With the end of physical PlayStation games looming, the need for clear digital ownership rights is more pressing than ever.
For its part, Sony believes your rights are very clear: you do not own your digital games, and it's unlikely you're stupid enough to believe otherwise. At least, that's roughly the argument the company's lawyers are presenting in response to a proposed class-action lawsuit.
Sony argues that its current customer-facing disclosures ensure that "reasonable consumers would not be misled" into believing they actually own their digital games. That's according to a Game File report (paid article link) citing an August 21 filing Sony's lawyers made in California's Northern District.
It's ok. Sony is burying consoles at the moment and I am not sad to see them go. There was a time for game machines on the family TV but those days are over. Get yourself a Steam deck or some handheld and screw the family TV . We didn't want to keep that anyway. Good bye to Sony from gamers, it was fun for a while.