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Sony PlayStation policy changes, Marvel Tokon issues

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Sony PlayStation restrictions, disc phase‑out, policy changes, Marvel Tokon issues

Sony will delete remove 551 StudioCanal‑licensed movies and series from PlayStation Store accounts in the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Slovakia, Italy, Spain and other EU markets on 1 September 2026, offering no refunds and treating digital purchases as licences that can be withdrawn when rights contracts end. The company also clarified its EU idle‑account policy: after three consecutive years of no login, a warning email is sent and users have a six‑month grace period to reactivate; failure results in permanent closure of the profile and loss of all digitally purchased games, DLC, cloud saves and subscriptions. The measure complies with GDPR and does not apply to U.S. accounts. Physical production of new PlayStation games will cease from early 2028, moving all future releases to digital download only. Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls launched on 6 August 2026 for PlayStation 5 and PC (Steam, Epic Games Store) in Standard, Digital Deluxe and Ultimate editions. The title quickly rose in sales rankings, becoming the second‑best‑selling paid game on Steam and ranking sixth among pre‑ordered titles on the Portuguese PlayStation Store. Early reviews highlighted praised its shared‑lifebar mechanic, fast‑paced 4v4 tag‑team combat and deep team synergy. A day‑one patch for the The PC version addressed performance complaints, adding CPU‑load reductions, anti‑aliasing options and input‑lag mitigation. Following launch, PC players reported suffered severe performance problems, including problems: micro‑stutters, high CPU load, launch failures failures, anti‑cheat‑induced black‑screen windows and incompatibility with Linux, Steam Deck and other handhelds, which affected online matches with frame‑rate drops Deck, OBS and input lag. Discord. On Steam the game holds a 43 % positive rating from over a thousand reviews. Arc System Works issued an expanded day‑one a launch‑day patch that further reduced CPU usage, smoothed frame‑time spikes, improved shader warm‑up, compilation and added anti‑aliasing controls, controls. An expanded patch later fixed overlay‑related slowdowns (OBS, Discord), and corrected overlay slowdowns, input‑lag bugs and monitor‑switching issues. PS5 users were advised to disable cross‑play to avoid lag‑affected PC opponents.

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  1. 2026-08-07 18:35 UTC Sony PlayStation policy changes, Marvel Tokon issues
  2. 2026-08-07 10:05 UTC Sony PlayStation restrictions, disc phase‑out, Marvel Tokon
  3. 2026-08-06 21:05 UTC Sony PlayStation restrictions, disc phase‑out, Marvel Tokon
  4. 2026-08-06 15:24 UTC Sony PlayStation restrictions and disc phase‑out
  5. 2026-08-04 12:03 UTC Sony PlayStation digital restrictions and disc phase‑out
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