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Sony Will Soon Settle A PlayStation Store Class Action Lawsuit For $7.8 Million

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If you purchased a digital game on the PlayStation Store between April 2019 and December 2023, you may soon receive some store credit in your account. A federal judge in San Francisco gave preliminary approval to a proposed $7.85 million settlement for a class action lawsuit that accused Sony of eliminating competition and monopolizing the market for its digital games through the PlayStation Store.

The lawsuit was first filed in May 2021 and claimed that Sony’s alleged anti-competitive conduct caused gamers to “pay more than they otherwise would have for certain digital games.” Legal action was taken in April 2019 after Sony ended “game-specific vouchers” sold by third-party companies, with the lawsuit arguing that prices at the PlayStation Store could have been lower if customers had alternative options through other retailers such as Best Buy, GameStop, and others.

The law firm representing affected users posted a list of eligible games, including the last of us, nba 2k18 And need for Speed ​​RivalsAnd said there are more than 4.4 million eligible PlayStation Network accounts. For anyone who qualifies as part of the class action settlement, you will see your PSN account credited once final approval is received. The court will hold an impartial hearing on October 15, which will see the final decision and a plan to allocate millions of dollars to eligible accounts.

Notably, the lawsuit is separate from another similar legal action filed in the UK. It is also a class action lawsuit, accusing Sony of “unreasonably charging its UK customers too much for digital games and in-game content purchased through the PlayStation Store”. In contrast to this recent settlement, Sony could pay up to $2.7 billion to UK residents as a result of the alleged antitrust actions.





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