Sony Computer Entertainment America (“Sony”) has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it deceived consumers with false advertising claims about the “game changing” technological features of its PlayStation Vita handheld gaming console during its U.S. launch campaign in late 2011 and early 2012.
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Wow, seriously? I bought mine before June 2012...
yeah, just like microsoft deceiving exclusive announcements.
Sony trying to do kinda the same thing here and now forced to pay compensation.
hopefully this will teach them a lesson.
Sony advertised the ps3 at 120fps too.
Lmfao.
Omg, I wondered if anyone would ever say anything about this. I remember watching the ad over and over in walmart on our display kiosk the first year and wondering how they got away with it. They were advertising remote play with Ps3 that didn't come anywhere near working until the PS4 came out. Not to mention the fact that remote play was useless and impossible on the 3G data plan offered. The commerical showed games that weren't even on Vita being played portably. They were also advertising being able to stop a game on Ps3 and then resume it immediately on the Vita. I believe the game in the commerical was MLB. It really made it look amazing but then it came out and....Nope. The Vita is a wonderful handheld maybe my favorite of all time discounting nostalgia from the original gameboy and slightly above the DS. Those initial advertisements were definitely deceptive.
Edit: I wrote this comment before reading the article from my own experience. I'm actually surprised by how similar the two are word for word.
I think the compensation is still too low. Sony, MS, BigN should pay more in those cases. Deceiving is wrong and law should not allow big companies getting away with this. But it must really hurt to teach them a lesson.