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Sony To Pay Out Nearly $8 Million In Class-Action Settlement Over Game Prices

Sony To Pay Out Nearly $8 Million In Class-Action Settlement Over Game Prices https://ift.tt/mZvwBR8 Sony is set to pay out nearly $8 million to PlayStation customers as part of a settlement regarding digital game prices. The settlement ( via IGN ) comes after Sony's motion to dismiss the lawsuit was denied, and settlement class members across a more-than-four-year period are potentially eligible for a payment. The lawsuit, originally filed back in 2024 , alleged that Sony established a monopoly over PlayStation Store prices by making publishers "cede control over the final price to Sony" and that Sony "eliminated the last vestiges of price competition when it stopped allowing outside retailers to sell digital download codes that could be redeemed on the PlayStation Store." Sony is not agreeing to wrongdoing as part of the settlement, and will be avoiding a civil trial if the terms are agreed upon by the court. Once that happens, the claims against Son...

Original Metroid Prime Developers Express Frustration At Being Excluded From Remaster's Credits https://ift.tt/6aEl5u7 Developers on the original Metroid Prime have expressed frustration and anger at not being included in the credits of the recently released remaster. Via a report from Axios, Zoid Kirsch, who was a senior engineer on the original game, posted on Twitter that he was "disappointed" that the original development team's name were not included in the remaster's credits. Technical lead engineer Jack Matthews quotetweeted Kirsch's statement and said that the exclusion was a "travesty." Matthews also made a statement to Axios, "When my son plays Metroid Prime on the Switch for the first time, the fact that he won't see [my] and my colleagues' names in the credits as the original creators is a punch in the gut." While many studios did amazing work on the remaster, I'm let down Metroid Prime's Remaster does not include the full original game credits. I worked with so many amazing people on the game and everyone's name should be included in the remaster, not just a single card like this. pic.twitter.com/Yvojf9f9Mq — Zoid Kirsch (@ZoidCTF) February 11, 2023 Currently, the game shows a title screen which reads, "Based on the work of Metroid Prime (Original Nintendo Gamecube and Wii Versions) Development Staff." The rest of the credits concern the remaster itself, listing the employees at various studios who contributed to the project. Other remasters Nintendo has published have included the original development team in the credits, such as Skyward Sword HD. Continue Reading at GameSpot

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