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Sony Sued for Limiting Purchases of Games to PlayStation Store
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Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC is operating an unlawful monopoly by
restricting purchases of PlayStation games to its inhouse store, consumers
claimed in a lawsuit.

In a proposed class action suit, the gamers said Sony stopped allowing
third-party retailers -- including Amazon.com Inc., Best Buy Co. and Walmart
Inc. -- to sell download codes for PlayStation games two years ago.

As a result, Sony’s PlayStation Store became the only source for digital
PlayStation games, the consumers said.

“Sony’s monopoly allows it to charge supracompetitive prices for digital
PlayStation games, which are significantly higher than their physical
counterparts sold in a competitive retail market, and significantly higher
than they would be in a competitive retail market for digital games,” the
consumers said.

People end up paying as much as 175% more for downloadable games than the
same ones on disk, according to the suit.

Sony didn’t return a request for comment after hours Wednesday.

The case is Caccuri v. Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC, 3:21-cv-03361,
U.S. District Court, Northern District of California (San Francisco).

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這是由玩家提起的集體訴訟。

簡單來說就是SONY停止了在其它通路賣數位遊戲的序號，所以只剩SONY自家的PlayStation
線上商店能買。

這造成了壟斷讓SONY可以提高遊戲價格，逼玩家承受更高花費。

大家認為呢！？

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                    我們不應該依負擔的罪惡來選擇道路，
                    而是在選擇的道路上負擔自己的罪惡。

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