EU says it can't stop Sony from ending physical PlayStation game releases
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A hot potato: Hopes that the EU could force Sony to abandon its plans to stop making new games on discs have faded. An EU commissioner said that companies are "free" to make games in whatever way they want, including killing off physical media and offering them in download-only formas.
Michael McGrath, the European Commissioner for Democracy, Justice, the Rule of Law and Consumer Protection, was asked whether the bloc could intervene in Sony's controversial move toward an all-digital future.
McGrath said the issue comes down to commercial and contractual freedoms.
"Companies are free to offer games and services in the manner that they see fit, provided that consumer rights are fully protected," he told reporters at the European Parliament in Strasbourg.
It seems that the EU's famously tough stance on technology companies...
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