Type Private Founded 2002 | Industry Online Retail, B2C | |
Key people Jan Neuhaeusser, Director Products DVDs, music, books, electronics & gadgets, gaming consoles & accessories, video games, cables, toys and groceries | ||
Play-Asia.com is an online retailer for entertainment products from Asia. The website sells import games, DVDs, music, CDs, gadgets, groceries, books, gaming console accessories, cables and toys. Play-Asia.com is based in Hong Kong and caters to the Asia-Pacific region, but also offers most of the products to international buyers.
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Launch
Play-Asia.com was established in 2002 in Hong Kong, selling games and accessories for all major current game consoles and computer operating systems. In addition to video games, the site also offers electronic goods, such as products from the Tamagotchi series.
Funding of game development
Play-Asia.com had funded the development of side-scrolling shooter Söldner-X: Himmelsstürmer.
Play-Asia.com suspended EU Sony importing
After the lawsuit against Lik-Sang for importing NTSC-J PlayStation 3 hardware and software to Europe, Play-Asia announced that it would no longer be shipping PlayStation products to the EU. Regardless of this, Play-Asia.com still ships PS and PS2 products as of late 2010, as well as select PS3 titles to certain parts of Europe.