Sony taking action against unlicensed replica gun

by Jem Alexander { May 20th 2008 at 7:30AM }

Commenting on the "replica Uncharted gun," that we posted about yesterday, Sony has told Gamesindustry.biz that it is not officially endorsed and they certainly don't condone it. The gun is supposed to be a replica of Drake's weapon from the 2007 gem, Uncharted: Drake's Fortune. Without official licensing from Sony, however, selling it as such is just a sneaky attempt at cashing in on the game's success.

Sony has said that they are "investigating the source of this product and will proceed with the most appropriate action." Appropriate action, in this case, probably means letting loose their pack of half-starved, feral lawyers. So don't expect it to be around for too much longer.

Tags: fake, gun, uncharted

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Lordtombot @ May 20th 2008 7:36AM

All the Guns Drake ever had he found lying around at varous points anyway.

NotSafe4Work @ May 20th 2008 7:53AM

Bet they would be worth a few quid on ebay.

Brucie B @ May 20th 2008 8:52AM

LAME

Mikezula @ May 20th 2008 9:04AM

Sony lawyers are always on the defensive from would-be copyright holders wanting a piece of Sony's pie. Nice to see them on the offensive for a change.

KingOfGods @ May 20th 2008 9:21AM

What could Sony's Lawyers do? It's a replica Beretta and last time I checked Sony doesn't own the copyrights to a Beretta so they can't stop them from selling it.

They can stop the site from stating it's the replica from drake's fortune but at this point the site is getting a lot of free exposure.

Popfrogs @ May 20th 2008 10:14AM

They can throw out a good old fashioned C&D (cease and desist order) to keep them in check until they force them to stop marketing it as an Uncharted gun. As others have said it's kinda pointless since Drake picks up plenty of guns during his fights, it's not like he has a signature pea shooter.

ADPolicenaut @ May 20th 2008 10:38AM

It's a faaaaaaake!

True_Darknight @ May 20th 2008 11:31AM

The problem is not that it's a Beretta.. it's that they used Uncharted's pics and what not saying it was a replica... so they can't do that without licensing it. So they gotta stop it. simple.

Beretta.. just like in a popular 2007 video game. --- No prob there :)

HektikLyfe @ May 20th 2008 12:01PM

Wait, did they say cashing in the game's success? LOL.

hexhunter @ May 22nd 2008 3:50AM

Was it unseccesful? I certainly enjoyed it, best PS3 exclusive yet, not including the MGO ß...

-Deus X Machina

HektikLyfe @ May 22nd 2008 3:01PM

I wouldn't say it was a failure by any means. But "...cashing in the game's success" insinuates something much greater than anything the PS3's limited user base (at the time) could ever hope to achieve. That sounds like an outlandish statement Uwe Bol might say about any of his movies.