Sony Agrees to $7.85 Million PlayStation Settlement. See Who Qualifies
If approved, the $7.85 million deal would pay eligible PlayStation Store buyers through account wallets or claims for deactivated accounts.
- On October 15, a court will hold a fairness hearing to determine if a $7.85 million settlement against Sony Interactive Entertainment is "fair, reasonable, adequate, and in the best interests of the Settlement Class."
- Plaintiffs allege Sony engaged "in anticompetitive conduct designed to monopolize the PlayStation digital game market," forcing customers to pay inflated prices for digital games on the PlayStation Store.
- Customers who purchased games between April 1, 2019, and Dec. 31, 2023, qualify for payouts; Sony denies wrongdoing but chose to settle to "avoid the further expense and distraction of continued litigation."
- Separately, a proposed class action lawsuit, Heycock v. Sony Corporation of America, was filed on June 18, alleging Sony obscures that digital purchases are revocable licenses rather than permanent ownership.
- Sony announced in July it would cease producing physical video game copies, shifting to digital-only formats on PlayStation beginning January 2028, intensifying scrutiny over digital ownership and licensing practices.
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Sony To Pay Out Nearly $8 Million In Class-Action Settlement Over Game Prices
Sony is set to pay out nearly $8 million to PlayStation customers as part of a settlement regarding digital game prices. The settlement (via IGN) comes after Sony’s motion to dismiss the lawsuit was denied, and settlement class members across a more-than-four-year period are potentially eligible for a payment. The lawsuit, originally filed back in […] Källa
Sony has agreed to a $7.85 million settlement of its PlayStation Store monopoly lawsuit. |The lawsuit was triggered by the suspension of sales of digital game vouchers through third-party retailers. |The compensation applies to US users who purchased certain games in 2019–2023.
The lawsuit brought against Sony in 2024 in the US on the charge of manipulation of game prices on PS Store ends with a millionaire compensationOne of the most important cases brought against Sony on the charge of having created a monopoly with PlayStation Store concludes with an out-of-court agreement and millionaire compensation.
Several lawsuits against Sony Computer Entertainment expose the Japanese company's attempt to create a digital gaming monopoly at PSN. The North District Court of California, in the United States, approved an agreement of approximately $8 million against its antitrust practices. The author of the process reinforces that its actions are engaged in anticompetitive conduct, made to monopolize the PlayStation digital gaming market. Although the docu…
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