Lawsuit demands $5.9 billion from Sony for "ripping off" 9 million PlayStation Store users

guest · Aug 22, 2022

August 22, 2022

WTF?! Sony is being sued in the UK for £5 billion, or $5.9 billion, over claims it "ripped people off" by overcharging consumers for games and in-game purchases from its PlayStation Store. The class-action suit seeks damages for nine million people, with each one estimated to receive between £67 and £562 ($80 and $663) if it is successful.

Consumer rights champion Alex Neill launched the suit against Sony. As per Sky News, the Japanese giant is accused of breaching competition law by abusing its market power and imposing unfair terms and conditions on game developers and publishers, thereby pushing up the selling price of titles for consumers.
The "ripping people off" part of the argument stems from the 30% commission Sony takes from PlayStation Store sales.
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The suit alleges that consumers have been overcharged by five billion pounds ($5.9 billion) over the last six years for PS Store games and DLC. It says around nine million people have been affected. Should the claim prove successful, each person could receive between $80 and $663 in damages.

Natasha Pearman, the legal partner leading the case, said: "Sony dominates the digital distribution of PlayStation games and in-game content; it has deployed an anti-competitive strategy which has resulted in excessive prices to customers that are out of all proportion to the costs of Sony providing its services."
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It was only last month when Sony convinced a US court to throw out a different lawsuit claiming its PlayStation Store was anti-competitive.
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