Boston's mayor to bill Sony for mayhem at Copley Plaza

As if Sony wasn't losing enough coin on each PlayStation 3 sold fought over, now it'll probably be invoiced for the police services that were required to maintain peace at Copley Plaza. While criminal activities weren't hard to come by on the PS3's launch night, there was apparently a smart way to handle the mobs of unruly potential customers, and then there was Sony's way. Rather than planning for an organized flow of individuals, or better yet, turning away those who would end up empty handed anyway, nearly 500 eager (and likely delusional) individuals rushed the doors of Boston's Sony Style, creating chaos that required "12 police cruisers" in order to halt the riot. None too pleased, the mayor (Thomas Menino) plans on "billing the company for crowd control," although he failed to mention exactly how much those boys in blue charge per hour to fend off fanatical hopefuls.

[Via Joystiq]

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 22nd 2006 1:57PM]

I strongly think that the Mayor over there is sick in the head to bill Sony because want to get one of their products. It's not that Sony is doing something illegal, why should they be charged. It's true that Sony didn't have enough units for everyone who wanted it but that's because so many people wanted to get their hands on one.

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 22nd 2006 9:25PM]

I wonder if the Boston mayor is going to sue store owners on Black Friday this week for any extra police services needed on that day. Quite obviously there will be similar mayhem happening on that day as there has been in the last few years.