Sony's digital-ownership reminder lands days before #PSBlackout disc boycott
PlayStation users got an unprompted terms-of-service notice on digital game ownership just as fans launched a boycott over Sony ending new PS discs from 2028.
What to know
- Sony plans to stop producing new PlayStation game discs from 2028, prompting a fan-organized #PSBlackout boycott.
- Just days before the boycott began, Sony sent PlayStation users an unprompted reminder that digital game purchases are licenses, not owned property.
- The timing of the reminder is being read as reinforcing the ownership concerns that motivated the boycott in the first place.
- Coverage so far is limited to the initial report and its spread across social platforms; Sony has not issued further comment in the material available.
Sony PlayStation platform owner#PSBlackout organizers Fan boycott movement
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- Aug 29
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Sony’s lawyers are arguing that it should already be obvious that PlayStation digital games aren’t actually owned by the people who buy them. In the lawsuit, Sony points to its Software Product Licensing Agreement, which says: “The Software is licensed to you, not sold.” Sony
- Aug 25
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Except they just did. They made a point to remind people "out of the blue". Which comes across as more hostile fuck-yous to customers, considering the climate right now.
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Same here. Best way to fight back is thru ur wallets but I’m not sure the masses will.
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California already has that law sort of. You can't use purchase unless you're actually disclosing that it's a licence only. This is how Steam does it, for example. I don't think it's slowed a single thing down. I doubt most people realize it's there. Everyone assumes it probably won't happen to them and that's the end of how much they care. Steam
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Anyone pointing out that digital licensing on Playstation is the exact same as Steam and almost all other digital stores are being downvoted. And that sigutal licensing hasnt changed on Playstation in 20 years since PSN was created and that this headline is pure clickbait
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This is the way. So many good games and backlog. Nowadays so many games are just remakes or remastered why not just play them?
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Anyone want to buy a ps5? I'll give you a reasonable price. Fuck these clowns and whoever follows suit
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Here is the Xbox licensing agreement for example License The XBOX Software is licensed to You, not sold. You are licensed to use the XBOX Software only as pre-installed in Your XBOX Console or Authorized Accessory, and updated by Microsoft from time to time. Steam has similar verbiage.
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No problem. I've stopped buying their games. Plenty of other places to get them.