Sony agrees to pay millions to gamers to settle PS3 Linux debacle
As Ars Technica report, the decision was made last Friday, and—provided the judge agrees to Sony’s terms—will see anyone who used Linux on their PS3 able to claim $55. Those who went out and bought a PS3 because the ability to run Linux on it had been advertised can claim an additional $9.
Specifically, those eligible need to be have purchased a “Fat” (launch) PS3 model “in the United States between November 1, 2006, and April 1, 2010", and be able to “attest under oath to their purchase of the product and installation of Linux, provide proof of their purchase or serial number and PlayStation Network Sign-in ID, and submit some proof of their use of the Other OS functionality.”
Those are a lot of hoops to jump through for such an old purchase, so while Sony’s payouts have a technical ceiling of around 10 million people (the number of Fat PS3s sold in the US in that time), the real winners here are probably the lawyers who brought the suit, who were awarded “up to $2.25 million in attorneys’ fees”.
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Source: http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2016/06/if-you-used-to-run-linux-on-your-ps3-you-could-get-55-from-sony/
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MushroomElmPosted:
Potion Can almost guarantee this is going to be abused by PS3 owners. About 90% of them have probably never even used bash let alone even download a Linux distro.
attest under oath to their purchase of the product and installation of Linux, provide proof of their purchase or serial number and PlayStation Network Sign-in ID, and submit some proof of their use of the Other OS functionality.
This line, in the article, states that they need to have proof of using another OS. So..Good luck with that, on their part, lol. Not to mention, how many people kept the receipts or serial numbers from a console 6 to 10 years ago?
Boss34Posted:
Most people have most likely forgotten about this so they most likely will have like nothing to pay up.
BattleDemonPosted:
Took them a very long time. Most people will have forgotten and Sony will have less to pay out.
VepPosted:
A lawsuit that happened to 6 years ago. Half the people that the lawsuit would've helped I doubt still have their old phat ps3s
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