yo_john117 said:
VGKing said:
yo_john117 said:
VGKing said:
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.
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What if the time it takes to defend their product ends up costing them more than the settlement? Besides, who would want to drag out something like this in court?
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That's probably the most unlikely situation. You don't settle in court unless you know there is a greater chance of you not winning then there is of you winning. A company will never settle when they can win. If their fail rates were actually under the industry standard, then they would have fought and most likely won the case.
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It's bad PR. The longer this drags out, the more likely people are likely to find out about it and have this conception that Sony products break easily.
I guess its just a matter or perception. Either one of us could be right, or it could be a little bit of both.
