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- Lawsuit alleges Sony monopolized PlayStation Store pricing by forcing publishers to cede final prices and banning outside retailers' digital codes.
- Sony will not admit wrongdoing; if approved, the settlement avoids trial and dismisses claims with prejudice.
- Purchasers of affected games between April 1, 2019 and December 31, 2023 may be eligible, including Nier: Automata and Resident Evil 4.
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 2024, alleged that Sony established a monopoly over PlayStation Store prices by making publishers “cede control over the final price to Sony” and that Sony “eliminated the last vestiges of price competition when it stopped allowing outside retailers to sell digital download codes that could be redeemed on the PlayStation Store.”
Sony is not agreeing to wrongdoing as part of the settlement, and will be avoiding a civil trial if the terms are agreed upon by the court. Once that happens, the claims against Sony will be dismissed “with prejudice,” meaning another lawsuit on the subject cannot be filed.
You are potentially eligible for a payout if you purchased one of the affected games via the PlayStation Store between April 1, 2019 and December 31, 2023. Dozens of games are listed in the official court documents, including Nier: Automata, Resident Evil 4, The Last of Us Remastered, and Vita games like Uncharted: Golden Abyss and Killzone: Mercenary.
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