Microsoft allegedly knew their consoles scratched discs before launch

[TheBigFatJ]

Jereel Hunter said:

TheBigFatJ said:

Uh, of course they knew.

They knew about the RROD as well. They decided to push the costs of their mistakes to the consumers. That's just a business decision. It isn't that Microsoft hates you (they don't care about you, of course), it's that they thought they could save themselves more money by pretending those problems didn't exist.

 

Xbox 360 is not a portable system. It's a console. And much like your TV and DVD player, it's meant to be placed somewhere safe, and for it's orientation to remain unchanged during use. I don't blame microsoft for this.

 

It's a video game system that supports wired controllers.  During an average life span, it is likely to be knocked over at least once during use if it is used in the upright position.  Microsoft supports the upright position.  I kicked my Wii over during use, but never my 360 (so far).

Thank God Nintendo isn't so cheap they would gladly have their customers pay $20 or $60 to save themselves 50 cents.  Of course, they probably wouldn't ship a broken console in the first place.