Man sues Microsoft over alleged Xbox 360 glitch
December 5, 2005 by budda
Filed under Consoles and Video Gaming, Gadgets
The proposed class action suit claims that in Microsoft’s bid to gain share in the $25 billion global video game market, the company was so intent on releasing the Xbox 360 before competing next-generation machines from Sony and Nintendo that it sold a “defectively designed” product.
Robert Byers, who brought the suit, said the power supply and central processing unit in the Xbox 360 overheat, affecting heat-sensitive chips and causing the console to lock up.
Console owners reported that some systems had crashed during regular use, as well as during online gameplay using the Xbox Live service. Problems included screens going black and the appearance of a variety of error messages.
At the time, a Microsoft spokeswoman told Reuters: “We have received a few isolated reports of consoles not working as expected.”
She declined to say how many reports Microsoft had received and said that calls reporting the issue to the company represented a “very, very small fraction” of units sold.
The lawsuit, filed on Friday in federal court in Illinois, seeks unspecified damages and litigation-related expenses, as well as the replacement or recall of Xbox 360 game consoles.
Many of you will have X360s by now – have you had any issues with them? Do yours overheat or are they fine?
Somebody always has to find something with a new console or piece of hardware/software!!!!!!!And a lot of ther time it is a real glitch!!!! i.e. the I-POD Nano!
[...] The law is catching up with the Microsoft biggies and even Microsoft Corp.ââ¬â¢s Chief Executive Steve Ballmer can’t get a free Xbox 360. Add that with the problems of it running out of stock, lots of kids are gonna go berserk and you can expect more Class actions suits early next year. Oh heck ! How many gaming devices can you buy ? Microsoft Corp.ââ¬â¢s Chief Executive Steve Ballmer will have to shop around for an Xbox 360 game console this holiday season just like the rest of us — it doesnââ¬â¢t come with his job. ââ¬ÅThe Ballmer children do not have their Xbox 360 yet. Iââ¬â¢m in the same boat as many of you,ââ¬Â Ballmer said. ââ¬ÅThanks to the wonders of Sarbanes-Oxley, management does not get a free Xbox 360,ââ¬Â he quipped at a meeting of technology industry executives. [...]
seems like another greedy oppourtunist,,( seems like)
return it! or have it replaced you crybaby!
stuff like this chaps my hide…your a bummer.