PlayStation users are treated like renters but charged like owners, say Mexican politicians amid complaint filed against Sony over physical games

Mexican federal deputy Iraís Reyes and senator Luis Donaldo Colosio back a complaint filed against Sony with the country's National Antitrust Commission following the news that PlayStation will end support for physical games.

A joint Instagram statement from Colosio and Reyes describes the complaint (thanks, RespawnFirst). The pair accuses PlayStation of charging customers for ownership but only offering renting rights (per DeepL translation).

The pair focuses on Sony's January 2028 deadline for physical games support, suggesting that locking new games to the PlayStation Store thereafter will create monopolistic conditions that give Sony unprecedented control over pricing and access while eliminating the resale market, forcing consumers to pay whatever price is set.

"And what you buy digitally isn't yours," the statement adds (again, machine translated), citing the recent removal of hundreds of digitally owned movies from PlayStation accounts. Colosio and Reyes also point to the pending shutdown of the PS3 and PlayStation Vita stores, which will end new purchases for digital games in those libraries.

"You pay the price of an owner. They give you the rights of a renter," the translated post concludes.

Sony's decision has already drawn legal scrutiny, and will surely face more in the coming years. Last month, a commissioner said the EU can't stop Sony from ending physical games, on the grounds that "companies are free to offer games and services in the manner that they see fit."

PlayStation is getting "most" of Sony's estimated $508 million tariff refund, but despite lawsuits there are no apparent plans to give refunds for price-hiked PS5s.