A couple of months ago PlayStation was made of a serious controversy, since some of their fans filed a demand for alleged monopoly practices in the digital store. Thus avoiding the purchase of games with downloadable codes, stating that this was done so that there were no discounts and thus have much more money.
This case reached its respective verdict recently, resulting in the discouragement of the situation by the government of the United States **, once all the evidence has been analyzed. Thus, monopoly and anti-competitive market shares have been acquitted, but that does not mean that the case has been closed.
According to the ruling, the plaintiffs, a group of players who buy games at PlayStation Store , could not properly prove that Sony violated the Sherman Law , an antimonopoly law that makes That monopolization be illegal.
To prove their case, the plaintiffs had to demonstrate that the decision to sell games only in PlayStation Store was aimed at cutting the competition and that it had ended with a profitable business to take control of the market. Something that could not be checked in the end. But in the end, the judge gave them the opportunity to demand again if they find the necessary evidence.
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