Section 17 of the agreement contains warranty disclaimers and limitations on SIE's liability for PlayStation Services, which is standard in consumer platform agreements but operationally significant for users experiencing service disruptions or content access issues.
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This provision limits the remedies available to users for service failures, content inaccessibility, or other platform issues. The interaction of the warranty disclaimer with the account suspension and digital content access loss provisions is particularly relevant to users who have made purchases through the PlayStation Store.
Interpretive note: The full text of the warranty disclaimer and liability limitation provision in Section 17 was not fully reproduced in the available document excerpt; specific caps, exclusions, and carve-outs could not be directly verified from the provided text.
Under this clause, SIE disclaims warranties with respect to PlayStation Services and limits its liability for service disruptions, content access issues, or other platform failures. The specific caps or exclusions applicable to user claims are set out in Section 17 of the agreement.
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"WARRANTY DISCLAIMER AND LIMITATION OF LIABILITYExcerpt from Sony PlayStation's PlayStation Terms of Service
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This provision limits the remedies available to users for service failures, content inaccessibility, or other platform issues. The interaction of the warranty disclaimer with the account suspension and digital content access loss provisions is particularly relevant to users who have made purchases through the PlayStation Store.
Under this clause, SIE disclaims warranties with respect to PlayStation Services and limits its liability for service disruptions, content access issues, or other platform failures. The specific caps or exclusions applicable to user claims are set out in Section 17 of the agreement.
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