Playstation.com Website Terms of Use

Terms of Use

Welcome to the PlayStation® family of web sites. These Terms of Use apply to www.playstation.com, all official sites for games published or operated by Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC, Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc., Sony Interactive Entertainment Network Europe Limited, or their respective subsidiaries  (collectively, “SIE”  or “we” or “us” or “our”), and any other sites operated by us, or that link to these Terms of Use, (collectively “Sites”).

• Please read these Terms of Use carefully before using our Sites. Please refer to Appendix A regarding the Sites’ operating entity, governing law, and enforcement of rights, depending on your geographic location.
• By using these Sites, you accept these Terms of Use.
• Don’t forget that you are legally obligated to these Terms of Use as well as to any other agreements, terms and rules that we tell you apply to your use of our Sites.
• Please don’t use our Sites if you don’t agree to these Terms of Use. SIE and its representatives and agents that assist in operating our Sites reserve the right to temporarily or permanently disable access to our Sites for anyone who violates these Terms of Use. We may disable access to our Sites at our discretion without notice. Please refer to Appendix A for geographic notice requirements where, and if applicable.
• SIE at its sole discretion may modify these Terms of Use at any time by updating the contents of this page without any prior notice. You are responsible for reviewing these Terms of Use each time you use our Sites. By using our Sites, you agree to be bound by the current Terms of Use. A printable copy of these Terms of Use is available at https://www.playstation.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/.
• In addition to these Terms of Use, use of our Sites may also be subject to the terms and conditions particular to such Site. In the event that any of the terms, conditions, and/or notices contained in these Terms of Use conflict with the terms and conditions particular to such Site, then the terms and conditions particular to such Site shall prevail and govern such Site.

1. ABILITY TO ACCEPT TERMS OF USE

These Terms of Use form a legally binding contract between you and us. By using our Sites, you affirm that you are at least the legal age of majority in the jurisdiction in which you reside, an emancipated minor or possess legal parental or guardian consent, and are fully able and competent to enter into the terms, conditions, obligations, representations and responsibilities set forth in these Terms of Use, and to abide by and comply with these Terms of Use.

 2. ACCOUNT AND NON-ACCOUNT USERS

You do not need an account for PlayStation to view our Sites. However, if you already have an account for PlayStation or if you create one, you will have access to more of the features on our Sites, as well as, subject to country or region availability, access to the PlayStation online community, which allows you to play games online, and buy content and services like new levels for your favorite games.  Find out more about PlayStation products and services here.

If you create an account for PlayStation, you will need to agree to a separate PlayStation Terms of Service Agreement.

 3. OWNERSHIP OF CONTENT ON SITES

Everything on or used in connection with our Sites, including text, images, graphics, logos, audio and video content, and software (collectively, “Content” or “PlayStation Content”) is owned by us or our affiliates, licensors (including other Site users) or suppliers. You may not modify, publish, transmit, participate in the transfer or sale of, create derivative works of, or in any way exploit any of the Content (including Content that our Sites enable you to download or save) without our express permission.

Here’s what permission we give you to use the Content. We give you permission to use the Content to surf and view our Sites, which means displaying or loading the Content on your device in connection with typical web browsing activity. And we give you permission to use the Content for your personal, non-commercial uses. You do not have our permission to distribute the Content, publicly display it, charge any fee for it, use it to create your own website, construct a database with it or replicate our Sites or any parts of them elsewhere. We intend these only as examples and not as an exhaustive list of things you can’t do with our Content.

Regardless of the permissions we give you to use the Content, we or our affiliates, licensors or suppliers remain the sole owner of all the Content, and you do not acquire any ownership rights in the Content by assembling, creating files, downloading or saving any of it. If we have included an author attribution, a trademark or copyright notice or other legal notices on the Content, you should not remove or alter any of these.

 4. USER GENERATED CONTENT

Some of our Sites may have tools that allow users to communicate with the public, or other users, and to create, post, upload, distribute, and otherwise share  content and information, for and in connection with our Sites, including but not limited to images, videos, text (reviews and comments) and other information or materials (collectively, “User Generated Content”).

You understand that by submitting User Generated Content to our sites, you are participating in a public forum, and your content will be available to any visitors of our sites. We reserve the right to moderate User Generated Content in accordance with our Privacy Policy, PlayStation Terms of Service , Code of Conduct, and PlayStation Ratings and Reviews Policy. We do not make any promises about the accuracy, integrity, or quality of User Generated Content and do not endorse it in any manner.

