Complaint Accusing Sony of Selling Defective PS5 Controllers Is Transferred to NY
The U.S. District Court in Oakland set a July 7 initial management conference on a complaint that accuses Sony of unjust enrichment for marketing defective DualSense controllers with its PlayStation 5 consoles, said a scheduling order (in Pacer) Wednesday that…
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completed the transfer of the case from U.S. District Court in Manhattan. Virginia resident Lmarc Turner bought his PS5 and DualSense controller Feb. 5 and sued Sony a week later in New York because that’s where Sony America is headquartered. Turner acknowledged through his attorneys that when setting up his PS5 account, he agreed to Sony’s terms of conditions requiring any litigation against the company to commence in federal court in Northern California. Sony Interactive Entertainment's San Mateo headquarters is based within the district. DualSense controllers for the PS5 “contain a defect that results in characters or gameplay moving on the screen without user command or manual operation of the joystick,” said the Feb. 12 complaint (in Pacer) that seeks class-action status. “This defect significantly interferes with gameplay.” Sony didn’t comment.