Sony is facing a class-action lawsuit for its plan to stop producing disc-based games for the PlayStation platform in 2028, new information has just come to light with Sony having reportedly told the court that “reasonable gamers” were already aware that buying a digital game meant that it wasn’t owned by the person who paid for it.
The lawsuit was initially filed earlier this year with the case beginning in June, and is not directly about Sony’s decision to discontinue physical game production for PlayStation games. Rather, it’s about the alleged lack of suitable explanation to the consumer that buying digital games on the PlayStation Store doesn’t constitute ownership. Sony is fighting back against this case, with its most recent argument reportedly hinging on the idea that only unreasonable players wouldn’t know this fact.
The lawsuit is based on the idea that Sony isn’t properly disclosing the fact that you are licensing software from the PlayStation Store and not buying it for ownership, which is hinging on California’s AB 2426 law. This law states that digital storefronts must get confirmed acknowledgment from shoppers that they’re paying for a license, and not ownership. Sony does mention this in its PlayStation Terms of Service, and its Software Product License Agreement.
However, it’s pointed out that the language which describes this to the player, is buried pretty deep in the agreement documentation after “hundreds of words in documents that stretch to thousands of words.“
The PlayStation disc lawsuit is resulting in more backlash from players
Sony had already received plenty of backlash from players about the decision to remove discs from the platform in the future. Some PlayStation players have stated they’re not committed to moving to PC gaming since there’s no longer a way to buy disc-based games.
Following this lawsuit, with Sony fighting back by claiming players already knew they were buying licenses, more players are pushing back against the company. Some are arguing that Sony has a discrepancy in the distinction that digital software is paid for as license access, as purchases on the store page list game sales with “buy now” terminology, which they argue is contradictory to Sony’s arguments in court about game ownership.
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