‘Sony essentially destroys its own defense’: How its disc-free PS5 plan triggered a $457M lawsuit and undercut its antitrust defense
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"‘Sony essentially destroys its own defense’: How its disc-free PS5 plan triggered a $457M lawsuit and undercut its antitrust defense" is generating significant coverage in the Technology category, with 3 articles from 3 distinct sources tracked by PULSE so far.
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Coverage (3)
- Death of Console Discs Pushes Gamers to PC TechPowerUp · 45d ago
- Sony Is Going All-Digital—But Investors Should Watch This Instead Yahoo Finance · 45d ago
- Insider Sale: President and CEO of $SONY Sells 225,000 Shares Quiver Quantitative · 45d ago
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