Sony and Nintendo update gaming subscription auto-renewals after UK investigation
by Jay Peters from The Verge - All Posts on (#5Y587)
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Sony and Nintendo are making changes to their gaming subscriptions in the UK after working with a regulator in the country (via Engadget). The UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has raised concerns about how people may be charged for subscriptions indefinitely until they proactively end them, which could mean they're paying for services they don't use.
For PlayStation Plus, Sony has agreed to put in place measures to protect customers who haven't used their memberships for a long time but are still paying," the CMA said. Sony will contact these customers to remind them how to stop payments and, if they continue not to use their memberships, Sony will ultimately stop taking further payments." We've reached out to Sony to ask...