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Sony faces class action over expensive digital game and DLC prices — ‘Sony tax’ means digital games cost ‘an average of 47% more’ than those on disc, group alleges

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Sony's alleged monopolistic practices have cost Dutch consumers around €435 million ($505 million) since 2013, according to campaigner research.

Sony faces class action over expensive digital game and DLC prices — ‘Sony tax’ means digital games cost ‘an average of 47% more’ than those on disc, group alleges

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Sony faces dutch class action over expensive digital game and DLC prices — ‘Sony tax’ means digital games cost ‘an average of 47% more’ than those on disc, group alleges

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do Nintendo next
- Yes do them all. But starting with those who started this whole mess is correct.
- Wait, i thought nintendo set the precedent for 80 dollar games.... oh, that must have just been some bullshit thats been going round because people like drama.
  Ive been saying it from the date of the switch 2 reveal. Games have cost 80 dollars or more for a very long time.
- “But not steam cause that’s MY corporation and Gabe is MY billionaire”
  They’re all taking advantage of you
  
  I didn't know valve sells you hardware that locks you to steam
  
  There it is, defending corporations and billionaires. Pathetic
  
  Defending them from what? You haven't brought up any real arguments for why Steam is relevant in this scenario. You're just lashing out for no reason.
  
  They are not defending valve, they are correcting you.
  
  Cultists
  
  Booooooo
  
  Im curious, what do you want to file a case on Valve/Gabe for?
  
  Same as every game company, except steam is all digital so you never own your games. Steam will take them away one day. Steam is run by a billionaire, which by default makes him a wage thief and leech. I would say steam has good PR, except they don’t, you steam boys heel them off for free.
  The trillion dollar corporation isn’t your friend, and neither is Gabe. If you have an ethical dilemma with game companies, stop gaming
  
  Not owning digital content isn’t a Valve problem, it’s a “government is deeply corrupt” problem. You can thank the DMCA and laws like it for the loss of ownership. Want change? Run for office, call and harass politicians until they repeal anti-consumer laws like the DMCA and enshrine digital ownership as law.
  
  I agree that people glaze up Gabe way too much (the dude has a fuckin mega yacht for Christ’s sake), but in the specific area of games pricing I don’t think Steam is much of a problem from a consumer standpoint. I still think they should give more of the sale share to the actual devs though.
  
  To correct you, he has many mega yachts.
  
  Truly a man of the people
  
  Yeah. It’s definitely a net good to introduce children to gambling to fund your mega yacht hobby.
  
  Hey that's me there, and I say do Valve too. They are special but that kind of public discussion through court won't hurt anyone.
  
  Just want to say fuck yeah for saying this. Fuck steam/gabe. They may have been at the forefront of popularizing Pc gaming but they also were and are actively influential in the worst parts of the hobby. Gabe made billions off teaching children to gamble and loot boxes. Gabe made billions ensuring people are ok not owning their games.
  It’s crap that steam has a positive reputation at all.

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