The gaming industry has had to tackle this issue several times before such as when the PlayStation Network was compromised and more recently when there were worries about how the Xbox One could monitor its users. At E3, some held Sony up as the opposite side of the coin, supporting consumer rights and options.
With just two days to go until the PlayStation 4 hits it has now been revealed that Sony might not be the paragon of consumer advocacy that some held it up as.
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In Sony’s Software Usage Terms it is asked:
“Are we monitoring PSN?
Yes but we can’t monitor all PSN activity and we make no commitment to do so. However, we reserve the right in our sole discretion to monitor and record any or all of your PSN activity and to remove any of your UGM at our sole discretion, without further notice to you.”
While many people fly past terms of services without a glance, they can be full of these kinds of stipulations. For the moment, this seems to be an exclusive policy for the PlayStation 4 as other consoles don’t seem to have put this kind of condition into their customer agreement.
