Sony just agreed to pay $7.85 million to PlayStation users in a class-action settlement — and the backstory is funnier than the payout. This is the case where Sony's own lawyers argued in court that a "reasonable consumer" knows they don't truly own the digital games they buy. That argument went about as well as you'd expect in public-relations terms.
The purchases at stake: digital games bought between April 1, 2019 and December 31, 2023. That window covers most of the PS5 era's library.
The settlement covers anyone in the U.S. who bought digital games or add-on content on PlayStation during that window. Claim windows open soon, with payouts expected to land in early 2027. It's not an apology — it's a rounding error for a company worth over $100 billion — but free money is free money, and this time it's actually yours.
The PS5 itself isn't on trial — but the digital storefront's fine print just cost Sony real money.
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