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Richard Hoeg of Hoeg Law Firm said the lawsuit is a difficult case because of established US antitrust laws.

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We've reached out to Sony for comment and will update this post if we hear back.

'Sony's monopoly allows it to charge supracompetitive prices for digital PlayStation games, which are significantly higher than their physical counterparts sold in a competitive retail market, and significantly higher than they would be in a competitive retail market for digital games.' The PlayStation Store, the only place to buy digital PlayStation games. 'Sony's new restrictions established a monopoly over the sale of digital PlayStation games,' the class-action lawsuit states. Newegg even ran a sale on digital Xbox codes that reduced prices by up to 70% while being unable to do something similar for PlayStation. We have seen certain games, like Devil May Cry 5: Special Edition, stay at their standard price on the PlayStation Store while the physical version was discounted at other retailers several times. This all culminates with consumers paying anywhere from 75-175% more for digital games from the PlayStation Store than those of their physical counterparts, the class-action lawsuit claims.

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Further, the suit claims Sony's policy 'swiftly and effectively foreclosed any and all price competition in the retail market for digital PlayStation games' by requiring publishers who sell games on the PlayStation Store to 'relinquish full control over the retail price.'

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