Federal judge dismisses class-action suit against Sony, ‘Other OS’ feature remains dormant

Last year, a set of disgruntled gamers filed a class-action lawsuit against Sony over its decision to take away the “Install Other OS” feature from its PS3 firmware. Last week, though, their case was dismissed by US District Judge Richard Seeborg, for the reason that the plaintiffs did not actually state a claim. In a ruling issued Thursday, Seeborg said he sympathized with the gamers’ gripes, but ultimately determined they had didn’t demonstrate any legal entitlement to the feature, thereby neutering their arguments. “The dismay and frustration in any case some PS3 owners likely experienced when Sony made the verdict to restrict access to the PSN service to people who were [un]willing to disable the alternative OS feature on their machines was for sure genuine and understandable,” Seeborg wrote. “As an issue of providing customer satisfaction and building loyalty, it could actually was questionable.” He went on, however, to indicate that the users “have didn’t allege facts or articulate a theory on which Sony could be held liable” post-PS3 purchase, effectively ending the litigation.