Sony has been accused of blocking sales of Marvel’s Wolverine via a Brazilian website which allows the use of discount codes.

Local store The Gamer Hut, which operates within Shopee, claims that an “external” request required it to prevent the use of vouchers or cease selling the upcoming game.

“It’s important to clarify that Shopee did not create this requirement,” the retailer’s statement reads, as translated by Google.

As I understand, these coupons can be obtained independently of The Gamer Hut, and can be used across the entirety of the Shopee platform.

“To proceed with the pre-sale, we would have to agree to remove this benefit from our customers, and we do not agree to this condition,” its correspondence continues.

“Therefore, we chose to end the pre-sale of Marvel's Wolverine on Shopee, rather than prevent consumers from using a legitimate benefit offered by the platform.”

While The Gamer Hut didn’t mention Sony by name, it’s hard to imagine who else would make this request.

This is obviously a sensitive topic, because the platform holder is under fire globally for its decision to cease manufacturing physical games in 2028.

A big part of the backlash is because this would give it complete control over pricing, by eliminating used game sales and retailer discounts.

In this instance, it seems it’s not comfortable with Marvel’s Wolverine being purchased using discount codes – although I can’t imagine it’d be out of pocket here, as the cost of those would surely be attributed to the platform, in this case Shopee.

It is also worth noting that pre-orders for the upcoming action game remain available on other Brazilian retailers, like Mercado Livre – where discount codes can also be used.

[source x.com, via psxbrasil.com.br]