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The story
Sony’s official monitor for PlayStation has come under fire from overseas users, who say the bezel (frame) shape looks different between the promotional images and the actual retail unit. On 5ch’s “Hardware/Industry” (Geha) board, a thread debating this discrepancy has drawn mixed reactions. Some argue that “promo CG looking different from the real thing happens with every manufacturer,” while others are harsher, saying “even the corner curves looking like a totally different shape is just too much” and “this could actually turn into a lawsuit.” Some posters even shared actual product photos for comparison.
What people said
It's Sony, so business as usual — no problem here.
That's just sad.
Why's Sony the only one getting called out?
If you bought Sony, take it up with Sony.
Buyers of other brands can complain to those companies too, no?
Sony's just underhanded like that.
If you absolutely must buy a Sony product, even the Kojiki says: wait for the early adopters' reports first (a joke nod to Japan's oldest chronicle, i.e. "ancient wisdom").
That's like the most important point.
Though I haven't seen the real thing myself, so who knows.
Their attitude toward console peripherals just screams a corporate culture that doesn't give a damn.
Not that it matters lol.
It's CG — of course the real product isn't going to match it exactly.
Lying is fraud, though.
What era's CG is this even from lol.
Even with figures, the prototype sample and the final product are different, right?
That's just getting a pass — normally that'd be fraud too.
PlayStation's been slapping half-assed claims on stuff forever and nothing ever happened before!
The rounded corners are just gone entirely.
Is this for real lol.
Yeah, it really is a different thing.
The plastic texture and everything just looks cheaper overall.
that's the gracious divine oracle from our guru, Lord SIE.
Translation: who'd be dumb enough to actually buy this thing.
If anything the real one looks thinner to me.
You don't even know what a bezel is, do you.
It's right here.
Isn't this seriously lawsuit territory?
Apparently every monitor maker does this,
and it's not illegal.
Background and Key Points of the Debate
Controversies over advertising for game console peripherals aren’t unusual — in the past, exaggerated spec claims around products like the VAIO and the PSP launch have drawn similar criticism. This time the trigger is that the bezel’s shape (corner roundness and thickness) looks different between the official promotional images for Sony’s PlayStation-branded monitor and the actual retail unit. Opinion in the thread split between defenders — “some difference between promotional CG and the real product is normal for any manufacturer” — and critics who said “having even the corner roundness look like a totally different shape goes too far,” with some posters later sharing actual photos for comparison. There were also comments noting that “every monitor maker does this and it’s not illegal,” so whether this actually rises to legal “false advertising” was never resolved within the thread — it’s worth noting this remains just opinion on 5ch, not a settled conclusion.
*This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Hardware/Industry [Geha]) thread “[Sad News] Sony Accused of False Advertising on PlayStation Monitor, Sparks Massive Backlash Overseas lol lol lol lol“.
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