sony facing massive lawsuits 6.3 billion pounds (equivalent to 7.9 billion dollars), producer PlayStation has been accused of abusing his dominant position, because of his unfair prices for customersas decided by a London court.
Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) sued a year ago representing nearly nine million people great Britain who have purchased digital games or additional content through PlayStation Store from Sony.
Alex Neilla consumer advocate with experience in previous similar campaigns, is leading the case sony. He claims the company abused its dominant position by requiring the purchase and sale of digital games and add-ons. only via the PlayStation Storewhich charges separate commissions of 30 percent to developers and publishers.
The lawsuit alleges that customers have already paid higher game prices and additional content than they otherwise would.
The lawyers of sony They argued that the case was “flawed from start to finish” so they believed it should be dismissed.
However, that is Competition Appeal Tribunal decided that case Neill can continue, but add that people who have already made purchases PlayStation Store After the lawsuit was filed in 2022, they were removed from the proposed class of plaintiffs.
Neill stated in a statement that the decision was “the first step to ensure that consumers get their debts back.”
For this part, sony has not responded to requests for comment on this matter.
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