Sony is being investigated over concerns it's abusing a "dominant position in the video game console market"

The console giant is facing an antitrust probe by the Romanian Competition Council

Sony is being investigated by Romania's competition watchdog over concerns it's abusing PlayStation's dominant position in the console market by having digital games available through the PlayStation Store only and banning third parties from selling activation codes.

In a press release, tr@nslated and shared on ResetEra, the Romanian Competition Council said, "The competition authority has indications that Sony may have abused its dominant position in the video game console market both by selling online video games compatible with PlayStation consoles exclusively through the PlayStation Store platform and by prohibiting the sale of game activation codes video compatible with PlayStation consoles by competing distributors."

The competition body says these actions "would have reduced the purchasing options" for PlayStation games, resulting in higher prices for titles on Sony's consoles. On top of that, it adds that this could "discourage Romanian studios from developing video games compatible with PlayStation".

As part of the investigation, the Competition Council has carried out inspections at Sony's offices in Europe to gather evidence and information related to the possible anti-competitive behavior.

Sony hasn't issued a statement in response to the investigation, but many players are hopeful that should the company be found to be in breach of competition rules, it could lead to PlayStation games being available for less through activation codes from third-party sellers.

"Hey, if this somehow could lead to cheaper PS5 keys from third-party sites, I'm all for it," says one ResetEra user, while at the same time acknowledging that it "probably won't amount to much since it would affect beasts much bigger than Sony". Another writes, "The lack of alternatives to the platform holders' online stores is a pretty big problem. If we ever get a full digital future, this is something that absolutely needs to be addressed, and this probe seems a good starting point."

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oh no

not Romania

I agree this needs to change though. PSN cant be the only place to buy digitally

God bless

Japanese collusion shoulda been investigated a long time ago

Playstation fanboys are mad about this post, they will cancel you and report your post,, be careful

These Japanese bi#ches have some nerve whining about Microsoft and Activision.

puss1es been investigating Andrew Tate for 2 years without charges despite Tate admitting to his crimes on his website!!!!

And this is what they spend their time on!?

I said in a post jus last week in the showcase thread that I’m getting sick of their anti-consumer bullsh1t. This is jus one of many examples. These groupie f@ggots like the man children on here gon keep blindly spreading they cheeks for em but anybody wit common sense and logic can see what’s been going on.

Romanian Competition Council


Im sure alot of people will care and this will be taken very seriously

Episode said 🔗 I said in a post jus last week in the showcase thread that I’m getting sick of their anti-consumer bullsh1t. This is jus one of many examples. These groupie f@ggots like the man children on here gon keep blindly spreading they cheeks for em but anybody wit common sense and logic can see what’s been going on.

u sound like a weirdo

talking like u just sit there being mad at some "anti-consumer" bs u probably exaggerated in ur own head

either buy their games or don't and $TFU

Seems like this sh1t is finally catching the eyes of numerous countries. Will be interesting to see how far it goes.

Krazie said 🔗 Seems like this sh1t is finally catching the eyes of numerous countries. Will be interesting to see how far it goes.

I'm all fair open markets. Nintendo is the worst when it comes to this practice. I hope this sets a precedence and makes it so that you can purchase a code from a valid 3rd party. Xbox does it to some degree but it's only for old game bundles that people put up sites like G2A and CDKeys. This would lead to better prices and deals due to competition.

Y’all need lives

dumb

D1dnt read said 🔗 Romanian Competition Council Im sure alot of people will care and this will be taken very seriously u sound like a weirdo talking like u just sit there being mad at some "anti-consumer" bs u probably exaggerated in ur own head either buy their games or don't and $TFU

Jus like you sit there riding Sony d1ck daily and overexaggerating their superiority f@ggot hop off my d1ck and $TFU.

I agree

They have a high demand for their games and not allowing a 2nd party or 3rd to sell digital games is sus

Let Xbox get caught doing this and it would be the biggest story in gaming for months. Even if it's just Romania.