Sony PS4 on sale postponed for report

On the afternoon of January 8, Sony "plays tation China" issued a statement through its official, saying it would postpone the launch of the plays Tation 4, plays tation Vita, accessories and related gaming software scheduled for January 11. The statement did not disclose the specific reasons for the postponement of the listed products, but many netizens have speculated that with the recent online uproar of the "lock zone door." In fact, as a netizen to the Culture department to report the spread of letters, the author has also been "human flesh search."

The game player expresses disappointment

"12 Years of waiting, the last 3 days of hope dashed. "PlayStation China" after the statement, netizens "Vv4yne" yesterday Thread said. Weibo records show that since December 2 last year, "PlayStation China" has been "all for the players" theme, for the domestic listing of the PS4, but yesterday a sudden statement, or let a lot of players expressed disappointment.

It is understood that, in addition to delay the listing, previously in some retail partners there advance pre-sale also stopped.

"Do you really want to pull back to the lock zone?" Although "PlayStation China" only vaguely called the PS4 delay listed is "for various reasons", but many netizens are guessing, and before the uproar of the "lock Zone door" is not unrelated.

The so-called "lock zone", mainly related to domestic users can play Unapproved edition game, which is also a domestic game after the lifting of the issue has been a concern. Last December 11, PlayStation's China press conference was held in Shanghai's FTA, where PS4 was further confirmed as "not locked".

Multiple reporting information

Sudden changes, so that some angry players will be targeted at a call "Liu X zhe" netizens. Last December, in the players for PS4 "not locked zone" and secretly happy, online that began to circulate a letter of complaint, and was "human flesh" out of the letter of the author called "Liu X Zhe".

South all reporters yesterday contacted the Netizen did not, but in the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Culture on the Internet to find this title, "complaints about Sony China released game consoles can run the control level game of the reporting complaints" complaint letter. According to the letter, PS4, which is expected to be released in January 2015, has been shown to be able to run a variety of games sold in other countries without the approval of the cultural sector, "seriously affecting the construction of Chinese culture and strongly demanding that Sony China be banned from such contempt of China's legal system." The same information appears on the official complaint system of the Ministry of Culture.

Once a netizen optimistic forecast, since PS4 has passed the listing permission, it means that "not locked zone" is recognized, but the Ministry of Culture Marketing department responsible for a few days ago to the media confirmed that the PS4 "not locked zone" of the report, and to the Shanghai municipal regulatory authorities for verification.

Informant: If Sony loopholes, sooner or later it will have to lock

It is not yet possible to confirm whether Sony PlayStation4 's delay in listing is related to the letter.

For users of the accusations, netizens "snow Edge" January 6 Posted in Baidu Post said that they are the informant, but the main complaint is to see whether Sony has a loophole and "the relevant departments in the end how to think," and said "if the Sony drilled a loophole, sooner or later have to lock."

It can be confirmed that Sony Computer Entertainment in China, Tim Tianwu has repeatedly said, "in line with the relevant provisions of the premise, the Chinese mainland to provide consumers with a unified global PlayStation hardware products."

Prior to this, some media have reported that "not locked zone" problem to Sony Computer Entertainment (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. to verify that the same answer. "The lock area will be returned, it really can not blame not support the licensed." "In the video game Tribal Forum, netizens" fish Meatballs said.