Sony released a statement this week stating that conterfeit controllers are popping up from unknown areas. The counterfeit cotrollers are reported to be identical to the legitimate controllers, but they could potentially be explosive. This has got to be the most bizarre customer alert I have ever heard. While I can't even begin to understand the technology that goes behind these complex machines, I find it hard to believe that someone is producing controllers with exploding capabilities. The first thing I thought when I read this article was "Can this be true? Or is Sony simply trying to ensure that the only controllers bought and sold will be their own?" I'm sure that their are fakes out there and I'm also sure that the fakes probably do not perform at the same level of quality or reliability as the real thing, but isn't warning of explosions a bit extreme? Now, Sony does not say that the cotrollers will deffinitely blow up, only that it is a possibility. I'm wondering if the company is overexaggerating a bit. When most people do not understand the technology, like myself, most people are unable to judge the legitimacy of claims like these. Is Sony leveraging their hightened knowledge on the subject to scare consumers from bargain hunting? What do y'all think?
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13506_3-20017438-17.html
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