Sony to take purchased StudioCanal movies offline from PlayStation Store

Sony announces that from August 31, some of the films purchased in the past through the German and Austrian PlayStation Store will be removed from its library of users. Even if users have bought the film.

Sony has announced the removal of StudioCanal’s films on the German and Austrian Playstation website. The announcements mention dozens of movies that will disappear from the library of users in the two countries. It concerns films such as Django, the Saw series and The Hunger Games.

Sony cites as the reason for taking the films offline that the license agreement with StudioCanal ends. It is not clear whether this will also happen for PlayStation customers in other countries. It is the first time that purchased films are also removed from the library of PlayStation customers.

Earlier, the company announced that it would stop selling and renting films through the PlayStation Store. Sony assured users at the time that films already purchased would remain available in users’ library. At least for German and Austrian customers, that will now change.