bottom line. But that's a lot of consoles. What'd it do on launch? Like 2 million plus? Then I'll have a good $80 because of my Driveclub refund =D. Don't know if I guess falsely advertised to because I'm tuned in but they easily should have lost this.
Companies, stop putting stock footage of random games for features that don't work with it.
$50 credit. Nice. That's Bloodborne or Uncharted or my indie games for the next couple of months. It's going right back into their pockets so it shouldn't be too bad to their bottom line. But that's a lot of consoles. What'd it do on launch? Like 2 million plus? Then I'll have a good $80 because of my Driveclub refund =D. Don't know if I guess falsely advertised to because I'm tuned in but they easily should have lost this.
Companies, stop putting stock footage of random games for features that don't work with it.
BruiserBear
Banned
Same! Bought my Vita at launch.
CadetMahoney
Member
roff
Just not before I buy one for PS4 remote play...Unless the android hack works well, now?
mgs2master2
Banned
Lets hope so.
Auron_Kale
Member
Bought mine at launch, was the 3G version.
I'll take my $50 pls.
I'll take my $50 pls.
Quadraphonic
Member
I won my my Vita from someone on the forum back in July 2012...
HRMM. I wonder when he bought it.
HRMM. I wonder when he bought it.
sindbadthesailor
Member
If this applies to Canada, excellent. Hopefully Sony will learn a thing or two moving forward.
FantasticMrFoxdie
Mumber
oh hell yes...
Christmas came early. I'll take my fitty pls.
Christmas came early. I'll take my fitty pls.
SmoothRunningGun
Member
Where's the one for ps4 (suspend / resume)?
diablos991
Can’t stump the diablos
Comment period doesn't end until after Christmas.
Can't really expect this until after the new year.
Baron Von Beans
Member
I needed to switch cell providers before the Vita came out. I went with the service that the Vita 3G was going to be on. I never bundled, and only bought one month of 3g after their free month. I am very happy with my Vita, but I was pretty let down by the almost immediate dropping of the inferior 3g..
FantasticMrFoxdie
Mumber
lol thnx. I got so excited I scoured my email for it already.
ElMexiMerican
Member
Have owned a Vita since launch, now all I have to do is wait until the email comes, which who knows how long that'll take.
I Wanna Be The Guy
U-S-A! U-S-A! U-S-A!
It's a sad day when someone can post something like this and not get any stick for it whatsoever. How is this shit ok?
QuantumZebra
Member
well I've never been disappointed with my Vita purchase but I'll take a credit.
just got a Vita and I effing love it, ill take credit doe
Interesting that a company actually faces consequences for astroturfing
SoulUnison
Banned
Why only before July?
I bought an Uncharted bundle in November of 2012, and one of the things I specifically believed about it was, as this mentions, was that 3G could be used for all multiplayer, not just "dial-in asynchronous" gaming.
I also never got any of the remote play I was promised, as it came down to a handful of extremely specific titles, and not a system-wide implementation of a feature like the PS4 got.
Then I bought one of their overpriced memory cards and couldn't fit the PSN game I bought on it anymore because after several mandatory updates it couldn't fit on my device and the months of PS+ I paid for were a waste because to play any of the free Vita games I'd have to delete the games already on my portable, *along with* their save data, unless you back u/restore the *entire game* to/from your PC. It's madness.
The Vita's been a real kick in the teeth for me, but al least I enjoyed Persona 4 Golden.
I bought an Uncharted bundle in November of 2012, and one of the things I specifically believed about it was, as this mentions, was that 3G could be used for all multiplayer, not just "dial-in asynchronous" gaming.
I also never got any of the remote play I was promised, as it came down to a handful of extremely specific titles, and not a system-wide implementation of a feature like the PS4 got.
Then I bought one of their overpriced memory cards and couldn't fit the PSN game I bought on it anymore because after several mandatory updates it couldn't fit on my device and the months of PS+ I paid for were a waste because to play any of the free Vita games I'd have to delete the games already on my portable, *along with* their save data, unless you back u/restore the *entire game* to/from your PC. It's madness.
The Vita's been a real kick in the teeth for me, but al least I enjoyed Persona 4 Golden.
diablos991
Can’t stump the diablos
The line had to be drawn somewhere.
My guess is they assumed by the that date, people would know how the device performs through reviews, forums, word-to-mouth, etc... Since it was $300 one could argue these weren't impulse buys and people did some amount of research before pulling the trigger.
Illusive_Juan
Member
Won it from Taco Bell. Think i'll get anything?
In my opinion this is a shitty lawsuit from a shitty person /people in a shitty court system ..
People really need to be responsible for themselves for a chance .. DO your damn research before a purchase..
People really need to be responsible for themselves for a chance .. DO your damn research before a purchase..
Who cares, weather real or company created , your own fault if you fall for the hype.
Hidden One
Member
Yeah sony shouldn't make another handheld.
Robert at Zeboyd Games
Banned
Cynical me wants to say that they chose the deadline because it's a few days before the system's first true system seller came out (Gravity Rush).
diablos991
Can’t stump the diablos
It would be awesome if astroturfing becomes a more egregious offense and is called out more often.
Sony has treated the Vita like trash.
MeBecomingI
Member
I had a feeling it was only a matter of time before this happened. I remember seeing ads about the multiplayer over 3G thing a few times and I thought to myself that was a lawsuit waiting to happen. The cross save stuff was also a little shady. This isn't exactly the same thing, but this is some hefty repercussions nonetheless.
Good on the FTC. Sony deserved to be punished for that. Publicly getting dinged hard by the FTC however, is not good for Sony going into the holiday shopping season though. Also a pretty bad PR moment for them. Hopefully it'll teach Sony to smarten up on some of the advertising in the future.
Good on the FTC. Sony deserved to be punished for that. Publicly getting dinged hard by the FTC however, is not good for Sony going into the holiday shopping season though. Also a pretty bad PR moment for them. Hopefully it'll teach Sony to smarten up on some of the advertising in the future.
Dead Prince
Banned
3G Vita signing in. will it count if i got mine from taco bell contest? lol.
That's your takeaway from this lawsuit?