Microsoft Sued Over Alleged Xbox 360 Defects 724
richdun writes "Reuters is reporting that a Chicago man who was lucky enough to purchase an Xbox 360 has filed suit against Microsoft over the overheating and crashing some users have experienced. The man is seeking unspecified damages, litigation expenses, and replacement or recall of all Xbox 360s. While more suits or a class-action is probably on the way, others have sought less litigious solutions."
Fire (Score:5, Funny)
BSOD (Score:1, Funny)
Black Screen Of Death?
What defect? (Score:2, Funny)
oh they have... (Score:5, Funny)
Oh they have [smashmyxbox.com]
don't do this!! (Score:5, Funny)
Re:now way (Score:5, Funny)
To Paraphrase: (Score:5, Funny)
The perfect exchange (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Why not just return the thing? (Score:3, Funny)
Bonus points if you burn down the courthouse during a demonstration!
The Man? (Score:5, Funny)
Why is that 'The Man' always has to ruin it for us?
rtfm (Score:1, Funny)
In it, the "X" button meant "cancel" and the "O" button meant "select", in a reverse of the normal, expected way.
At my local Gamestop, hundreds of copies of the game were sent back as "Defective" because "I can't go forward in the menu, it just goes back," even though it said, right there on the screen, "X: cancel, O: select".
Now somebody's suing microsoft for the "Defect" in the XBox 360 which he wouldn't be experiencing if he'd read the freakin manual.
Retards.
Re:Fire (Score:5, Funny)
Re:This is one thing I don't like about this count (Score:2, Funny)
* spills coffee in lap *
God Bless America!
Re:Responsibility (Score:5, Funny)
To sue, or not to sue: that is the question:
Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The quirks and crashes of an overhot X-box,
Or to file suit against a sea of lawyers,
And by suing, correct it? To wait, to call;
To call: perchance to connect: ay, there's the rub;
For in that call to support what help may come
When we have shuffled off the automated attendant,
Must give us pause: there's the respect
That makes calamity of so long wait;
For who would bear the whips and scorns of support,
The oppressor's wrong, the proud man's contumely,
The pangs of despised love, the law's delay,
The insolence of office and the spurns
That patient merit of the unworthy takes,
When he himself might his quietus make
With a bare bodkin? Perhaps I should just
purchase a Playstation?
Re:Fire (Score:5, Funny)
Absurd (Score:3, Funny)
To be completely honest, I don't care if his xbox is freezing up from overheating, I don't recall microsoft promising that the xbox would not overheat, and there have yet to be any cases of the system starting a fire or some such thing, so If its not dangerous, then there is no legal case.
Every time someone bought a computer that overheated and shut down they could sue the computer company for damages? At the most, you deserve a new system, or to get yours repaired, and thats it.
I'll also add, that in my opinion, all the cases of xbox overheats are cuased by end-users that are not smart enough to keep it in a well ventilated place. It is an incredibly powerful computer dissipating several hundred watts of power. It is simply impossible for it to work in a closed cabinet, or if the power supply is set behind it wherein the xbox draws in hot air.
Sorry to go on a rant, and I'm not defending consumer electronics companies that send out flakey hardware, but you took a risk on buying one of the first units off the shelf, and regardless of whether or not it works you have no right to file litigation against the company. Get a refund for your box, i'm sure they'll be happy to give you one, and thats all.
Why I never became a millionaire... (Score:3, Funny)
This guy spent four days in front of his classic Xbox only stopping the game when his wrist had a fracture.
Man, if only I'd live in the United states and not in germany we would have gotten rich together. I would have made this a case to remember:
"Look at that sad man, no love, no job, no perspective and your freakin' large controller even ruined his gaming experience!". But well, in germany this gets you nowhere....
Looks like I gotta look for another way to cash in on other peoples misery... Any ideas welcome!
Re:Fire (Score:3, Funny)
Designed as a home entertainment system (Score:1, Funny)
Microsoft has designed a home entertainment system. Despite what the manual says about placement, is it reasonable that MS could expect users to stack the device with other audio/video equipment in a living room cabinet?
Sweet. (Score:5, Funny)
Re:This is getting ridiculous (Score:3, Funny)
No offense, but that's what we Canadians have long thought of the American practise of constantly suing the pants off of one another.
Our courts will not allow whiners and crybabys to waste the court's time like this.
Re:Let's be fair! (Score:3, Funny)
Re:A bit ironic (Score:3, Funny)
No see, we're boycotting Sony at the moment. We can't boycott them both without being hypocrites, we want at least one console...
</sarcasm>
Re:Oh please (Score:2, Funny)
Massively defective.
NEXT.
DAMN DUPLICATES! (Score:3, Funny)
oops... my bad. Not a dupe, that one was about the old XBox.........
XBox 911 (Score:3, Funny)
Conveniently nicknamed XBox 911.
Re:Fire (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Fire (Score:1, Funny)
And yes, please mod this humorous
Re:Fire (Score:2, Funny)
My Xbox burned it down on my way home
Re:Sweet. (Score:3, Funny)