Sony Sued Over Bricked PS3s 438
Zarrot writes "If Sony's recent 3.00 PS3 firmware update bricked your console, you may now have legal recourse thanks to a class action suit against Sony. The complaint alleges that thousands of users (PDF) were affected by the update, and in some cases the PS3 hardware itself was damaged. It continues, 'For owners who sustained hardware damage from the Sony-required update, Sony is charging a $150 repair fee per unit. Sony, responding to the numerous complaints about the unacceptable effects of the defective update, released a further, optional update that it claimed "improves system stability" — yet performance problems continued, and the new update did nothing to remedy the systems of users who sustained hardware damage."'"
So glad... (Score:5, Funny)
You break it, you buy it. (Score:4, Funny)
"Improves System Stability" (Score:3, Funny)
Well I suppose a bricked console is "stable", isn't it?
Re:How do I get in on this? (Score:5, Funny)
Any recourse on my part?
Well, there are a few things you could do.
Unfortunately, these methods may be of dubious legality. But it's nice to daydream.
And all of this could have been avoided... (Score:3, Funny)
... if they'd simply added a clause to the End User License agreement to state that the hardware still belonged to them and the "owner" was merely "renting it" :)
Re:So glad... (Score:5, Funny)
Ya, no updates needed to brick an xbox!
we don't need no firmware upgrade (Score:2, Funny)
All in all, its just another Brick in the wall
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Re:Sony is no longer a reputable vendor (Score:2, Funny)
For me Sony stopped being a reputable vendor when a stereo given to me as a present a few years ago was stolen.
I love to hate Sony (Score:5, Funny)
Years ago, I bought their first "slim" digital camera. The DSC-T1. Shortly after buying it, I managed to break the totally unprotected LCD. I took full responsibility and called them up. "How much will it cost to have the screen replaced?" "If it was out of warranty, the cost would be $130 but defective screen is covered by your warranty." "No, it's not defective. I broke it. There's no way I could possibly pass this off as a manufacturing defect even if I was sleazy enough to try." "Oh, then it's $180." "What? Why does this cost more than a regular out of warranty repair?" "It just does."
And I was fucked. It was a brand new model so the chances of a "parts" listing showing up on ebay any time soon was pretty much zero. I was already into the camera for $500. The best grey-market refurb price I could find anywhere was $400. So I paid the out of warranty repair cost PLUS the $50 "because we're dicks" fee. It was either have a $680 camera or burn the $500 I'd already spent. When the repaired camera arrived, I affixed a thin sheet of plastic over the LCD. I swore I'd never purchase another Sony product as long as I lived. That lasted about 3 years when I bought one of their photo printers (which I still use occasionally). And I've bought another camera (mixed feelings about its quality), a book reader (rocks), a cell phone (rocked), etc.
Sony's like an ex who steals money from your wallet, badmouths you to her friends, and orders steak-n-lobster when meet up for lunch but the couple times a year you hook up seem so worth it. Until you check your wallet the next day and you swear you won't answer the phone next time she calls. And it works for a few months. But then you run into her at the mall and going to dinner is safe enough. God, she looks good...
donkey (Score:1, Funny)
One used to be able to trust the mainstream console makers, but not so much anymore.
This is why I only play DONKEY.BAS
All I need is my computer!
Re:And when they win (Score:1, Funny)
Don't stop counting; you haven't gotten to 4 yet.
Re:Bricked Consoles? (Score:5, Funny)
That's why the Xbox360 is the superior console.
It bricks itself out of the box. No updates needed.
Re:I love to hate Sony (Score:3, Funny)
Re:XCP on steroids! (Score:1, Funny)
Really? please point out the fanboisms.
No prob, here it is:
AS much as I dislike Sony, Im not going to deny myself a fantastic piece of hardware for it. Im the one who loses, not really Sony. Now i probably wont buy a Sony TV, or pretty much anything else Sony, but the PS3 is a unique experience, with games that cant be had anywhere else.
:)
(Seriously, your post did come off as a fanboi.)
Re:XCP on steroids! (Score:3, Funny)
You can't tell from the photo, but that screw has a rootkit built in! If you had used a normal screw, you'd be deprived of getting screwed twice.
Re:How do I get in on this? (Score:5, Funny)
Are you ENTIRELY certain, that nuking Japan is against the law in other countries?
Personally I'd be surprised if you could find that in the books anywhere except perhaps Japan.
I'm not endorsing, just saying that it might not be as illegal as you think.
Re:I love to hate Sony (Score:5, Funny)
$500 cameras and hookers so awesome in bed its worth being repeatedly robbed over?
Can I have your life when you're done with it?