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#1 Nov 26 2014 at 9:52 AM Rating: Good
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Did you buy it before June 2012? Keep an eye on the email account you registered it under. You could have a refund coming.

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(Reuters) - Sony Computer Entertainment America has agreed to settle allegations it misled consumers about features of its PlayStation Vita handheld gaming console, the Federal Trade Commission said on Tuesday.

As part of the settlement, Sony will stop making the inaccurate claims and will give people who had purchased the device either a $25 refund or $50 voucher to buy other games, the FTC said.

Sony and its advertising company, Deutsch LA, had claimed inaccurately the console would enable consumers to play remotely and would allow them to begin a game on the PlayStation 3, then move to the smaller Vita without losing continuity, the FTC said.

In fact, most PlayStation 3 games could not be played remotely and only a few could be played cross-platform.

The FTC also said that people who bought the 3G version of the PS Vita were told that they would be able to engage in live multiplayer gaming with the device when in fact they could not.

The FTC also settled with Deutsch LA, which had urged its staffers to praise the device on Twitter without also instructing them to disclose their relationship to Sony.

Deutsch LA prepared the advertising for the launch of the PS Vita and either knew or should have known that the ads were misleading, the FTC said.

"As we enter the year’s biggest shopping period, companies need to be reminded that if they make product promises to consumers -- as Sony did with the 'game changing' features of its PS Vita -- they must deliver on those pledges," said Jessica Rich, director of the FTC’s Bureau of Consumer Protection, in a statement.

Attempts to reach the two companies for comment were not immediately successful.


Edit: The June 2012 part was from this article. Didn't notice the other article lacked it.

Edited, Nov 26th 2014 8:55am by Poldaran
#2 Nov 26 2014 at 9:57 AM Rating: Excellent
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Sony also mislead their customers in saying that there would be games for the Vita.
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#3 Nov 26 2014 at 9:59 AM Rating: Good
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There are tons of games for the Vita...if you live in Japan. That system gets all the games that I want that never get ports. Which is good because I never got a Vita.
#4 Nov 27 2014 at 6:34 PM Rating: Good
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I've got one game for the Vita... and I don't even own a Vita yet (really waiting for that PS4/Vita bundle...)
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#5 Nov 28 2014 at 2:20 AM Rating: Good
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As an aside, I wish there were better import/localization options for smaller studios.
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