Sony unceremoniously announced that it would be deleting 551 movies from PlayStation customers' accounts in the U.K.: no apologies, no refunds, just a cold reminder that the only thing bought was a revokable license to access "content." The wipe is the result of Sony's deal with movie distributor StudioCanal ending.
So much for that slogan there, "play has no limits." Movies affected include Terminator 2: Judgment Day, Total Recall, The Deer Hunter, Bridget Jones's Diary, Hot Fuzz and From Dusk Till Dawn. This isn't the first time Sony has removed purchased media from customers' libraries, either.
Players will recall that in December 2023, Sony announced that PlayStation owners would eventually lose access to all their purchased Discovery TV shows, sparking widespread concern. The company offered no refunds, but did extend the deadline for content removal after intense backlash.
The removals take effect Sept. 1. Sony did not respond to media inquiries from outlets including Kotaku and The A.V. Club.
The StudioCanal catalog includes many otherwise hard-to-find French-language titles and series such as Versailles and Baron Noir. The company removed 314 titles from German accounts and 137 from Austrian accounts on Aug. 31, 2022, citing the same licensing rationale, per Video Games Chronicle.
