Sony PS3 Refund Given For OtherOS Removal

In my best Ted “Theodore” Logan: “Whoa”. One person has decided to deal with the removal of the OtherOS in a different way: by requesting a refund.

A member of the NeoGAF forums named iapetus decided to take some action by requesting a refund from Amazon UK where he purchased the console.  Even though his system was out of warranty, his premise was that given the removal of the OtherOS feature, the console no longer fit the original description based upon it’s listed capabilities when it was bought, and that under European Law the device capabilities “made known to the seller at the time of purchase” had changed. Amazon agreed, and issued him a partial refund in the amount of £71.49 (US$110) plus tax.

As the saying goes “screenshots or it didn’t happen”, he has provided information and a proof in his forum post.

So the real question, is what happens next? Amazon will no doubt request the money back from Sony, and Sony ends up losing money. What is more, will this create a landslide affect, with similar users requesting a refund? At any rate, I think the coming days are going to prove most interesting. As I am gearing up for movie watching weekend, I think Gomer Pyle would say “Surprise, Surprise, Surprise”, and no, I was not alive when that show was on 🙂