Sony hit with $2.67 billion lawsuit over ‘excessive and unfair’ digital download charges

A tribunal in the United Kingdom is hearing a class-action lawsuit against Sony for “monopolising” digital game sales via its PlayStation Store, the BBC has reported. First filed in 2022 by consumer rights advocate Alex Neill, the lawsuit argues that PlayStation owners have faced “excessive and unfair” charges via Sony’s “closed eco-system.” As it stands now, the only storefront available on PlayStation consoles is Sony’s.