[IMG]http://www.theeca.com/newsletters/ps3.jpg[/IMG]Sony’s [URL=http://www.gamepolitics.com/2010/03/29/new-ps3-firmware-remove-%E2%80%9Cother-os%E2%80%9D-feature]recent decision[/URL] to remove the “Install Other OS” function from its PlayStation 3 console through a system update could entitle European PS3 owners to a refund.

[URL=http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/09/ps3-owners-eligible-for-cash-refund-after-other-os-removal/]Via Engadget[/URL] we learn that a NeoGAF forumite invoked an obscure European consumer protection law to earn a refund from Amazon. Moderator “lapetus” cited the directive 1999/44/EC, a “a consumer protection law that requires goods to be ‘fit for the purpose which the consumer requires them and which was made known to the seller at the time of purchase.’”
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