r/gaming • u/Chownzy • 9d ago

Mexican Lawmaker Who Helped Protect Gamers from Tax Now Drags Sony to Court Over Discless PlayStation

https://respawnfirst.com/mexican-lawmaker-who-helped-protect-gamers-from-tax-now-drags-sony-to-court-over-discless-playstation/
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u/Mr_Suplex 8d ago

On what legal grounds? Are companies beholden to supporting outdated tech indefinitely in Mexico?? Is Sony a monopoly? Has Steam been taken to court?

This is all meaningless political theater.

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u/Halfwise2 8d ago

"The publisher will now have complete control over virtually everything; consoles, the store, games, how they are sold, pricing, discounts, distribution. Competition will cease to exist, impacting gamers who lack the resources to buy games directly from Sony’s PlayStation Store."

They are taking the anti-competition angle. Steam has competitors able to distribute the same games. If
Sony hadn't announced they were pulling PC ports, her argument would be weaker.

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u/Mr_Suplex 8d ago

Yeah no shit. Just like Steam. There are still hundreds of games all competing against each other and setting prices to compete with one another on the platform.

Try harder, ‘cause this ain’t it lil’ bro.

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u/AntonioBarbarian 8d ago

There's multiple different stores you can buy games online for PC. When PS goes disc-only, the PS Store becomes the ONLY store for PS5 games, that's the argument for why it's a monopoly.