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索尼将支付780万美元和解PlayStation商店集体诉讼案

如果你在2019年4月至2023年12月期间于PlayStation商店购买过数字游戏，近期你的账户中或许会收到一笔商店积分。旧金山一名联邦法官初步批准了一项总额785万美元的和解协议，该协议旨在解决一起指控索尼通过PlayStation商店消除竞争、垄断数字游戏市场的集体诉讼。

该诉讼最初于2021年5月提起，指控索尼涉嫌反竞争行为，导致玩家“为某些数字游戏支付了比原本应支付的更高的价格”。诉讼指出，索尼于2019年4月取消了由第三方公司销售的“游戏专用代金券”，而如果玩家能通过百思买、GameStop等其他零售商获得替代购买选项，PlayStation商店的价格本可以更低。

代表受影响玩家的律师事务所公布了一份符合条件的游戏名单，其中包括《最后生还者》《NBA 2K18》和《极品飞车：宿敌》，并表示符合条件的PlayStation网络账户超过440万个。对于所有符合集体诉讼和解条件的用户，一旦最终批准流程完成，你的PSN账户将会收到相应积分。法院将于10月15日举行公平听证会，届时将做出最终判决并确定数百万美元赔偿金的具体分配方案。

值得注意的是，此次诉讼与另一起在英国提起的类似法律行动无关。那同样是一起集体诉讼，指控索尼“通过PlayStation商店向英国客户不公平地收取过高的数字游戏及游戏内内容费用”。与最近这起和解不同，若该反垄断指控成立，索尼可能需向英国居民支付高达27亿美元的赔偿金。

中文翻译：

索尼即将以780万美元和解PlayStation商店集体诉讼案
如果你在2019年4月至2023年12月期间于PlayStation商店购买过数字版游戏，你的账户可能很快会收到一笔商店积分。旧金山一名联邦法官初步批准了一项总额785万美元的和解提案，该提案源于一起指控索尼通过PlayStation商店消除竞争、垄断其数字游戏市场的集体诉讼。
该诉讼于2021年5月首次提起，指控索尼涉嫌反竞争行为导致玩家“为某些数字游戏支付了比原本更高的价格”。此次法律行动源于索尼在2019年4月取消了由第三方公司销售的“游戏专用代金券”——诉讼方认为，若顾客能通过百思买、GameStop等其他零售商获得替代选择，PlayStation商店的价格本可更低。
代表受影响用户的律师事务所公布了一份符合条件的游戏名单，包括《最后生还者》《NBA 2K18》和《极品飞车：宿敌》，并表示符合资格的PlayStation Network账户超过440万个。凡是符合该集体诉讼和解条件的用户，在最终批准完成后，其PSN账户将收到相应积分。法院将于10月15日举行公平听证会，届时将做出最终判决，并确定将数百万美元分配给合格账户的方案。
值得注意的是，此次诉讼与另一起在英国提起的类似法律行动无关。另一起集体诉讼指控索尼“通过PlayStation商店向英国客户销售数字游戏和内购内容时，不公平地收取过高费用”。与此次和解不同，索尼因涉嫌反垄断行为可能需向英国居民支付高达27亿美元的赔偿。

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Sony will soon settle a PlayStation Store class action lawsuit for $7.8 million
If you bought a digital game on the PlayStation Store between April 2019 and December 2023, you may soon receive some store credit in your account. A federal judge in San Francisco granted preliminary approval of a proposed $7.85 million settlement for a class action lawsuit that accused Sony of eliminating competition and monopolizing the market for its digital games through the PlayStation Store.
The lawsuit was first filed in May 2021 and claims that Sony's alleged anticompetitive conduct caused gamers to "pay more than they otherwise would have paid for certain digital games." The legal action comes after Sony eliminated "game-specific vouchers" sold by third-party companies in April 2019, which the lawsuit argued could have resulted in lower prices on the PlayStation Store if customers had alternative options through other retailers like Best Buy, GameStop and others.
The law firm representing affected users posted a list of eligible games, which includes The Last of Us, NBA 2K18 and Need for Speed Rivals, and said there are more than 4.4 million eligible PlayStation Network accounts. For anyone who qualifies as part of the class action settlement, you'll see your PSN account credited once the final approvals are in. The court will have a Fairness Hearing on October 15, which will see the final judgement and the plan for allocating the millions of dollars to eligible accounts.
Notably, this lawsuit is separate from another similar legal action that was filed in the UK. Also a class action lawsuit, the case accuses Sony of "unfairly charging its UK customers too much for digital games and in-game content purchased through the PlayStation Store." Unlike this recent settlement, Sony could pay up to $2.7 billion to UK residents as a result of alleged antitrust actions.