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Stop Killing Games join lawsuit against the PlayStation Store's "Sony Tax," in latest venture beyond game preservation
📰 James Archer
👤 James Archer
🕒 2026-08-11 18:42:49
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Stop Killing Games支持荷兰诉讼，指控索尼通过PlayStation Store垄断数字游戏销售并征收'Sony Tax'，且计划2028年停售实体游戏诉讼源于2024年荷兰消费者组织投诉，索尼被指利用垄断地位排除竞争，该组织此前未能推动欧洲委员会立法保障停售游戏离线可玩性
"It’s time to sue Sony," game preservation advocates
Stop Killing Games
have declared, as the group throws its weight behind a Dutch lawsuit targeting the PlayStation Store’s alleged monopoly and "Sony Tax" on digital games.
While the case originated back in 2024, as part of an effort by Dutch consumer group
Stichting Massaschade & Consument
, the core complaint – that Sony wields monopoly power by only making digital PlayStation games available through its own store – has been compounded by the recent reveal that
Sony plans to ditch physical games entirely in 2028
, effectively cutting out its only source of competition.
Allegedly
. For Stop Killing Games, it’s also the latest in a string of non-preservation-specific causes the organisation have amplified, possibly indicating a widened advocacy mandate after
failing its key goal
of securing new European Commission legislation to keep discontinued games playable offline.
Read more
Stop Killing Games
have declared, as the group throws its weight behind a Dutch lawsuit targeting the PlayStation Store’s alleged monopoly and "Sony Tax" on digital games.
While the case originated back in 2024, as part of an effort by Dutch consumer group
Stichting Massaschade & Consument
, the core complaint – that Sony wields monopoly power by only making digital PlayStation games available through its own store – has been compounded by the recent reveal that
Sony plans to ditch physical games entirely in 2028
, effectively cutting out its only source of competition.
Allegedly
. For Stop Killing Games, it’s also the latest in a string of non-preservation-specific causes the organisation have amplified, possibly indicating a widened advocacy mandate after
failing its key goal
of securing new European Commission legislation to keep discontinued games playable offline.
Read more