Rockstar Pays Less Than $30,000 to "Hot Coffee" Customers
June 27th, 2008 by Rajiv Ashrafi in Action, Business, PC, PlayStation 2
The New York Times reports that only 2,676 people stepped forward to file claims in the “Hot Coffee” class action lawsuit against Rockstar Games for GTA: San Andreas, amounting to a payout of less than $30,000. According to the terms of the settlement, customers offended by the “Hot Coffee” content in the game could submit compensatory claims of $5 to $35 each, or a revised edition of the title devoid of the offending code.
Rockstar parent company Take-Two estimates that the claims will amount to less than $30,000, much less than the $1.3 million in legal fees the company racked up dealing with the lawsuit.
“Am I disappointed? Sure,” said lead plaintiff attorney Seth R. Lesser. “We can’t guess as to why now, several years later, people care or don’t care. The merits of the case were clear.”
Additionally, Take-Two has agreed to make a $860,000 charitable contribution, bringing the total cost of the “Hot Coffee” to roughly $2.19 million, notwithstanding the costs in reprinting and distributing the revised edition of the game.
Tags: Action, Business, PC, PlayStation 2
