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Sony abused market power to overcharge UK PlayStation gamers, UK judge told

By Simon Zekaria ( March 10, 2026, 13:43 GMT | Insight) -- Sony abused its market power to overcharge UK digital gamers of the company’s PlayStation platform, a mass claimant has told a UK judge. Consumer-rights activist Alex Neill is seeking billions of pounds in damages for a class of millions of UK gamers. Sony rejects the allegations.Sony used its market heft to overcharge UK gamers through unlawfully restrictive control of the company’s digital PlayStation platform, a mass claimant told a judge at the start of a scheduled multiweek trial at the UK's Competition Appeal Tribunal Tuesday....

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