Sony will deposit PlayStation Store credit into eligible US PlayStation Network accounts to satisfy a $7.85 million antitrust settlement, with no claim form required. Anyone who bought a qualifying digital game between April 1, 2019, and December 31, 2023, was enrolled automatically. However, no payments will be issued until Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín of the US District Court for the Northern District of California grants final approval at a fairness hearing in October.

With more than 4.4 million eligible accounts identified, the typical share will work out to roughly $0.91 to $33.66 in store credit per eligible purchase after legal fees. Lawyers are entitled to up to 25 percent of the settlement, plus expenses, leaving approximately $5.89 million to be spread across 4,407,533 accounts.

The settlement resolves a PlayStation Store class action lawsuit filed in May 2021 by Agustin Caccuri over Sony's decision to stop letting retailers like Amazon and GameStop sell download codes for PlayStation games. Plaintiffs argued that ending those codes eliminated retail price competition, leaving Sony with a monopoly. Eligible titles include The Last of Us Remastered, Bloodborne, and No Man's Sky.

The final fairness hearing is scheduled for October 15 before Judge Martínez-Olguín in San Francisco, where the court will rule on final approval and the allocation plan. Credits will only be paid out after this hearing, assuming there's no appeal.