Playstation 3 banned in Europe due to LG's winging.

[Recursion]

Uh hate to break it to you but they're losing money slightly with every PS3 sale

If they have to pay royalties to LG, they'll axe the ps3 department. End of discussion.

They make huge amounts of profit through licensing PS3 games, it wouldn't be the end of it.

[Firehorse]

I don't see why... Sony infringed on LG's patents without permission, they're just protecting their IP.

They should have these legal cases without stopping the consumers from receiving stock. It damages businesses small and big. If the retail stores don't get their stock then it automatically damages their sales. LG are just looking for money, if the ps3 continued to undersell like it did in 2007 then they probably wouldn't even bother sueing. To me it looks like LG deliberately waited until ps3 was at its peak before creating a fuss.

If they were really concerned about their patent then for a massive release like the ps3 they should take up court cases before it's even released in my opinion.

[Moh]

They should have these legal cases without stopping the consumers from receiving stock. It damages businesses small and big. If the retail stores don't get their stock then it automatically damages their sales. LG are just looking for money, if the ps3 continued to undersell like it did in 2007 then they probably wouldn't even bother sueing. To me it looks like LG deliberately waited until ps3 was at its peak before creating a fuss.

If they were really concerned about their patent then for a massive release like the ps3 they should take up court cases before it's even released in my opinion.

Imo, I think LG has been looking for reasons to take Sony to court since Sony took LG to court lol.

[Recursion]

They should have these legal cases without stopping the consumers from receiving stock. It damages businesses small and big. If the retail stores don't get their stock then it automatically damages their sales. LG are just looking for money, if the ps3 continued to undersell like it did in 2007 then they probably wouldn't even bother sueing. To me it looks like LG deliberately waited until ps3 was at its peak before creating a fuss.

If they were really concerned about their patent then for a massive release like the ps3 they should take up court cases before it's even released in my opinion.

How would that work? LG don't get prerelease models of other company's products, that wouldn't be good business practice at all.

IMO It's Sony's fault businesses will be affected, it's Sony's product and they should be the ones paying up seeing as they're in the wrong.

[Moh]

Wasn't Sony one of the creators of Blu-ray.. so if it wasn't for Sony, then LG wouldn't even be able to make a Blu-ray player.

I can see Sony getting them back ^_^

[Recursion]

Wasn't Sony one of the creators of Blu-ray.. so if it wasn't for Sony, then LG wouldn't even be able to make a Blu-ray player.

I can see Sony getting them back ^_^

It won't work like that lol

[Oleh]

i say what goes around come around. If Sony want to winge about hackers and screw many people by saying they never owned the PS3, Then they can get fined/sued or whatever.

[.Shaun,,]

Sorry but this is pathetic, Sony are a big company and for LG to do this they are going to lose a lot of custom in Europe due to there selfishness.

[Moh]

It won't work like that lol

Don't think you understand what I mean.

Since Sony were one of the main developers of actual Blu-Ray, then LG wouldn't be able to create Blu-Ray players (since the technology wouldn't exist). So Sony creating Blu-Ray has helped LG make money by selling Blu-Ray players?

i say what goes around come around. If Sony want to winge about hackers and screw many people by saying they never owned the PS3, Then they can get fined/sued or whatever.

That's not exactly the same tho haha

[xxMATTGxx]

This is what happens when Sony tried to block LG mobile phones from entering the United States. So really LG are just fighting back and playing Sony's game really, Sony shouldn't of done whatever if they are actually in the wrong.