Sony Interactive Entertainment is expected to pay $7.8 million in refunds to US customers after a lawsuit alleging antitrust practices on the PlayStation Store.
The proposed settlement was approved in 2024 but rejected twice during court consideration. A judge has now approved a preliminary reopening, with a fairness hearing scheduled for October 15, 2026.
The class action, filed by Saveri Law Firm, alleges that SIE has “violated federal antitrust laws and certain state laws” by engaging in “anticompetitive conduct designed to monopolise the PlayStation digital game market.”
The filing claims that selling digital PlayStation titles through game-specific vouchers prevents customers from purchasing digital games from third-party retailers.
Sony denied that its “alleged conduct violated any applicable laws or regulations.”
Customers who bought digital games through the PlayStation Store in the US using game-specific vouchers between April 1, 2019, and December 31, 2023, may be eligible for compensation.
According to the settlement, compensation will be provided in the form of “cash-value PlayStation Network account credits.”
More than 100 titles are eligible, including The Last of Us, Destiny, Destiny 2, Resident Evil 4, The Elder Scrolls Online, and collections from God of War, Uncharted, and Ratchet and Clank. The full list is available here.
The settlement covers all US players with an active PlayStation account who purchased eligible games. Those without an active PSN account are also eligible and should contact the law firm managing the lawsuit.
Last week, Sony responded to reports of a 30-day DRM timer on PS4 and PS5 digital games, following concerns that users could lose access if consoles remained offline or Sony’s servers were unavailable.
