According to Christopher Dring, Sony is currently facing multiple legal cases over claims that the PlayStation Store has too much control over digital game sales.
Here are the main lawsuits:
> United Kingdom – An ongoing £2 billion ($2.7 billion) class action claims Sony abused its dominant position by making the PlayStation Store the only place to buy digital PlayStation games and add-ons.
>United States – Sony recently agreed to a $7.85 million settlement in a class action over its 2019 decision to stop retailers from selling digital PlayStation game download codes.
>Netherlands – Sony is also facing a collective lawsuit alleging the PlayStation Store charges unfairly high prices because of its control over digital game sales.
In 2021, Hideo Kojima predicted that a future built entirely around digital media could leave people without access to the content they thought they owned if companies or external events changed how that content was distributed.
“Eventually, even digital data will no longer be owned by individuals on their own initiative. Whenever there is a major change or accident in the world, in a country, in a government, in an idea, or in a trend, access to it may suddenly be cut off.”
“We will not be able to freely access the movies, books, and music that we have loved. I would be a have-not. That’s what I’m afraid of. This is not greed.”
Sony has announced the End of PHYSICAL DISCS by January 2028! ITS THE END OF AN ERA BOYS! REST IN PIECE owning our GAMES & COLLECTIONS! WE ALL SAW THIS COMING but here's our inevitable Angry Rant!!! https://t.co/UDfFxQ9Y4C RT & Share Plz!
Never been a worst time to keep up with gaming industry news, genuinely a depressing state of affairs that will continue to get worse as AI destroys the market and anti-consumer decisions keep being made
scoop: as Sony gets ready to scrap discs for PlayStation games, Xbox is quietly working on a disc-to-digital feature. It will allow you to digitize a physical game collection. Xbox is testing it internally, here's how it all works 👇 https://t.co/FXr52vsA06
🚨💣 EXCLUSIVE: Tottenham agree record deal to sign Sandro Tonali from Newcastle, HERE WE GO! 💥
Agreement between clubs closed and also on player side with the Italian midfielder. 🇮🇹
Fee higher than £85m paid for Mateus Fernandes.
Xbox is working on a 'disc to digital' feature that would let those with physical disc copies secure a digital version of the game
Xbox is likely to also stop disc production in the future
[Source: The Verge // @tomwarren]