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I agree that they should be viewed as property.

What I don't get in this scenario is how can sony deny a bought game for this person? I mean he has the receipts and he can prove that he had paid for those games. How can they deny that product to him? I understand why they would have the rights to his account but what about the games which are actual products, digital or not they should provide them to him.

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They use the "trick" that all game platforms use, that they only sell you a license that is attached to your account, and if you check the TOS you will find that it is stipulated that you will lose access to the games if you lose access to the account.

I say "trick" because when you purchase a game on those platforms, it clearly says "buy" or "purchase", it does not say "license", so it relies on fine-print in a long legal document of dubious legal value to redefine what you actually purchase.

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