Sony Settles PS Store Pricing Suit for $7.85M

Sony Interactive Entertainment has agreed to a $7.85 million settlement to resolve a federal class action lawsuit accusing the company of inflating prices for digital games on the PlayStation Store. A judge in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California granted preliminary approval on April 8, 2026, with a final fairness hearing scheduled for October 15, 2026.

The lawsuit, filed in May 2021 as Caccuri et al. v. Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC and overseen by Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín, alleged that Sony violated antitrust laws by ending the sale of game-specific vouchers through third-party retailers such as Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop, Target, and Walmart on April 1, 2019. These vouchers allowed consumers to purchase digital codes at retail for redemption on the PlayStation Network, potentially at lower prices due to retailer competition. Plaintiffs claimed the policy change forced all digital game purchases through Sony's platform, where prices rose by at least 50 cents for affected titles compared to pre-2019 levels. Sony has denied any wrongdoing, and the court has made no findings of liability.

The settlement class includes approximately 4.4 million...