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Sony sued in Netherlands over "Sony Tax" and its perceived monopoly on digital sales
Sony is being sued in a Dutch class action lawsuit over artificially inflated prices on the PlayStation Store.
"Many people have noticed they're increasingly being pushed towards 'digital-only' consoles since the arrival of the latest PS5 generation," said Lucia Melcherts, chair of Stichting Massaschade & Consument. Yet economic research shows that consumers pay on average 47 percent more for a digital version of a game compared to an identical physical copy - even though Sony's distribution costs are significantly lower." Now, the PS5 Digital Edition costs £40 or €50 more, which Sony blamed on "the backdrop of a challenging economic environment, including high inflation and fluctuating exchange rates".
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