Microsoft Hit With California Class Action Lawsuit For Xbox 360 Failures

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Microsoft are facing a lawsuit, brought under California's consumer protection statutes, was filed in the Sacramento County Superior Court. The lawsuit alleges that an excessive number of Xbox 360 consoles have failed, resulting in what is commonly known in the gaming community as the "red ring of death". The lawsuit further alleges that Microsoft concealed the excessive failure rate of its Xbox 360 consoles in order to compete with the pending launch of Sony's Playstation 3 and Nintendo's Wii gaming systems.

The class action lawsuit seeks an order that Microsoft disgorge all profits attributable to its sale of the Xbox 360, as well as that Microsoft publicly announce and implement a refund program in California.

http://dailygamesnews.com/2008/10/microsoft-hit-with-california-class.html

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Whenever people start lawsuits asking for something as laughable as the disgorgement of all profits, they aren't really interested in a court case. What they are aiming for is an out-of-court settlement. They just want microsoft to view a settlement as being more favorable than a drawn-out case that they would inevitably win.

Just more greedy people trying to leech off of a corporation. Hell, Microsoft already has a replacement program in place for people with the Red Ring of Death.