Sony settles US consumer lawsuit over PlayStation game sales
The Hindu
Sony has agreed to settle a federal lawsuit in San Francisco over restrictions on digital game sales.
Sony has agreed to settle a federal lawsuit in San Francisco that claimed restrictions on digital game sales for its PlayStation console caused customers to overpay for games.
The entertainment giant agreed to distribute $7.85 million in electronic credits to PlayStation customers to end the proposed class action, according to a preliminary settlement filed on Friday night.
The settlement requires approval from U.S. District Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín. Sony and lawyers for both sides in the case did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
The plaintiffs, who estimated the class size at more than 4.4 million individuals, sued Sony after its 2019 move to bar retailers such as Amazon, Best Buy and GameStop from offering game-specific vouchers. The lawsuit accused Sony of illegally reducing competition for digital PlayStation games.
Sony in a court filing said it was settling to avoid the further expense and distraction of continued litigation. The company denied any wrongdoing.
The settlement period covers eligible purchases made between April 2019 and December 2023, according to the plaintiffs’ court filing. Class members with deactivated PlayStation accounts who cannot receive credits will be compensated by another method, Friday's filing said.
The plaintiffs’ lawyers said they had invested about 13,700 hours in the litigation, which began in 2021.
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