PlayStation Is Deleting Terminator 2 And 550 Other Movies

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John Walker

Published June 26, 2026

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Arnie looking pretty pissed off. © Studio Canal

Sony is contacting PlayStation Store users who bought movies from the platform that were distributed by StudioCanal—like Terminator 2, Total Recall, and Confessions of a Dangerous Mind—to say that "you will no longer be able to access your previously purchased content from Studio Canal, and it will be removed from your video library." There’s no mention of any refunds or make-goods for the affected users. Sony simply says the films are going away "due to our content licensing agreements," once again reaffirming the fact that you are never truly buying anything that’s digital, just temporarily renting it.<br>This news was brought to people’s attention by X user somatyk, who posted the notification they had received from PlayStation this week. Along with the unapologetic news that the purchased movies would be deleted from their account on September 1, the message concluded with, "Click here for a full list of affected titles that will no longer be supported. Thank you." The same warning is now reproduced in full on the PlayStation website, along with the list of 551 films and TV series that are being pulled from people’s libraries.

PREVIOUSLY PURCHASED<br>$7.535B 2025 profit, but Sony are quite happy to shaft their customers, given half the chance. pic.twitter.com/2QVpSJ7e9D<br>— somatyk (@somatyk) June 25, 2026

StudioCanal is the production company behind classic movies like From Dusk Till Dawn and Cliffhanger, all of which are included in the list of films people thought they’d bought to own, but come September 1 will find gone from their collections. What’s really peculiar about the PlayStation message is that it’s entirely unapologetic, simply stating that "purchased content" will be "deleted" as if that’s perfectly normal. We’ve contacted Sony to ask if customers can expect a refund for their deleted movies, or at least some form of compensation.<br>Of course, when you scroll past the endless EULAs when you first use your PlayStation, and click "Agree" the first time you load the store, you’re unwittingly agreeing that nothing you buy is really truly bought, and that it can be taken away from you at any point, and there’s nothing you can do. The same is true of your games.

This is why people care so much about details like GTA 6 releasing without a disc in its physical box, and it underlines the risk we all take every time we buy anything from any digital store. None of it actually belongs to you, and you can only access it for as long as the company you bought it from says you can.

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