PlayStation Store

Sony to Court: ‘Reasonable Consumers’ Know They Don’t Own Digital Games - But Should They?
The year is 2029. You're settling in for a nostalgic evening, ready to revisit a classic from your PlayStation library, a game you paid $70 for a decade ago. You scroll through your collection, find...

Sony's PlayStation Store "Monopoly" Faces Legal Challenge as Dutch Consumer Lawsuit Gains Gaming Backing
Modern gaming has an uncomfortable secret hiding in its terms of service. When you buy a digital game, you are not buying a game at all. You are buying a license, a revocable permission slip that can...

Call of Duty: Black Ops 1 & 2 Hit PS5 for $40 Each - Is the Nostalgia Tax Too High?
The Surprise Drop, What We Know So Far As first reported by IGN and confirmed by our own check of the PlayStation Store, both Call of Duty: Black Ops and Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 are available for...

PlayStation Store on PS3 and Vita to Close by July 2027: A Definitive Timeline and Analysis
The Announcement: A Phased Closure and Timeline Sony officially published the news via a PlayStation Blog post by Sid Shuman, Senior Director of Sony Interactive Entertainment Content Communications....

Sony Shuts PS3 and Vita Stores for Good: The End of a Digital Era and What It Means for Gaming History
Five years after fan fury forced a last-minute reversal, Sony is finally poised to pull the plug on the PlayStation Store for PS3 and PS Vita. In a hypothetical scenario that preservationists have...

Sony's Dynamic Pricing Test: What It Means for PlayStation Gamers
A quiet experiment is unfolding on the PlayStation Store. For the past few months, a significant subset of users across dozens of territories have been unwitting participants in a retail trial that...