{"id":2014760,"date":"2026-06-27T19:57:02","date_gmt":"2026-06-27T16:57:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2014760"},"modified":"2026-06-27T19:57:02","modified_gmt":"2026-06-27T16:57:02","slug":"playstation-is-pulling-previously-purchased-digital-movies-from-users-libraries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2014760","title":{"rendered":"PlayStation is pulling &#8220;previously purchased&#8221; digital movies from users&#8217; libraries"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"article \" data-ads=\"true\" data-article-type=\"news\" data-article-group=\"news\" data-paywalled=\"false\" data-premium=\"false\" data-sponsored=\"false\" data-type=\"article\">\n<header class=\"article_header\" data-component=\"article-header\">\n<div class=\"breadcrumbs\">\n<nav class=\"nav_breadcrumbs\" data-component=\"nav-breadcrumbs\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\">\n<ul class=\"nav-links\">\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Home<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/news\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      News<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/nav><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_details\" id=\"main-content\">\n<h1 class=\"title\">PlayStation is pulling &#8220;previously purchased&#8221; digital movies from users&#8217; libraries<\/h1>\n<p class=\"strapline\">&#8220;You will no longer be able to watch any of your previously purchased Studio Canal content and the content will be removed.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_asset\">\n<figure class=\"headline_image_wrapper\">\n<p>        <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"headline_image\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/terminator-2d-t-1000.jpg?width=570&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;dpr=3&amp;auto=webp\" alt=\"Terminator 2D: No Fate screenshot showing the T-1000 wagging his figure at the camera while a fiery inferno rages around him.\" loading=\"eager\" data-uri=\"terminator-2d-t-1000.jpg\" data-lightbox width=\"570\" height=\"321\"><figcaption>\n          <span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>Bitmap Bureau\/Reef Entertainment<\/cite><\/span><br \/>\n        <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"metadata\">\n<div class=\"avatar\">\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Vikki Blake avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/1533038852.jpg?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"180\" height=\"179\"><\/p>\n<p>  <img alt=\"Vikki Blake avatar\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-uri=\"1533038852.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"180\" height=\"179\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text\">\n<div class=\"byline\">\n                  <span class=\"article_type\" data-slug=\"news\"><br \/>\n                    News<br \/>\n                  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"by\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/authors\/vikki-blake\">Vikki Blake<\/a><\/span>                    <span class=\"job_title\"><br \/>\n                      Contributor<br \/>\n                    <\/span>\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"published_at\">\nPublished on <time datetime=\"2026-06-27T19:57:02+00:00\">June 27, 2026<\/time>              <\/div>\n<div class=\"comments\">\n      <a class=\"comments__link comments-bubble\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/playstation-to-remove-studio-canal-movies-from-libraries?view=comments\" rel=\"nofollow\"><br \/>\n          6 comments<br \/>\n      <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>Sony has written to PlayStation customers to advise that hundreds of &#8220;previously purchased&#8221; digital movies previously available via its online store will &#8220;be removed&#8221; from video libraries later this year.<\/p>\n<p>In a message to players, Sony said that as of 1st September, due to &#8220;content licensing arrangements&#8221;, hundreds of Studio Canal movies \u2013 including Alan Partridge, Terminator 2, Total Recall, Evil Dead, and The Deer Hunter \u2013 will no longer be accessible.<\/p>\n<p>According to a screenshot of the email shared online, Sony didn&#8217;t even apologise to players about the situation:<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter_wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">PREVIOUSLY PURCHASED<br \/>$7.535B 2025 profit, but Sony are quite happy to shaft their customers, given half the chance. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2QVpSJ7e9D\">pic.twitter.com\/2QVpSJ7e9D<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 somatyk (@somatyk) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/somatyk\/status\/2069938884973117549?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 25, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span class=\"embed_placeholder\" data-type=\"targeting\" style=\"display: none\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"message\">To see this content please enable targeting cookies.<\/span><br \/>\n<button class=\"optanon-show-settings link\"><br \/>\nManage cookie settings<\/button><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;As of 1 September 2026 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,&#8221; the email stated, before directing players to a list of affected titles.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.playstation.com\/en-gb\/legal\/psvideocontent\/\">PlayStation website <\/a>lists every one of the 551 premium movies that will disappear from libraries in September.<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter_wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I fixed Sonys email footer to be more accurate <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/26o90UvYDl\">pic.twitter.com\/26o90UvYDl<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 thefad3done (@thefad3done) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/thefad3done\/status\/2070659511174504784?