Sony to pay $7.85M in PlayStation wallet settlement

Sony has agreed to pay $7.85 million to settle a U.S. class-action lawsuit over its decision to end retailer game-specific vouchers for PlayStation digital titles. U.S. District Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín granted preliminary approval on April 8, 2026 in the Northern District of California in Caccuri et al. v. Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC (No. 21-cv-03361-AMO). The Saveri Law Firm filed a notice with the court on April 29, 2026.

Plaintiffs alleged that Sony’s April 1, 2019 decision to stop allowing retailers such as Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop, Target and Walmart to sell game-specific vouchers removed retail price competition and enabled higher prices on the PlayStation Store. The complaint cited the Sherman Antitrust Act and the Clayton Act. Sony denied wrongdoing and no court ruling was made on the underlying antitrust claims before the settlement.

About 4.4 million U.S. accounts are covered. Eligible consumers are those who purchased certain digital PlayStation titles through the PlayStation Store between April 1, 2019 and December 31, 2023. Account holders with deactivated PSN accounts may request a check instead of PSN wallet credit.

A title qualifies if its PlayStation Store price rose by at least $0.50 after April 2019 compared with prices when retailer vouchers were available. Examples of eligible titles include The Last of Us Remastered, inFAMOUS: First Light and God of War 3 Remastered. A full list of qualifying games, claim instructions and deadlines is posted on the PSN Digital Games Settlement website.

The settlement fund will be reduced by attorneys’ fees and administrative costs. With $7.85 million spread across about 4.4 million eligible accounts, projected recoveries are small: estimates put payouts roughly in the $1 to $30 range per account, and about $1 to $3 per qualifying purchase, before fees and expenses.

The lawsuit was filed in 2021 and moved through pretrial proceedings before the parties reached a settlement. The settlement applies only to purchases made through the PlayStation Store during the specified dates and only to titles that meet the pricing threshold. Final court approval is required before claims are paid.