Play-Asia now cancelling pre-orders for PS3

Posted Oct 30, 2006 at 5:28PM EST by QJ Staff

Listed in: PS3 Tags: Lik-Sang, Play-Asia, playstation 3 updates, Sony, UK

And the disturbance in the Force ripples throughout the gaming universe...

Bad news for our friends in the UK, as apparently, game retailer Play-Asia is now restricting the sale of PS3s that were bound to be shipped to that part of the world. As posted by the people from GameBrink, they have received an email from Play-Asia which confirms the worst:

Dear **,

This is an important e-mail update regarding your PlayStation3 related reservation at Play-Asia.com.

We regret to inform you that due to licensing and distribution limitations, Play-Asia.com will not be able to send PlayStation3 branded products to your territory. Unfortunately this also affects your recent reservation with us.

As a result, we are very sorry to let you know that we have now cancelled your non-binding reservation (***) with us. Rest assured, as this was a "no money down" reservation only, no funds have been debited in any way.

We kindly ask for your understanding and would like to apologize for any possible inconvenience this may have caused to you.

With best regards, Your Play-Asia.com Customer Service

At such a critical time like this, when the launch of the PS3 is so very close, one can't help but wonder whether Play-Asia's actions is a result of what happened to Lik-Sang; if a cease and desist order was received from Sony; or if there just simply aren't enough PS3s to go around anymore. At this point, the list of ways to procure a PS3 just got way shorter and it seems that the only way to get the console would be to fall in line and join the crowd when the PS3 launch comes around.

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YesAsia.com has PS3s at the low, low price of AN ARM AND A LEG!

PS3 20GB @ US $ 1,499.00

PS3 60GB @ US $ 1,899.00

I think I might wait for prices to drop on eBay.

eBay sales, I think, is the only alternative that Sony has no chance of shutting down.

Sadly, we'll have to wait a few months for said price drop to appear :(

# sony *****ing hates me! — Mercenary 2006-10-31 00:42

Thats right, sony hates us europeans and in no way want us to have this console.

So the market is hard and all the different languages is a pain huh, then why is the console already in every language available?

# You know why this is — CSFFlame 2006-10-31 09:07

more $$ for Sony with region restrictions. Lawsuits whenever they want.

there is the alternative... buy a PC, same price, more stuff.

or maybe a wii...

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