Since Sony announced that they were not going to support physical games any longer, people have debated it. The biggest problem is that most of the people complaining or discussing it are idiots. Nothing says that more than the Sony’s filing in response to a potential class action lawsuit. Sony portrays this as nothing more than a nuisance lawsuit.

In California, companies are supposed to make it obvious that people are only buying licenses. However, their argument is everyone knows they’re only buying a license. No one actually believes they own the game. Sony’s response in the filing, essentially, says “but of course they do. After all, it’s in the platform’s terms of service that nobody reads!”

We can get into why companies hide such claims in their terms of service. Not to mention, it is written in legalese that no one will fully understand. Some lawyers even claim they have trouble making heads or tails out of these.

“In the digital age, it is not plausible to allege that reasonable consumers believed they were obtaining ‘ownership’ of a digital game,” Sony argued in its latest filing in the case, as reported by Game File. “Were that the case, then Plaintiff Edward Heycock would not have been able to obtain the game Resident Evil Requiem on February 25, 2026 for $69.99 from the PlayStation Store after Plaintiff Jason Mendoza had obtained Resident Evil Requiem on February 14, 2026, because Mr. Mendoza, not Sony, would have owned it then.”

Sony Digital License Lawsuit is Playing Semantics

Since Sony announced this “digital only” environment, people have had some bad takes. People on social media. So many podcasts have horrific takes. Not to mention the mega corporation bootlickers.

This is just a bad example. I know that the OP is claiming that he never truly handed over cash to purchase the game. The payment was digital, but it was a truly bad example. The person replying is one of those guys that always say “well, technically”. Many of us don’t like those guys. And, if my remark makes you angry, then you are one of those guys.

This next one is probably the worst example:

This is the example that Sony is using to prove their case. One has nothing to do with another. Sony is using the fact that someone buys the game, they don’t own the IP. This person uses the silly equivalent of purchasing food. This is the problem with our society. No one understands the art of nuance.

The best argument you can use against Sony is by saying that it’s not true. Secondly, if I went into a Best Buy and purchased a copy of Grand Theft Auto V, there is still another copy for the guy behind me. Because I own a copy of the game, not the IP. Since I own the copy of the game, no one can deny me access to the game, unless it is lost, stolen, destroyed, or I move on to a new console.

Corporations are using the whole Fox News against Symantec defense. When Tucker Carlson makes claims, no one believes he’s a real journalist. While there may be some truth to that, many of them are not Fox News watchers.

Inability to match apples to apples

One of the worst takes was from a podcaster. This is where I agree that podcasting equipment should cost more. And I AM A PODCASTER! They said, if you buy a game and it breaks. Whether you did or someone else did, you can’t have the company replace it for you. No one has ever said that.

Yet, the account blocked me when I responded with, “no”. If I, or someone else, broke the game, they (or myself) will have to go purchase another one. If I bought a car and totaled it, I don’t expect Ford to owe me a new car. I still can’t figure out why they blocked me.

Sony knows what they are doing. These podcasters with bad takes do, as well. This is media literacy and nuance. People should know more about these things as to not get distracted by fluff. People being wrong with your full chest and missing the point entirely.

I purchased a digital album once from Amazon. There is no explanation as to why but I did. There was an option to download the album onto my computer. I then uploaded to my iPod. There is no software to restrict it. That is how digital games should work. If you purchased and download it, you should still be able to play it.

This noise is to distract you from the real topic. That’s is what Sony is doing. They argue IP ownership, not purchasing a copy of that IP.