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Stop Killing Games join lawsuit against the PlayStation Store's "Sony Tax," in latest venture beyond game preservation
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"It’s time to sue Sony," game preservation advocates Stop Killing Games have declared, as the group throws its weight behind a Dutch lawsuit targeting the PlayStation Store’s alleged monopoly and "Sony Tax" on digital games.
For Stop Killing Games, it’s also the latest in a string of non-preservation-specific causes the organisation have amplified, possibly indicating a widened advocacy mandate after failing its key goal of securing new European Commission legislation to keep discontinued games playable offline.
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Either way, this is another instance – following their work opposing the UK’s proposed VPN ban and social media age verification plans – of Stop Killing Games spreading their attention beyond game preservation and ownership rights, and further into general consumer advocacy.
Indeed, the lawsuit doesn’t appear to take issue with the availability and long-term accessibility of PlayStation Store games nearly as much as it does with effect on pricing, specifically.