All User Generated Content made available on our Sites is the sole responsibility of the person (you) who provided it, and you warrant that it is accurate and will not infringe or otherwise violate the personal or intellectual property rights of, or defame any third party, and you have, or shall obtain any and all necessary consents, permissions and releases from third parties in connection with the User Generated Content. You voluntarily waive all moral rights that you may have to the User Generated Content by posting it to our sites, and grant to us a non-exclusive license, without compensation to you, to use the User Generated Content, including your PlayStation profile information, in connection thereto. You understand that your User Generated Content may be utilized and distributed by us in promotional and marketing materials, in a variety of mediums, social channels, and spaces either now in existence or that may be developed in the future.

5. YOUR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

Just as we require users of our Sites to respect our intellectual property and those of our affiliates, licensors and business partners, we respect the intellectual property of others. If you believe in good faith that your intellectual property has been used on our Sites without authorization in a way that constitutes infringement, you may report infringement here or email SIE-copyright@sony.com.

6. CONDUCT ON OUR SITES

All users are expected to engage in reasonable, common-sense conduct when using our Sites in compliance with the PlayStation Code of Conduct. You may not misuse our Sites, including by attempting to interfere with, disrupt, damage, hack, reverse engineer, modify, exploit bugs, glitches, vulnerabilities or unintentional mechanics of, or introduce viruses, worms, spyware, time bombs, or other potentially damaging computer programs into our Sites. You may not engage in conduct that could interfere with or disrupt other users’ use of our Sites or infringe the legal rights of others. You may not provide us or our affiliates or any third-party company with false or inaccurate information, including reporting false complaints to our or our affiliates' consumer services. You may not engage in conduct that violates any local, state or federal laws in connection with our Sites.

7. REPORTING ABUSE

To report violations of these Terms of Use visit playstation.com/support or use the moderation tools that may be available on the Site where the conduct is occurring.

 8. INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDERS

We are not associated with any Internet service providers, including hotspot operators (collectively, “ISPs”). We are not responsible for any fees, damages or injury arising from or related to your use of ISP services. When you access the Internet, you are providing information directly to the ISP and not to us. This information is collected by the ISP and is not shared with us. Before accessing the Internet, you should carefully read the ISP’s user agreement, terms and conditions and privacy policy.

 9. LINKING POLICY

If you link to our Sites from another website: (1) the link must not damage, dilute or tarnish the goodwill associated with any SIE name or entity; (2) the link must not create the false appearance that the other website is sponsored by, endorsed by, affiliated with or associated with SIE; (3) the linked website may not “frame” or alter our Sites in any way; and (4) the linked website may not be unlawful, abusive, indecent or obscene, promote violence or illegal acts, be libelous, defamatory or otherwise deemed inappropriate, as determined by us in our sole discretion; and (5) the linked website may not display our Content, including any of our logos, to create a link, without our prior written consent. We reserve the right to withdraw linking permission without notice.

Our Sites may allow you to link to third-party websites. Just because third-party website links (“Linked Sites”) exists on our Sites does not mean that we have evaluated the Linked Sites. Those Linked Sites do not belong to us, and we have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, accuracy, usefulness, safety, privacy policies or practices of those Linked Sites. By using our Sites, you expressly relieve SIE of all liability arising from your use of any Linked Sites. Access to the Linked Sites shall be at your own risk. Nothing contained in these Terms shall be interpreted as a recommendation and/or endorsement by SIE of the contents of the Linked Sites and any products and/or services appearing on and/or provided through such Linked Sites. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to constitute a partnership or the like between the operators of the Linked Sites and SIE.

 10. NO TEXT MINING, DATA MINING or AI TRAINING

You shall not conduct, facilitate, authorize or permit any text or data mining or web scraping in relation to our site or any services provided via, or in relation to, our site for any purpose, including the development, training, fine-tuning or validation of AI systems or models. This includes using (or permitting, authorizing or attempting the use of):

• Any "robot", "bot", "spider", "scraper" or other automated device, program, tool, algorithm, code, process or methodology to access, obtain, copy, monitor or republish any portion of our site or any data, content, information or services accessed via the same; and
• Any automated analytical technique aimed at analyzing text and data in digital form to generate information or develop, train, fine-tune or validate AI systems or models which includes but is not limited to patterns, trends and correlations.

