Sony successfully kills off gaming exporter Lik-Sang

Lik-Sang, the once popular Hong Kong gaming import/export dealer, announced it was closing its doors forever as of the 24th due to multiple lawsuits from Sony. Per the gaming site Kotaku.com, “Sony claimed that Lik-Sang infringed its trade marks, copyright and registered design rights by selling Sony PSP consoles from Asia to European customers, and have recently obtained a judgment in the High Court of London (England) rendering Lik-Sang’s sales of PSP consoles unlawful.”

Personally, I hate to see it go as I imported my first black Nintendo Gameboy SP from Lik-Sang months before they were ever available in the US. And I think it’s pretty funny that Lik-Sang’s list of PSP customers from Sony Europe looks “like the Who’s Who of the videogaming industry.” Apparently they liked getting their gaming gear first too.

But like everything in the orient, one business goes under, another sprouts up to take its place. And I thought it’d go under because of the game cartridge backup units…

Oh, well. Goodbye, Lik-Sang… We knew thee well.

[tags]Lik-Sang, Sony, PSP, Gaming, Import, Kotaku[/tags]