Inkantolo yase-Australia iyalele u-Sony ukuthi akhokhe u-$2,4 million ngokwenqaba ukubuyisela imali yemidlalo ku-PS Store.

I-Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) iwinile impi yezomthetho ngokumelene nesigaba saseYurophu seSony Interactive Entertainment, waqala ngoMeyi 2019. Le nkampani izokhokha inhlawulo yezigidi ezingu-2,4 zamaRandi (amaRandi ayizigidi ezingu-3,5 zamaRandi) ngokwenqaba ukubuyisela imali yemidlalo enokukhubazeka ezakhamuzini ezine zezwe.

Inkampani yenqabile ukubuyisela abadlali abane base-Australia ngemidlalo enephutha, icaphuna imithetho ye-PlayStation Store. Ngokuvumelana nabo, ungabuyisela imali yomdlalo kuphela phakathi nezinsuku eziyi-14 kusukela ngedethi yokuthenga, uma ingakalandwa. I-ACCC yafakazela enkantolo ukuthi izimo ezinjalo zephula umthetho wase-Australia.

Ngokukasihlalo we-ACCC u-Rod Sims, abathengi banelungelo lokuthola imali yento yedijithali ngemva kwezinsuku ezingu-14 noma "esinye isikhathi esichazwe isitolo noma umthuthukisi" ngemva kokuqeda umsebenzi, okuhlanganisa ngemva kokulanda. Ngaphezu kwalokho, uSims usole u-Sony ngokudukisa abadlali. Abasebenzi be-PlayStation Store batshele omunye wabo ukuthi akanalo ilungelo lokubuyisela ngaphandle “kwemvume kanjiniyela,” kanti omunye wanikezwa uhlobo lwemali olubonakalayo esikhundleni semali yangempela.

"Izimangalo ze-Sony zingamanga futhi azihambisani nomthetho wabathengi base-Australia," kusho uSims. — Abathengi banelungelo lokuthola umkhiqizo osezingeni eliphezulu ozothatha indawo yowonakele, imali esetshenziswe ekuthengeni kwawo, noma isevisi yokulungisa izinkinga. Azikwazi ukumane ziqondiswe kabusha kunjiniyela walowo mkhiqizo. Ngaphezu kwalokho, ukubuyiselwa kwemali kufanele kwenziwe ngemali yangempela uma ukuthenga kwenziwe ngendlela efanayo, ngaphandle kwalapho umthengi ngokwakhe efisa ukuthola imali ebonakalayo.”

Phakathi kuka-Okthoba 2017 noMeyi 2019, imithetho ye-PlayStation Store yathi i-Sony ayinikezi abasebenzisi noma yiziphi iziqinisekiso ezihlobene “nekhwalithi, ukusebenza, noma ukusebenza” kwemidlalo yedijithali ethengiwe. U-Sims uphinde wabiza izimo ezinjalo ezingekho emthethweni. Ubalule ukuthi imithetho efanayo kufanele isebenze ezimpahleni zedijithali njengalezo ezingokwenyama.

Ngo-2016 ACCC iwinile Izinyathelo ezifanayo ngokumelene ne-Valve, eyaqala ngo-2014, lapho i-Steam ingakabi nesistimu yokubuyisela imali. Le nkampani yahlawuliswa u-$2 million. I-Valve yakhalaza kabili, kodwa zombili zenqatshwa (okwesibili kwaba kwenzeka ngo-2018). Juni 1, 2020 ikhomishini kumenyezelwe ukuthi inkantolo yaphoqa iketango lokudayisa i-EB Games Australia ukuthi libuyisele imali kumakhasimende fallout 76.

Source: 3dnews.ru