Sony Gets Other OS Class-Action Lawsuite Dismissed

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fordy said:

o_O.Q said:

no there were advertised to provide certain functionality to their respective consoles and in one case never delivered and in the other only delived part of what was conveyed to customers...

regardless if we are going by what was said about swaying consumer interest these must apply ( and there are a vast amount of other examples of all companies doing this but i suppose that once its a certain company and not another it becomes an issue ) 

Companies don't have an obligation to retain specs/release on a product that hasn't been released. That's the difference here. People already invested their money on this system, for a feature that was already there.

Now, I know where you're going with this, and I'll say now, the sensible, LOGICAL person intent on getting a Wii/360 purely for Vitality sensor/Kinect additions would have purchased it......yes you guessed it.....upon RELEASE of said feature. OtherOS was there, it was available, and then it got taken away. Don't you see the difference here?

so its justifiable for nintendo to make promises  ( that as you say may sway customer interest ) and then never deliver on them... 

so if i went into a shop tommorow and bought a wii expecting that the peripheral that i saw in a big nintendo announcement would eventually add to my gaming experience but it never happens

is comparable to sony not mentioning other os in any ads or announcements except on a few sites affilitated with linux and a couple interviews lol

edit: the thing is i don't even get how i got this far into a discussion about other os advertising as there actually wasn't any give me a sticker on the console or the box or a tv announcement and i'd agree with you but i don't consider stuff like siny's slogan for their time in the industry and a couple interviews to qualify as advertising for a major feature