PS3 Manufacturer Warns Media

PlayStation 3 manufacturer Asustek has fired a warning shot over the bows of the media, following yesterday's leaked reports that the company has already begun shipping PS3 units to Sony.

Via Taiwan's financial hub, the company yesterday issued a sternly worded warning to the media about the reports, stating that it would sue any outlets that had damaged relationships with its clients.

[THELANDSOFSAND]

lol

news 4 gamers gets sued next.

[THELANDSOFSAND]

lol

news 4 gamers gets sued next.

[DC RID3R]

what are they scared of???

[THELANDSOFSAND]

good question.

[andy capps]

They're scared because this sort of information being released is a violation of whatever NDA they signed with Sony, apparently. Good news for gamers as it appears that the report that was leaked is true, bad news for the company as Sony may penalize them, and worse news for whichever employee leaked the story.

I state that it's good news for gamers as it proves that the console is in production, thereby indicating that it will launch on time in November. It also seems to indicate that they are forecasting to at least meet if not exceed their launch estimates as well. I mentioned yesterday in another topic that if they do exceed the production estimates and can ramp up production quickly, that may help to lower the price at launch. Possibly be a large "Krazy Ken" announcement at TGS? Hmm...

[BIadestarX]

This would mean that the PS3 final specs are finalized and they will have to tell the world about the hardware. If they downgrade the PS3 on anyway they will get flamed for 4 months. They don't want people to be exposed to bad press about the PS3; they know that Sony fanboys would buy the PS3 even if it's not half of what they promised.

[gamerof360]

wow funny stuff here

[richie007bond]

sony r such a arrogant company,all respect and loyalty for them has been pissed into the wind.

[andy capps]

What does that have to do with this topic?

[THELANDSOFSAND]

maybe he's pissed at sony's attempt to censor and control media reports. i know i am.

[jedicurt]

you are so right, how dare sony go after people for violating confidentiality agreements!!!!!!!!! How Terrible this company must be for making sure that companies and employees follow the contracts that they sign. Please, MS did and does do the exact same thing, just the don't get mentioned for it, cause sony is the company on the bashing block right now.

Wake up your morons, this is normal business practice

[THELANDSOFSAND]

i dont remember MS throwing a hissy fit and threatening to sue THE MEDIA about reporting rumors. this is just sony trying to control their bad PR.

[Watapata]

Sony isn't the one threatening to sue the media, that would be Asus...it says right there in the article...maybe you should open your eyes a little, blind allegiance is NEVER a good thing...

[THELANDSOFSAND]

asus are under contract for sony and represent sony. they are also producing sony's product.
maybe you are blind?

[Watapata]

They are under NDA with Sony, but they in no way represent Sony. Yes they are manufacturing one of Sony's products and likely would like to keep things that way and so in their own self-interest are threatening legal action. There is nothing, however, to indicate that this legal action was at all prompted by Sony.

[OutpostCommand]

Ach Richie piss off you MS executive.
Go away from this site you 11 year old.

[achira]

where are the ill ppl who said sony will delay ? haha pathetic idiots. sony is on time, far better than ms was, hahhaaaa

[THELANDSOFSAND]

and if you don't agree they will sue you!

[andy capps]

"the company yesterday issued a sternly worded warning to the media about the reports, stating that it would sue any outlets that had damaged relationships with its clients."

Sounds like Asustek is threatening to sue any media outlets that have damaged their relationship with Sony by leaking information that was supposed to be protected by a Non Disclosure Agreement. This is a serious case of Asustek doing some CYA (cover your a##) in showing that they're doing damage control in an attempt to not lose Sony's business in the future.

This does not sound like Sony is suing any media outlets. Asustek is the only one worried about Sony coming after them at this point, I believe.

[TheXgamerLive]

I still bet you that Sony will"NOT" ship on said promissed date!!Also, one of the reason's for said hissy fit from manufacturer "Asustek" is that the rumor is not true and they dont want to be highly criticized for posting lies. That's sony's job.

[MissAubrey]

I Guess you havent heard of all the promises and Delays from Sony, Spring 2006 ring a bell? you Idiot!

[mikeeno7]

You fool. Microsoft were on time. They launched when they said they would but with shortages. Sony said Spring now November. And still shortages of PS3 is to be expected. This is pathetic.

[TheXgamerLive]

That's the honest truth. Another delay will come out to the media in october, "guaranteed"!!

[Islandkiwi]

Just a strange turn of events. You would think this would be treated as good news. To be honest, I had thought this was leaked by Sony. It was, after all, information about the contract itself.

[THELANDSOFSAND]

maybe they have other details that they don't want leaked? production problems? final specs? last minute secret hardware additions?

[andy capps]

Here goes LandofSand with the black helicopter conspiracy theories...

[THELANDSOFSAND]

oh yes, those are all SOOOOOOOOOO incredibly unlikeley. you gimp.

[THELANDSOFSAND]

i just don't think threatening legal action is the best way to keep people from talking.

[TitanXX]

Some of them spread false reports like the one on the yields which was proven false. I uderstand what they are saying and they have a right to do it. In the news though this is good but it should have been sooner.

[Marriot VP]

nothing is proven launch until launch, chief.

[PS3sux360inchWiiWii]

I totally can't believe it's Spring 2005 already, can't wait till it ships next week!!!

[specialguest]

ha! very funny... anyway, maybe a delay is a good thing. ask the 360 owners who experienced overheating, lock-ups, crashing, red ring of death, black screen of death, etc. hahahha

people say this is an isolated issue, yet i read about it all different forums and websites. not to say that the PS3 will be error free, but that's up for testing when it is finally released.

[Marriot VP]

that was a manufacturing problem in one of the factories. It had nothing to do with the launch window.

The factory left a thin aluminum peice on the CPU that caused it to eventually overheat.

[Silent]

Sony please Im wetting myself dont get me all worked up

[BOOSTIN]

sony just wants to sue everyone so they can try and make back the 500 million in lost profit this year. and thats BEFORE the losses from ps3.

[richie007bond]

Look guys sonys got their hands squeezing asuses balls,there calling the shots thats why asus is flapping like a bi/ch