From CNET: You may be eligible to claim part of an upcoming $7.85 million settlement payout if you're a PlayStation customer who lives in the US. The case centered on an allegation that Sony "unlawfully eliminated competition and monopolized the market for [its] digital games" by no longer selling game-specific vouchers that let PlayStation owners buy digital games from different online shops.
The class-action lawsuit Caccuri v. Sony Interactive Entertainment alleged that Sony's actions caused "consumers to pay more for certain digital games than they otherwise would have paid on the PlayStation Store." It alleges that this action is a violation of antitrust laws, as it forces PlayStation customers to buy from a single storefront at an inflated price.
Put simply, the lawsuit alleges that Sony limited the sale of digital games on other marketplaces, funneling customers into its own PlayStation Store. Some of these games include PlayStation exclusive titles, such as The Last of Us, as well as third-party games like Mass Effect Trilogy and Resident Evil 4.
The lawsuit was initially settled in 2024, but the settlement was rejected twice during the approval process -- most recently in July 2025 (PDF), when the presiding judge said the proposed plan "[did] not provide an estimated recovery or a range of potential recovery for class members." The approval process was reinitiated in April.
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