Sony Is Reminding PlayStation Users They Don't Own Their Digital Games
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Poorly Timed PlayStation Email Reminds Us We Don't Own Games
Over the weekend, Sony Interactive Entertainment sent out emails to players covering updated PlayStation terms for its games and services. The move only intensified ongoing backlash against the company over its decision to end physical game production, with players specifically highlighting a portion of the terms that confirms games are only licensed, not owned. Sony’s new email merely covers PlayStation terms for games and services, but it come…
Sony Is Reminding PlayStation Users They Don't Own Their Digital Games
The PlayStation email arrives at time when users have raised concerns about digital ownership of games, especially when the only way to purchase PlayStation games will be digitally via the PlayStation Store starting January 2028, when Sony will end production of physical game discs for new titles.
Sony sent an email to PS players emphasizing that the digital games they purchased were licenses, not sales to them.
Yesterday began the famous boycott of PlayStation, as players, disappointed by the company’s recent measures (especially the decision to stop producing physical records), have decided to stop playing or buying video games for Sony’s consoles. It is likely that the news of the boycott has reached Sony’s ears, as users are now reporting (through Tom Warren in Bluesky) that the company has contacted PlayStation players to remind them of the terms t…
Sony Sending Emails To Remind Players They Don't Own Digital Games, Only Licenses Ahead Of Boycott
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