Sony Argues Consumers Know Digital Game Ownership Is A Myth Amid PS6 Shift

Sony formally argued in a California court that reasonable consumers do not believe they permanently own digital games. The class-action lawsuit stems from a 2025 California law requiring companies to explicitly label digital purchases as revocable licenses rather than permanent property. Sony used a hypothetical $69.99 purchase of a game to illustrate that buyers understand they only purchase temporary access rights. The legal dispute arrives at a critical transition point as Sony prepares to completely halt physical game disc production for the PlayStation 6 generation. "In the digital age, it is not plausible to allege that reasonable consumers believed they were obtaining ‘ownership’ of a digital game." — Sony