Sony settles $8m lawsuit over game prices and millions will get payouts

Sony has agreed to pay out almost $8 million to PlayStation players who paid higher prices for certain digital games, and you might be able to grab a piece of the pie.

There have been plenty of arguments about the ownership of digital games over the last few months, with gamers trying to ensure their rights are protected. Lawsuits have been filed against a few different places on that front too.

That includes a lawsuit over Sony’s decision to stop allowing third-party retailers to sell individual download codes for different games back in 2019. You had to go directly through Sony rather than Amazon or somewhere else for a few years there.

The lawsuit argued that Sony forced customers to go through them with the move, leading to higher price points. While Sony denies any wrongdoing and no judgment has been made by the courts, the PlayStation brand has agreed to settle the case for around $8 million.

PlayStation players set for refund over game prices

As per the PSNDigitalGamesSettlement website, eligible players will receive their slice of the payout as a credit to their PSN account without needing to do anything. 

However, if you have disabled your account, you are able to request a cheque. The deadline for cheques was August 27, but you might be able to request an extension, provided you have legal assistance.

Additionally, to get the payout, you have to be US-based and have purchased one of the games listed in the court documents between April 1, 2019 and December 31, 2023. You can check your PSN purchase history for that. 

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The full list of games that qualify for a refund can be found below: 

• Trials Fusion
• Assassin’s Creed Chronicles: China
• Destiny – The Collection
• Destiny 2: Forsaken – Legendary Collection
• Call of Duty Classic
• Demon’s Souls
• Persona 4 Golden
• Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3 Portable
• Need for Speed Rivals
• Battlefield Hardline Standard Edition
• Star Wars Battlefront
• Madden NFL 17
• EA Sports FIFA 17 Standard Edition
• EA Sports NHL 17 Standard Edition
• NBA Live 18: The One Edition
• NBA Live 19: The One Edition
• Need for Speed Most Wanted
• Mass Effect Trilogy
• Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare
• Final Fantasy XIV Online – Starter Edition
• Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris
• Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition
• NieR: Automata
• Dragon Quest Builders
• Resident Evil 4
• Okami HD
• Primal Carnage: Extinction
• Saban’s Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Mega Battle
• JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: All-Star Battle
• God Eater: Resurrection
• Beach Buggy Racing
• Special Delivery
• WWE 2K17 Digital Deluxe
• WWE 2K17
• WWE 2K18 Digital Deluxe Edition
• WWE 2K18
• NBA 2K18
• NBA 2K18 Legend Edition
• NBA 2K18 Legend Edition Gold
• WWE 2K19
• The Elder Scrolls Online: Tamriel Unlimited
• Saints Row 2
• Justice League VR: The Complete Experience
• Skullgirls 2nd Encore
• No Man’s Sky
• Limbo
• The Witness
• The Jackbox Party Pack
• The Jackbox Party Pack 2
• The Jackbox Party Pack 3
• The Jackbox Party Trilogy
• Super Mega Baseball
• The Invisible Hours
• Trine 2: Complete Story
• Toukiden 2
• The Solus Project
• Human: Fall Flat
• God of War Collection
• Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception – Game of the Year Digital Edition
• Ratchet & Clank Collection
• Resogun
• Knack
• Flower
• Killzone Shadow Fall
• inFamous Second Son
• Dead Nation: Apocalypse Edition
• Until Dawn
• The Last of Us Remastered
• The Last of Us: Left Behind
• inFamous First Light
• Journey for PS4
• The Unfinished Swan
• The Order: 1886
• Bloodborne Complete Edition Bundle
• Ratchet & Clank
• God of War III Remastered
• Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection
• MLB The Show 16 – MVP Edition
• MLB The Show 16
• Bound
• Here They Lie
• Tumble VR
• Twisted Metal
• Journey for PS3
• Jak and Daxter Collection for PS3
• God of War: Origins Collection
• inFamous: Festival of Blood
• MotorStorm Apocalypse
• Shadow of the Colossus
• Uncharted Greatest Hits Dual Pack
• Sports Champions 2
• Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time
• God of War: Ascension
• The Last of Us for PS3
• LittleBigPlanet 3
• Gravity Rush
• Uncharted: Golden Abyss
• PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale for PS Vita
• Jak and Daxter Collection for PS Vita
• Killzone: Mercenary
• God of War Collection for PS Vita
• Ratchet & Clank Collection for PS Vita
• Freedom Wars

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