Sony lowers The Last of Us: Remastered price, refuses to give people a refund (UPDATE: Sony has said they will refund customers)

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Max King of the Wild said:

Ka-pi96 said:
Is this a USA thing? Here in Europe you are not even charged for the preorder until the game is actually released so there would be nothing to refund.

That doesn't even make sense. I don't see how sony would be allowed to withdraw money from your account for a non subscription service without permission. Which, is why I assume you need to pay upfront. 

You preorder (aka give persmission) and then they withdraw when it "ships" or in a digital case, comes out.  That's exactly what amazon does when you preorder except it's physical so you get charged when it ships.