Enlarge / Ken Kutaragi, president and group chief executive officer of Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. unveils the PlayStation 3 during a news conference on May 16, 2005 in Culver City, California. (credit: Getty Images)
Open up your wallets—Sony might have as much as $55 for you. PlayStation 3 owners who lost the ability to run Linux on their consoles following a 2010 firmware update should soon be getting a notice from the game maker that it is settling a class-action lawsuit over the debacle.
A California federal judge signed off (PDF) on the accord (PDF) Thursday, and notices of the deal will be sent via e-mail to those on the PlayStation network. That should reach as much as 77 percent of the affected class members, according to the court. Other advertisements about the deal will be advertised online.
Those eligible for a cash payment of either $9 or $55 are “all persons in the United States who purchased a Fat PS3 model in the United States between November 1, 2006, and April 1, 2010.”
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Source: Ars Technica – You’re a step closer to getting from the PS3 Linux debacle lawsuit