No console launch is complete without its fare share of controversy, and here's some for the PlayStation 4. According to reports, hardware maker Foxconn has been forcing students from an IT engineering program at the Xi'an Institute of Technology to work on the PlayStation 4's assembly lines. All of this was made worse by the fact that if the students refuse to participate, they would lose six course credits, which essentially removes their chances of graduating.
Foxconn sure loves the controversy surrounding labour laws
Technically speaking, the program is supposed to be an "internship". However, students have stated that they were assigned jobs that have next-to-nothing to do with what they were studying. According to Games In Asia, examples include a finance and accounting major assigned to gluing together parts of the PS4. A computer science major was assigned to put the PS4's cords and instruction manual into the console's packaging. The working hours forced on the students is reportedly the same as regular workers, albeit minus some key perks of working, such as getting paid.Foxconn has told the Oriental Daily that all of these student workers are voluntary. The company has said that it isn’t preventing them from leaving the work, should they chose to do so. The Xi’an Institute of Technology, however, hasn’t commented on anything regarding the forced labour, and has instead stated that the internship program was legal and “mainly about making students learn about society and experience life.”The PlayStation 4 is hitting stores in North America and Europe in November. Sony hasn’t yet announced when the console will be making its way to India.
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