Sony struck with the continuation on the alleged digital game monopoly

Sony is confronted with legal action that requires class action status on the statements of creating “its own monopoly on the digital content of the PlayStation”, which allows them to overload on digital games. At the heart of the question is a change of Sony on how PlayStation console owners can buy digital games, eliminating the third-party digital code option and requiring a direct purchase via the PS store.

The trial entitled “Cendejas c. Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC “was filed on May 7 at the US California District Court of Northern California by Joseph Saveri’s law firm. The procedure would claim to represent a proposed category of more than one million American PlayStation owners who allege were “billions of dollars overworked” on digital games via the PS store.

Sony’s decision to prevent the owners of the Playstation console for buying digital game download codes through third-party retailers such as Amazon and Target. Sony has confirmed this change in 2019, effectively forcing PLAYSTATION owners to get only digital games via the PS store.

Although physical play records remain an option, the trial is to emphasize that consumers who purchase the PlayStation 5 digital edition can only buy digital games because the console lacks optical drive. The allegations include an affirmation that three popular (unnamed) games available for the PS5 were more expensive as digital downloads on the PS store compared to physical disks sold by retailers.

The pursuit continues to claim:

By limiting the options users have effectively, Sony effectively enters all retail price prices on PlayStation games, creating its own monopoly on the digital content of the Playstation and allowing Sony to load inflated prices of these games. Consumers, limited to a unique source of purchase of any digital playstation content, are forced to pay a higher price for the digital playstation games that they would do on a free and unrestricted competitive retail market.