VGKing said:
yo_john117 said:
VGKing said:
They only handed out those free warranties after years of denying there was even a problem. Did those people who paid to get thier console even get refunds?
The PS3/PS2 failure rates were within industry standards. You have the option to buy extended warranties just like with any other electronic device. Sony wasn't in any way expected to hand out free extened warranties or repairs.
About that PS2 disc read error http://www.gamespot.com/news/sony-settles-ps2-class-action-suit-6139482
Sony settled the class action lawsuit in order to avoid the time and money a trial would take. Funnily enough, this was back in 2005. If these PS2 disc errors were really that much of a problem, there would have been lawsuits years ago.
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The fact that Sony had a class action lawsuit brought against them pretty much proves that the PS2 had above industry standard fail rates. I thought that everyone already knew that the PS2 had a higher fail rate than it should have had(obviously nowhere near the 360 though).
OT: I'm quite confident that The One will be a very stable console. It definitely seems like MS is being quite careful this time around.
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Not at all. There are greedy people out there, stupid lawsuits come up all the time. With an install base of 150m, how hard would it be to find a couple dozen people with the disc read error? With the power of the internet, anything is possible.
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If Sony knew they could win because their product had under industry standard fail rates they would have tried. The fact they settled is an admission of guilt.
A company will always try to lose as little money as possible and if they truly had under industry standard fail rates they would have fought it because they would have been able to win.
