UK PlayStation Store to Remove 551 StudioCanal Titles From Libraries on September 1
The removal reinforces that digital video purchases on PlayStation are not permanent ownership, a point previously demonstrated in 2023 when Discovery content was pulled from US libraries.
Reporting from 1 sources: Game Spark.
The UK PlayStation Store will remove 551 StudioCanal video titles, including Terminator 2 and Total Recall, from purchasers' libraries on September 1 due to licensing agreements. The move affects content bought before the store's video sales and rental services ended in 2021, and has drawn user complaints about losing access to purchased digital movies.
The UK PlayStation Store will remove 551 StudioCanal video titles from purchasers' libraries on September 1, 2026, due to licensing agreements. The affected content includes films such as Terminator 2 and Total Recall. Although PlayStation ended video sales and rental services in August 2021, purchased content had remained viewable until now. The notification was first reported by user somatyk on X on June 25 and later amplified by Culture Crave. PlayStation's official UK website published the full list of titles to be removed. Many users on X expressed frustration, with some arguing that purchased digital content should be refunded. This is not the first such removal: in 2023, Discovery content was removed from US PlayStation Store libraries on December 31.
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