And in May, PlayStation console owners launched a lawsuit against Sony to try and claim refunds after the company increased PS5 prices due to tariffs in 2025.
Corporate conductAllegation
Sony is accused of 30% store commission inflating game prices
Dutch consumer group Stichting Massaschade & Consument filed a $457 million lawsuit on behalf of 1.7 million Dutch PlayStation users, alleging Sony's 30% PlayStation Store commission inflates game prices.
Dutch consumer group Stichting Massaschade & Consument has filed a $457 million lawsuit on Tuesday on behalf of 1.7 million Dutch PlayStation users, arguing Sony’s 30% PlayStation Store commission will inflate game prices once physical alternatives disappear.
How Sony's disc-free PS5 plan triggered a $457M lawsuit and potentially undercut antitrust defense | Fortune
Corporate conductSettlement
Sony Interactive Entertainment was accused of engaging in anticompetitive conduct designed to monopolize the PlayStation digital game market
Sony Interactive Entertainment, accused Sony of engaging "in anticompetitive conduct designed to monopolize the PlayStation digital game market, thereby causing consumers to pay more than they otherwise would have paid for certain digital games on the PlayStation Store," according to the lawsuit's website.
Sony Interactive Entertainment, accused Sony of engaging "in anticompetitive conduct designed to monopolize the PlayStation digital game market, thereby causing consumers to pay more than they otherwise would have paid for certain digital games on the PlayStation Store," according to the lawsuit's website.
v. Sony Interactive Entertainment, accused Sony of engaging "in anticompetitive conduct designed to monopolize the PlayStation digital game market, thereby causing consumers to pay more than they otherwise would have paid for certain digital games on the PlayStation Store," according to the lawsuit's website.
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Workplace equityAllegation
Sony is accused of charging higher digital store fees to Dutch customers
A Dutch consumer group and the Stop Killing Games movement allege Sony charged Dutch customers more on its digital store than buyers elsewhere.
A Dutch consumer group and the Stop Killing Games movement have also banded together to sue Sony, alleging that the company charged Dutch customers more on its digital store than buyers located elsewhere in the world.
Labor & working conditionsConfirmed
Sony audit finds Malaysian contractor labor violation
Sony's audit identified a probable labor code violation by a Malaysian contractor.
Antitrust: Commission fines rechargeable battery producers € 166 million in cartel settlement The European Commission has fined Sony, Panasonic and Sanyo a total of € 166 million.
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Privacy & surveillanceSettlement
Sony settlement over consumer protection law
Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Sony Music) has agreed to pay $1 million as part of a settlement to resolve Federal Trade Commission charges that it violated the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) and the Commission’s implementing Rule.
Sony BMG Music Settles Charges Its Music Fan Websites Violated the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act | Federal Trade Commission
Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Sony Music) has agreed to pay $1 million as part of a settlement to resolve Federal Trade Commission charges that it violated the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) and the Commission’s implementing Rule.