Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC is apparently being sued for running an unlawful monopoly by restricting purchases of PlayStation games to its in house store. The news arrives from a consumers that have filed for the lawsuit.
According to a Bloomberg report, the Japanese tech giant might be facing a class action lawsuit by gamers that stated that the company has stopped allowing third party like Amazon, Best Buy, and Walmart, from selling download codes for PlayStation games two years ago. This has allowed the Sony PlayStation Store to become the only official source for the purchase of any digital PlayStation games. In other words, creating a monopoly in the market.
According to the consumers that have proposed the lawsuit, 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 sources further added that consumers can end up spending as much as 175 percent more for downloadable games than the sames ones that features a disk.
Unfortunately, Sony has yet to respond to any queries regarding this lawsuit as of right now. The case has been filed with the U.S. District Court, Northern District of California (San Francisco). So stay tuned for more, as we will be providing updates when additional information or any interesting development surfaces regarding this matter.
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