Month: July 2022

Judge dismisses lawsuit over alleged “monopoly pricing” on PlayStation Store

Monopoly arguments are “viable,” but missing revenue details scuttle case for now.

Judge dismisses lawsuit over alleged “monopoly pricing” on PlayStation Store

A judge has dismissed a class action lawsuit that argued Sony was abusing its monopoly power in the digital PlayStation games market. But the dismissal leaves room for an amended complaint with additional factual context to move forward with the same "viable" antitrust arguments.

The lawsuit, originally filed last May, hinged on Sony's 2019 decision to stop allowing physical and online retailers from selling digital download codes for games on the PSN store (as Nintendo and Microsoft still allow). That decision was "specifically intended to and did eliminate price competition from other digital video game retailers," the lawsuit alleged, forcing players "to pay a higher price for digital PlayStation games than they would in a free and unrestrained competitive retail market."

But in a ruling filed last week (as noted by Bloomberg Law), Northern California District Judge Richard Seeborg wrote that the class action plaintiffs didn't provide "sufficient factual detail" that Sony "voluntarily terminated a profitable practice" in removing the retail download codes.

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Mobile Pixels Geminos dual-screen monitor has two 24 inch displays stacked vertically (crowdfunding)

Mobile Pixels has been making portable displays including models designed to give your laptop a second (or third) screen for a few years. Now the company is taking aim at the desktop display market. The new Geminos dual-screen display is a set of two …

Mobile Pixels has been making portable displays including models designed to give your laptop a second (or third) screen for a few years. Now the company is taking aim at the desktop display market. The new Geminos dual-screen display is a set of two 24 inch screens stacked one atop the other, with a hinge in […]

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Acer Swift X 14 inch laptop now available with Intel Alder Lake-P and NVIDIA graphics

The Acer Swift X (SFX14-51G) is a thin and light notebook with a 14 inch, 2240 x 1400 pixel display, a 28-watt Intel Alder Lake-P processor, and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 30 series discrete graphics. First announced in January, the new Acer Swift X is now av…

The Acer Swift X (SFX14-51G) is a thin and light notebook with a 14 inch, 2240 x 1400 pixel display, a 28-watt Intel Alder Lake-P processor, and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 30 series discrete graphics. First announced in January, the new Acer Swift X is now available for $1200 and up. The starting price is for […]

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