Sony: Difference between revisions
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|Sony have restricted how and what developers can offer people upgrading from a PS4 edition to a PS5 edition of a game post launch. | |Sony have restricted how and what developers can offer people upgrading from a PS4 edition to a PS5 edition of a game post launch. | ||
|Sony has continued this practices without a proper response | |Sony has continued this practices without a proper response | ||
|[[PlayStation restricts how developers can give upgrades to "PS5" editions]] | |[[PlayStation restricts how developers can give upgrades to "PS5" editions]] | ||
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|PlayStation Lease with Flex | |||
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|Unlike traditional installment purchases that lead to eventual ownership, Flex and other leasing models do not result in the consumer owning the console outright. Once the contract term ends, the hardware must be returned regardless of payments already made, or the consumer must enter a separate purchase negotiation. If payments stop early, the consumer loses access to the device without having worked toward ownership | |||
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*Playstation | *Playstation Unlike traditional installment purchases that lead to eventual ownership, Flex and other leasing models do not result in the consumer owning the console outright. Once the contract term ends, the hardware must be returned regardless of payments already made, or the consumer must enter a separate purchase negotiation. If payments stop early, the consumer loses access to the device without having worked toward ownership1 | ||
*Playstation 2 | *Playstation 2 | ||
*Playstation 3 | *Playstation 3 | ||