United Kingdom · Engadget
Sony will soon settle a PlayStation Store class action suit for $7.8 million
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If you bought a digital game on the PlayStation Store between April 2019 and December 2023, you may soon receive some store credit in your account.
Key facts
- The law firm representing affected users posted a list of eligible games, which includes The Last of Us, NBA 2K18 and Need for Speed Rivals, and said there are more than 4.4 million eligible
- If you bought a digital game on the PlayStation Store between April 2019 and December 2023, you may soon receive some store credit in your account
- The legal action comes after Sony eliminated "game-specific vouchers" sold by third-party companies in April 2019, which the lawsuit argued could have resulted in lower prices on the PlayStation
- The court will have a Fairness Hearing on October 15, which will see the final judgement and the plan for allocating the millions of dollars to eligible accounts
Summary
The lawsuit was first filed in May 2021 and claims that Sony's alleged anticompetitive conduct caused gamers to "pay more than they otherwise would have paid for certain digital games. The law firm representing affected users posted a list of eligible games, which includes The Last of Us, NBA 2K18 and Need for Speed Rivals, and said there are more than 4.4 million eligible PlayStation Network accounts. Notably, this lawsuit is separate from another similar legal action that was filed in the UK.