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The PlayStation is a line of consoles developed by Sony.
Consumer-impact summary
Overview of concerns that arise from the conduct towards users of the product (if applicable):
- User Freedom
- User Privacy
- Business Model
- Market Control
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Incidents
This is a list of all consumer-protection incidents this company is involved in. Any incidents not mentioned here can be found in the PlayStation category.
PlayStation restricts how developers can give upgrades to "PS5" editions
- Main article: PlayStation restricts how developers can give upgrades to "PS5" editions
Sony have restricted how and what developers can offer people upgrading from a PS4 edition to a PS5 edition of a game post launch.
Hardware bans from online services
- Main article: Sony Playstation hardware bans from online services
Often, Sony has banned consoles from playing online to the point where it is baked into the hardware, making you have to replace the hardware to get unbanned.
Products
This is a list of the company's product lines with articles on this wiki.
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See also
Digital rights management
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