Japanese giant Sony is apparent in the process of being sued for running an unlawful monopoly due to the allegation that the company is actually restricting purchases of PlayStation games to its in house store. This news makes its way due to the fact that consumers have actually filed for the lawsuit.
In accordance with a report coming in from Bloomberg, Sony might be on the receiving end of a class action lawsuit by gamers that have actually gone on to state that the giant has stopped the process of allowing third party entities such as Amazon, Best Buy and Walmart from selling download codes for PlayStation games – an event which had in fact taken place two years ago. This all has actually allowed Sony PlayStation Store to become the only official source of purchase for any digital PlayStation games. In other and more simpler word : Sony is creating a monopoly within the market.
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According to what the consumers who have proposed the lawsuit have to say, Sony’s monopoly actually allows the company to charge rather supracompetitive prices for the sake of its digital PlayStation games, which are indeed significantly higher when in comparison to their physical counterparts that sell in a competitive retail market and also significantly higher than what we would see in a competitive retail market for the sake of digital games. The sources further point the fact that consumers need to spend as much as 175 percent more for the sake of downloadable games than the same ones that feature a disk.
Unfortunately enough for now, Sony is yet to respond to any queries with respect to the matter. The case though has in fact been filed with the US District Court. Hence, stay tuned for more and updates are set to follow through.