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 27, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span class=\"embed_placeholder\" data-type=\"targeting\" style=\"display: none\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"message\">To see this content please enable targeting cookies.<\/span><br \/>\n<button class=\"optanon-show-settings link\"><br \/>\nManage cookie settings<\/button><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<p>While many unhappy players in the comments are raging against the decision, the unceremonious rug-pull can happen at any time with almost all digital products across almost all devices \u2013 the details are usually buried in the terms and conditions you agree to each time you &#8220;purchase&#8221; a digital product.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s because of this that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/gta-6-everything-we-know-so-far-9357\">GTA 6<\/a> players are incredibly disappointed that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/gta-6-no-physical-release\">there may never be a physical disc version of Grand Theft Auto 6<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"preferred-source\" data-component=\"preferred-source\">\nLove Eurogamer.net? Make us a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\">Preferred Source on Google<\/a> and catch more of our coverage in your feeds.  <\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>Sony has written to PlayStation customers to advise that hundreds of &#8220;previously purchased&#8221; digital movies previously available via its online store will &#8220;be removed&#8221; from video libraries later this year.<\/p>\n<p>In a message to players, Sony said that as of 1st September, due to &#8220;content licensing arrangements&#8221;, hundreds of Studio Canal movies \u2013 including Alan Partridge, Terminator 2, Total Recall, Evil Dead, and The Deer Hunter \u2013 will no longer be accessible.<\/p>\n<p>According to a screenshot of the email shared online, Sony didn&#8217;t even apologise to players about the situation:<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter_wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">PREVIOUSLY PURCHASED<br \/>$7.535B 2025 profit, but Sony are quite happy to shaft their customers, given half the chance. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2QVpSJ7e9D\">pic.twitter.com\/2QVpSJ7e9D<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 somatyk (@somatyk) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/somatyk\/status\/2069938884973117549?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 25, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span class=\"embed_placeholder\" data-type=\"targeting\" style=\"display: none\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"message\">To see this content please enable targeting cookies.<\/span><br \/>\n<button class=\"optanon-show-settings link\"><br \/>\nManage cookie settings<\/button><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;As of 1 September 2026 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,&#8221; the email stated, before directing players to a list of affected titles.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.playstation.com\/en-gb\/legal\/psvideocontent\/\">PlayStation website <\/a>lists every one of the 551 premium movies that will disappear from libraries in September.<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter_wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I fixed Sonys email footer to be more accurate <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/26o90UvYDl\">pic.twitter.com\/26o90UvYDl<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 thefad3done (@thefad3done) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/thefad3done\/status\/2070659511174504784?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 27, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span class=\"embed_placeholder\" data-type=\"targeting\" style=\"display: none\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"message\">To see this content please enable targeting cookies.<\/span><br \/>\n<button class=\"optanon-show-settings link\"><br \/>\nManage cookie settings<\/button><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<p>While many unhappy players in the comments are raging against the decision, the unceremonious rug-pull can happen at any time with almost all digital products across almost all devices \u2013 the details are usually buried in the terms and conditions you agree to each time you &#8220;purchase&#8221; a digital product.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s because of this that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/gta-6-everything-we-know-so-far-9357\">GTA 6<\/a> players are incredibly disappointed that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/gta-6-no-physical-release\">there may never be a physical disc version of Grand Theft Auto 6<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home News PlayStation is pulling &#8220;previously purchased&#8221; digital movies from users&#8217; libraries &#8220;You will no longer be able to watch any of your previously purchased Studio Canal content and the content will be removed.&#8221; Image credit: Bitmap Bureau\/Reef Entertainment News by Vikki Blake Contributor Published on June 27, 2026 6 comments Sony has written to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[226,253],"class_list":["post-2014760","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-crawlmanager","tag-eurogamer-net"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2014760","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2014760"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2014760\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2014760"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2014760"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2014760"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}