The provisions in this clause should be treated as an express reservation of our rights in this regard, including for the purposes of Article 4(3) of the Digital Copyright Directive (EU) 2019/790.

This clause will not apply only to the extent that we are unable to exclude or limit text or data mining or web scraping activity by contract under the laws which are applicable to SIE.

 11. SWEEPSTAKES, CONTESTS AND PROMOTIONS

From time to time, our Sites may provide information about sweepstakes, contests or promotions that may be governed by a separate set of rules and may also have eligibility requirements. You must read those rules to determine whether or not your participation, registration, or entry will be valid and to determine all other applicable requirements.

 12. WARRANTY DISCLAIMER

Your use of our Sites is at your sole risk. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, SIE and its officers, directors, shareholders, members, employees, representatives, and agents disclaim all warranties, express or implied, including the implied warranties and conditions of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose and non-infringement, in connection with our Sites and your use of them. SIE makes no warranties or representations about the accuracy, completeness or operation of our Sites. SIE does not warrant, endorse, guarantee, or assume responsibility for any product or service advertised or offered by a third-party through our Sites, for any third party advertisements, promotions, product placements, or marketing materials, or for any hyperlinked website or feature in any banner or other advertising. SIE will not be a party to or in any way responsible for monitoring any transaction between you and third-party providers of products or services.

13. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

As a consumer, you may have rights under applicable local laws that cannot be excluded, limited or changed.  These Terms of Use do not in any way limit your rights granted by consumer protection laws.  Please see Appendix A for more information. This limitation of liability applies to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law.

Subject to the foregoing, in no event will SIE and its officers, directors, employees, shareholders, members, representatives or agents be liable to you for any direct, indirect, incidental, special, punitive or consequential damages whatsoever resulting from any (a) mistakes or inaccuracies or alterations of content on our Sites, (b) personal injury or property damage of any nature whatsoever resulting from your access to and use of our Sites, (c) unauthorized access to or use of our secure servers, (d) interruption or the cessation of transmission to or from our Sites, (e) bugs, viruses, trojan horses or the like that may be transmitted to or through our Sites; or (f) errors or omissions in any content or for any loss or damage of any kind incurred as a result of your use of any content posted, emailed, transmitted or made available via our Sites, whether based on warranty, contract, tort or any other legal theory and whether or not the company is advised of the possibility of such damages.

14. INDEMNITY

You agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless SIE and its officers, directors, employees, shareholders, members, representatives, and agents, and any other parties with whom SIE may contract to provide our Sites, from and against all claims, actions, suits, costs, liabilities, judgments, obligations, losses, penalties, fines, forfeitures, expenses or damages (including reasonable legal fees and expenses) of any kind and nature imposed on, incurred by or asserted against SIE arising out of your breach or alleged breach of any representation, warranty, covenant or obligation pursuant to these Terms of Use.

We reserve the right to take over the exclusive defense of any claim for which we are entitled to indemnification from you. In such event, you shall provide us with cooperation reasonably requested by us.

 15. INDEPENDENT PARTIES

You and SIE are independent parties, and nothing in these Terms of Use constitutes a partnership between or joint venture of you and SIE or makes either party the agent of the other. You may not hold yourself out contrary to the terms of this paragraph. SIE is not liable for any representation, act or omission by you contrary to the provisions of these Terms of Use.

 16. TERMINATION

SIE has the right to terminate your access to use our Sites for any reason, including for violation of these Terms of Use. If we ever terminate your access to our Sites, sections 3-8, and 12-17 of these Terms of Use will still apply to you.

17. GENERAL LEGAL

These Terms of Use take effect to the benefit of the parties, including any of our successors in interest. We have the right to assign our rights and obligations under these Terms of Use to any affiliates.

If any provision of these Terms of Use is held illegal or unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, that provision will be severed and the remainder will remain in full force and effect.

In the event of any discrepancy between the English version and any other language versions of these Terms of Use, the English version shall prevail.
 

APPENDIX A: Governing Law & Enforcement of Rights

THANKS FOR TAKING THE TIME TO READ ALL THAT LEGAL LANGUAGE. NOW GO ENJOY OUR SITES!

Last Updated March 11, 2026