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Sony Interactive Entertainment has agreed to pay $7.85M to settle a class-action lawsuit accusing the company of restricting competition and causing PlayStation users to pay higher prices for certain digital games.

The lawsuit stems from Sony’s 2019 decision to stop third-party retailers—including Amazon, Best Buy and GameStop—from selling download codes for individual PlayStation games. The plaintiffs argued that the change effectively made the PlayStation Store the only place where users could purchase digital copies of those games, allowing Sony to charge higher prices without competition from other retailers.

Sony denies violating any laws or engaging in wrongdoing. The company agreed to the settlement to avoid the cost and distraction of continuing the litigation, and the court has not ruled that Sony acted illegally.

The settlement covers an estimated 4.4M people in the United States who purchased qualifying games through the PlayStation Store between April 1, 2019, and December 31, 2023. However, not every digital purchase made during that period is eligible.

Covered games must have previously been available through game-specific vouchers sold by outside retailers, received at least 200 voucher redemptions before April 2019 and experienced a post-discount price increase of at least 50 cents after Sony ended retail voucher sales.

Every Game Included in the PlayStation Settlement

The official settlement documents identify the following eligible games and editions:

• 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

Certain games appear more than once in the settlement records because separate editions, bundles or platform versions have their own qualifying PlayStation Store product listings. The complete list, including the corresponding product identification numbers, is available in the official allocation document.

How PlayStation Users Will Be Paid

Eligible users with active PlayStation Network accounts do not need to submit a claim. After attorneys’ fees, administrative expenses and other court-approved costs are deducted, the remaining money will be divided proportionally based on the number of qualifying purchases attributed to each account.

Credits will then be deposited automatically into users’ PSN wallets and can be spent on content sold through the PlayStation Store.

The settlement does not establish a fixed payout for each customer. Class counsel is requesting attorneys’ fees of up to 25% of the fund, while three class representatives could collectively receive as much as $30,000 in service awards. The amount received by each PlayStation user will therefore depend on the final deductions and their number of eligible purchases.

Customers with deactivated PSN accounts were allowed to request payment by check, but their August 27, 2026 deadline has now passed.

The agreement received preliminary approval after two earlier versions were rejected. In 2025, U.S. District Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín characterized an earlier proposal as a “coupon settlement” and questioned whether it adequately compensated PlayStation customers.

A final fairness hearing is scheduled for October 15, 2026. Payments will not be distributed unless the court grants final approval and any subsequent appeals are resolved.

The case is Caccuri et al. v. Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. Additional information is available through the official settlement notice.

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