Sony sued for overpricing games on PlayStation Store
A Dutch foundation has sued Sony for practices that artificially inflate the price of digital copies of games on the PlayStation Store.
The Sony company has been sued by the Dutch foundation Massaschade & Consument, which is involved in consumer rights protection.
In the lawsuit, Sony is accused of inflating the prices of digital versions of games sold on the PlayStation Store.
- Everything comes down to the fact that digital versions of PlayStation console games can only be purchased through the PS Store. For Nintendo Switch and Xbox consoles, you can purchase codes from other stores to unlock a specific game in the Nintendo eShop and Microsoft Store. Such an option doesn't exist for the Sony platform.
- It's worth noting that for a long time, the sale of codes for games on the PlayStation Store was allowed. Sony removed such an option in 2019.
The lawyers of Massaschade & Consument argue that such a solution allowed Sony to artificially inflate the prices of games. As a result, according to the foundation's analysis, digital copies of games in the PlayStation Store are, on average, 47% more expensive than physical editions. Such a big difference is supposed to show how much consumers are losing due to the practices of the Japanese corporation.
Massaschade & Consumer encourages Dutch players to join this lawsuit.
It's worth mentioning that this is not the only situation that Sony currently has to deal with. Similar lawsuits have been filed in the United Kingdom and Portugal.
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