Sony has written to fans to warn them that hundreds of movies will be deleted from their PlayStation library later this year, even though they’ve been purchased. 

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In an email to fans, Sony explained that “due to our content licensing arrangements, you will no longer be able to watch any of your previously purchased Studio Canal content and the content will be removed from your video library as of September 1, 2026.” 

More than 550 movies will be affected, including Pan’s Labyrinth, Day Of The Dead, Paddington, Rambo: First Blood and Train To Busan. You can check out the full list here. 

this is exactly why people still like to buy physical copies of films and games. Otherwise you don’t own anything, all you own is a digital license that can be revoked at any time https://t.co/chee7mq3Ah

— Tom Warren (@tomwarren) June 27, 2026

It comes as several indie gaming stores are choosing to boycott the release of Grand Theft Auto 6 due to Rockstar’s decision to sell copies of the game with just a digital download code in the box instead of a physical disc. “When we started LBG, it was out of a love for our favourite form of media, gaming, as well as the preservation of said media. If a product can’t honour the people who pay their hard earned money to purchase it, then we have no business trying to sell it to our customers whom we value above anything else,” wrote Loot Box Gaming on X. 

“I would be fine with licenses if they were priced like rentals. But they’re priced like the physical media. We need to stop buying,” one fan wrote on Reddit. 

“I love how digital buyers pretend others are crazy for wanting to own physical media. It’s not even the the first time something like this happens, companies fuck over digital media ‘owners’ regularly,” added another. “If buying is not owning then piracy isn’t stealing,” said a third.

In other news, Phoebe Bridgers returned with her first new music in four years last week – and the music video features a RuneScape easter egg.