playstation, xbox faked in 8-bits

December 3rd, 2007 post a comment (4) stumble it! digg it! by: technabob

While these consoles from China may look slightly like their authentic counterparts, just one look under the hood, and you’ll see just how phony they really are.

Fake Chinese Gaming Systems

China’s ShenZhen LinFeng Electronics has cranked out a series of console knock-offs, imitating the look of all three generations of the Sony Playstation, the original Microsoft Xbox and even the Sega Saturn. With wholesale prices around $3 bucks a piece, don’t expect these consoles to play anything resembling modern games. All of the systems supposedly play 8-bit games, but at best those are likely to be bootlegs of old NES games.

I know they say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, but in this case, it’s more like the sincerest case of intellectual property theft.

December 3rd, 2007 post a comment (4) stumble it! digg it! by: technabob

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8 bit, china, fake, junk, microsoft, nintendo, playstation, saturn, sega, xbox

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4 comments post a comment

1. manchicken | December 3rd, 2007 at 9:52 am

I don’t really care much about “intellectual property” or any of that silly stuff, but I do think that if I got one of those as a gift from a parent, I’d be sorely disappointed.
2. Adam Gott | December 3rd, 2007 at 10:02 am

Does anyone know where to find one of these (without purchasing 5000, sight unseen and with only a crummy picture)?

I recently saw a blog posting in which someone put one of those bootleg NES units inside an NES controller and would like to try something like that.
3. Marketing Consulting | December 3rd, 2007 at 3:06 pm

This it TOO funny…But seriously, it would be pretty sad if someone really got faked out by this.
4. Xbox-Elite-Eddie | February 12th, 2008 at 5:25 pm

We’ve heard of people opening up their new games console only to find a telephone book or similiar inside, surely this kind of faking opens up a new scam for criminals to rip people off….

http://www.switched.com/2007/12/28/kid-expecting-playstation-3-finds-phonebook-in-box-on-christmas