As a number of lawsuits try to take Sony to court over its decision to stop making PlayStation discs from January 2028, the platform holder has responded to one and said "reasonable consumers" understand they're only buying a license to play a game, and that they don't actually own it.
This stems from a court appearance in California, where four people took Sony to court over claims the PS Store does not make it clear you're purchasing video game licenses instead of actually owning them yourself. According to them, using terms like "Buy Now" and "Confirm Purchase" implies ownership of a game rather than a license granting access to it.
In response, Sony said "reasonable consumers would not be misled" by the language.
"As plaintiffs admit, Section 1 of the SPLA likewise explains that 'the Software is licensed to you, not sold', the firm continued. "This makes sense. In the digital age, it is not plausible to allege that reasonable consumers believed they were obtaining 'ownership' of a digital game."
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