As PlayStation players prepare for an all-digital future after January 2028, Sony is making no apologies to anyone confused about what that means for game ownership (or lack of it). In fact, the company has told a Californian court that no “reasonable” consumer would be silly enough to think that purchasing a game digitally means that it actually belongs to you.
When you buy a game from the PlayStation Store or any other digital storefront, despite often having to click buttons with words like “purchase” and “buy” written on them, you’re really only obtaining an ultimately revocable license to play it. This is the depressing reality, but a class-action lawsuit filed in June alleged that Sony doesn’t make the nature of these transactions clear enough.
As well as the aforementioned language it uses implying ownership, the lawsuit claims, it also alleges that PlayStation “fails to clearly and conspicuously disclose to consumers at the point of sale that these transactions do not convey ownership of the digital games.” The plaintiffs argue that Sony opts to instead “relegate” this information to disclaimers or separate agreements that consumers aren’t requested to acknowledge before completing a purchase.
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