Sony Europe recently opened a lawsuit against Lik-Sang.com for their sales of Asian PSPs to Europeans. Sony have stated that this is to protect consumers from products that do not conform to the European safety regulations. However, all PSPs are made equal and the only difference will be in the power adapter. Lik-Sang have consequently closed their operations with a statement on their web page.
We can only hope that this is not the future of things to come. Enthusiastic European gamers rely on these import services to receive products within a reasonable space of time, not 6 months after Japan and the US. Interestingly enough this follows news that Sony are delaying the PS3 in Europe even further - could this be related? Sony are unable to meet world demand so they stamp out those who can satisfy it. If anything seems like "sour grapes", I'd say that's it.
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