Import export

The Euro PSP debacle rumbles on, with Sony winning an injunction to stop an online retailer selling imported PSP consoles. While this makes sense from Sony's corporate point of view, you have to wonder about the PR damage caused by this heavy-handed approach. Stopping a few hardcore gamers from owning and eulogising about the new toy is a short-sighted move. And stories of "men in dark glasses" do Sony's image no favours. And let's face it. If the PSP is causing this amount of trouble just wait for PS3. If the European delay is anywhere near as long as for the PSP - and history says it is likely to be - then importing will be rife. Sony lawyers are likely to be busy over the next 12 months.