US Senator Demands Transparency on PlayStation Exclusivity Deals

US Senator Kevin Cramer has sent an open letter to Sony CEO Kenichiro Yoshida expressing concerns about PlayStation's "efforts to protect its gaming console business from competition." Cramer is asking Sony to send him "unredacted copies" of all agreements that provide Sony with an exclusive right to distribute a game developed by an independent publisher, including all agreements between Sony and a game publisher that prevent the publisher from distributing its games on a rival's subscription or streaming service. This letter follows other members of Congress raising concerns to the Biden administration stating Sony's business practices in Japan blocking US companies from competing and could be against US-Japan trade deals.