Authorities have already taken notice of Sony's choice to phase out support for physical PlayStation games. Mexican deputy Irais Reyes and Senator Luis Donaldo Colosio backed a complaint filed with the country's National Antitrust Commission, arguing the shift to digital-only releases could tilt the market toward a monopoly.
Their concern is blunt: once physical copies vanish, Sony would hold far more sway over price and distribution, and consumers would lose resale rights. Put another way (i.e., their point): people pay full price but may only get a limited access license, not true ownership — a distinction the politicians say matters legally and practically.
They pointed to past incidents as warning signs, e.g., digital content removed from PlayStation services (movies among the examples), and the shutdowns of the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita stores, which left parts of those libraries unavailable for new purchases. For critics, those closures are not abstract risks but concrete precedents.