Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC is operating an unlawful monopoly by restricting purchases of PlayStation games to its inhouse store, consumers claimed in a lawsuit.
As a result, Sony’s PlayStation Store became the only source for digital PlayStation games, the consumers said.
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“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 consumers said.
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People end up paying as much as 175% more for downloadable games than the same ones on disk, according to the suit.
Sony didn’t return a request for comment after hours Wednesday.
The case is Caccuri v. Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC, 3:21-cv-03361, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California (San Francisco).
By Robert Burnson
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