Sony is set to distribute $7.85 million in PlayStation Store credit to eligible users as part of a settlement in a class action lawsuit. The case alleged that Sony violated the Sherman Act, a U.S. law that prohibits anti-competitive business practices, by stopping the sale of digital game vouchers to retailers in April 2019. This move reportedly limited consumer choice and affected how users could purchase games. The settlement, which requires final approval from Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, includes a fairness hearing scheduled for October 15 in San Francisco. If approved, eligible users will automatically receive store credit without needing to file a claim. To qualify for the payout, users must have purchased digital games from specific titles between April 1, 2019, and December 31, 2023. Eligibility also depends on having access to download vouchers before April 2019, redeeming at least 200 vouchers, and experiencing a price increase of at least 50 cents after vouchers were discontinued. Sony has provided a list of eligible games, including The Last of Us Remastered, Bloodborne, Until Dawn, NBA 2K18, and No Man's Sky. The amount of store credit each user receives will be prorated based on the number of qualifying purchases, with a total of 4.4 million eligible accounts expected to share the settlement funds. The lawyers representing the plaintiffs are entitled to up to 25 percent of the settlement as legal fees, along with $30,000 in service awards for the three named plaintiffs and administrative costs. If the full 25 percent is allocated, around $5.89 million will be distributed to eligible accounts. Lead attorney Michael Buchanan estimated that individual payouts will range from $0.91 to $33.66 in store credit, depending on the number of qualifying purchases. The lawsuit was initially filed by Agustin Caccuri in 2021 and later joined by cases from Adrian Cendejas and Allen Neumark. After being dismissed in 2022, the case was reworked and upheld in 2023. Sony had tried to block the class action by citing a class action waiver in its terms of service, but the court rejected this in 2024. Sony agreed to settle rather than go to trial after the court rejected an initial settlement proposal in 2024, citing issues with the proposal and a preference for cash settlements. A renewed motion was filed in 2026, and the settlement received preliminary approval in April 2026. It is important to note that the settlement does not admit any wrongdoing by Sony, and the PlayStation Store will remain the only source for digital games. Separately, a $2.7 billion antitrust lawsuit against Sony, related to PlayStation Store pricing, is still ongoing in London, with a final judgment yet to be decided.