Sony halts gaming shipments to Russia

The ban against Russia is widening more and more, affecting even renowned high-tech products. Russians are now no longer able to purchase new Playstation consoles or games. Yes, Sony has joined a chorus of other video game companies in halting Playstation software and hardware sales in Vladimir Putin’s country as the conflict in Ukraine continues. The gaming giant, in a statement, announced that it is halting shipments of new hardware and boxed game products in the country, as well as shutting down the Playstation Store and scrapping the release of its upcoming racing game Gran Turismo 7. The Japanese technology and entertainment giant Sony Group also said that it had donated $2 million to the UN refugee agency and Save the Children “to support the victims of this tragedy.” Activision Blizzard, Electronic Arts, Epic, Take-two Interactive, and Ubisoft, among the industry’s biggest video game producers, have already declared a suspension of physical and digital game and in-game content sales in Russia. Microsoft was the first of the console manufacturers to announce that it would be discontinuing software sales in Russia, as well as suspending sales of Xbox consoles and other hardware, as part of a broader suspension of its Azure, Windows, and Office businesses there..