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Sony Tells Court Reasonable PlayStation Buyers Already Knew They Never Really Owned Digital Games, as Physical Discs Vanish in 2028

The image shows the PlayStation Store logo on a blue shopping bag and a stack of Blu-ray discs with the PlayStation logo, as Sony fights off various lawsuits.

Sony is pushing back hard against a proposed class action lawsuit challenging how PlayStation discloses digital licensing terms, arguing in a recent court filing that so-called reasonable consumers already understand that buying a digital game on the PlayStation Store doesn’t mean they actually own it. The case dates back to June 18, 2026, when four California PlayStation users filed a proposed class action in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. The suit alleges that Sony “fails to clearly and conspicuously disclose to consumers at the point of sale that these transactions do not convey ownership of […]

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