An unfortunate timing when one knows that Sony is in turmoil with its fans following its recent announcement of the discontinuation of PlayStation games in physical format (Blu-Ray disc) starting in early 2028.
Games granted under a simple usage license
A short excerpt from section 1.4 of the email: “The software is licensed to you, and not sold, can be read there. You benefit from a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable and personal license authorizing you to use or run the software for private and non-commercial purposes on the system or device for which it is intended. All rights relating to the software that are not expressly granted to you by this license remain reserved, including all intellectual property rights pertaining to the software”.
No more lending and resale: the end of the freedoms of the physical format
In other words, what you could do with a disc (resale, lending or “obtain the Software by any means other than through the distribution methods authorized by Sony”), you cannot do with its digital counterpart, which incidentally does not belong to you, since you are only granted a “right of use”.
