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Sony has found itself involved in many controversies in the past, most commonly consumer rights and management of digital content issues. They have included instances such as Sony BMG rootkit in 2005, where copy protection software tracked users in secret and added security holes, which were the target of lawsuits and recalls. Sony has also had run-ins with digital content access, like trying to close down the PlayStation Store on older systems and removing "forever" licenses on Funimation content, which was met with pushback and reversal.

More recently, the ~~mandatory~~ PSN account requirement mandated by Sony in Helldivers 2 and binding arbitration provisions in Crunchyroll's terms of service have been criticized as restrictive of user choice and access.

More recently, the [[wikipedia:PlayStation_Network|PlayStation Network]] (PSN) [[Forced account|account requirement]] mandated by Sony in ''Helldivers 2'' and binding arbitration provisions in Crunchyroll's terms of service have been criticized as restrictive of user choice and access.

==Incidents==

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|Sony has continued this practices without a proper response

|[[PlayStation restricts how developers can give upgrades to "PS5" editions]]

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|PlayStation dynamic prices

|2025 -ongoing

|Sony has been reportedly testing dynamic pricing on the PlayStation Store for months.

That's according to PSPrices, which claims that Sony has been running an A/B testing experiment that shows different prices to different users since November 2025.

In the first four months, the experiment grew from just 50 games in 30 regions to now over 190 games in more than 70 regions.

overall some users are paying 27% more for the same game.

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 Sony has found itself involved in many controversies in the past, most commonly consumer rights and management of digital content issues. They have included instances such as Sony BMG rootkit in 2005, where copy protection software tracked users in secret and added security holes, which were the target of lawsuits and recalls. Sony has also had run-ins with digital content access, like trying to close down the PlayStation Store on older systems and removing "forever" licenses on Funimation content, which was met with pushback and reversal.
-More recently, the mandatory PSN account requirement mandated by Sony in Helldivers 2 and binding arbitration provisions in Crunchyroll's terms of service have been criticized as restrictive of user choice and access.
+More recently, the [[wikipedia:PlayStation_Network|PlayStation Network]] (PSN) [[Forced account|account requirement]] mandated by Sony in ''Helldivers 2'' and binding arbitration provisions in Crunchyroll's terms of service have been criticized as restrictive of user choice and access.
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 |Sony has continued this practices without a proper response
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+|PlayStation dynamic prices
+|2025 -ongoing
+|Sony has been reportedly testing dynamic pricing on the PlayStation Store for months.
+That's according to PSPrices, which claims that Sony has been running an A/B testing experiment that shows different prices to different users since November 2025.
+In the first four months, the experiment grew from just 50 games in 30 regions to now over 190 games in more than 70 regions.
+overall some users are paying 27% more for the same game.
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