Sony Halts PS5 and PlayStation Store Sales In Russia Over War
Sony Halts PS5 and PlayStation Store Sales In Russia Over War
Sony announced today that it is officially ending the sale of PlayStation products, including the PS5 and PS5. Gran Turismo 7in Russia after the war with Ukraine. This happens after similar solutions from other major gaming companies, including Microsoft, Activision Blizzard, and EA.
“Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) joins the global community in calling for peace in Ukraine,” the company said in a statement today. “We have suspended all deliveries of software and hardware, launch Gran Turismo 7and operation of the PlayStation Store in Russia”. The company also said it would donate $2 million to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and Save the Children to “support the victims of this tragedy.”
Sony’s decision
Sony’s decision follows a wave of gaming boycotts against Russia, whose invasion of Ukraine has reportedly killed over 400 civilians at the moment starting last week with CD Projekt Red, developer The Witcher 3. On March 2, less than a week after the start of the invasion, First Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine Mikhail Fedorov invoked on both Xbox and PlayStation ban users from Russia. A few days later, Microsoft responded by announcing a ban on the sales of new products and services in the country. Activision Blizzard, EA, Ubisoft, and others have followed suit.
Earlier today, Nintendo announced that it was postponing the release of the game indefinitely. Advance Wars 1+2: New boot camp in connection with “recent world events” and said Kotaku in the statement, he wanted to “express concern for all those affected by the conflict.”
The war has already brought more than 2 million refugees to leave Ukraine as well as Polygon reports that some of the game developers in the country have volunteered to fight Russian troops. Apart from big companies like Sega and Koei Tecmo donations for humanitarian working developers have put together a “Set for Ukraine” in the itch.io game store, which includes nearly 1,000 games for just $10. The package raised over $1.6 million on only the first day.
