Original PS3 owners may be owed $55…

Do you live in the United States? Did you purchase a PlayStation 3 original console (like the featured image) between November 1, 2006 and April 1, 2010? Do you still have your proof of purchase? And finally, did you used to run Linux on your console when it was possible? Then this article will definitely be of interest to you.

If you said “Yes” to all 4 of the above questions, then you could be eligible to claim $55 from Sony as a part of a 6-year class-action lawsuit. The lawsuit in question? Well it involved a console firmware update that disabled the “Other OS” function which ended support for Linux.

Of course if you wanted to keep Linux running on your PS3 you could opt out of the upgrade, however by doing this you would then have no access to the PlayStation Network. Sony at the time said that it was purely a move for better security on their system, however those behind the lawsuit said it was a move against piracy.

So the story went that Sony were sued, but the case was thrown out in 2011 in California, but an appeal revived the case in 2014 and a settlement was reached earlier in 2016 with Sony agreeing to pay out the $55 dollars sum to those who can satisfy the above 4 questions.

Now this seems like a little bit of a stretch but let’s break it down, if you live in the US, then that’s not going to be a problem to prove, if you bought a Fat PS3 during the times listed above, then you just need a receipt, credit card statement or some other form of documentation proving you purchased the console, and so far as proving that you used Linux, you’ll just need your Linux proof of purchase or even an old screenshot or picture showing you using the Other OS.

If you’re looking for more information on how and where to claim, then go to www.otherossettlement.com.

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