On April 1,
Japan's Product Safety of Electrical Appliances and Materials Law (PSE) will take affect, prohibiting the resale of more
than 259 electrical devices made before April 2001. The new law was designed to prevent electrical fires, but has been
called into question by Japanese retro gamers. "Who do they think they are protecting?" questioned a shopper
at the Super Potato secondhand game store. Despite the fact that sellers are permitted to submit products for
recertification and that some devices, including most Nintendo and Sony consoles of yesteryear, have escaped the reach
of the law, PSE's bureaucratic web of exceptions and conditions has outraged gamers. Unfortunately, Japanese officials
have said there are no plans to postpone PSE.[Via GameInsider]
