I wonder if someone is going to file a lawsuit (class action) anyone against Microsoft for knowing selling a defective product.

Because if the allegations made in this report are true, that is really what they did -- and that is grounds for a potential lawsuit.

Of course, proving it would be another matter.

Just something to ponder.

Mike from Morgantown

Mmm, I think you would only have grounds for a lawsuit if MS did not act in good faith and refused to replace defective consoles.  It's not like knowingly selling a defective car or knowingly selling a product that is a firehazard.

Sony faced a class action lawsuit in 2002 for DRE (Disc Read Error) because they refused to fix the problem without charging the consumer at first.  They eventually had to cave, but they were still pretty strict about which consoles they would and wouldn't fix.  For example, if you bought a used ps2 off ebay, there was little chance that Sony would fix it.

With MS, it doesn't matter who owned it or where it came from, if its within 3 years of the date of manufacture, you spend 10 minutes on the phone, get a label for free shipping, and get your console replaced within 1 to 2 weeks.  No chance or reason for a lawsuit.

Back when Microsoft first announced its RRoD plan, I thought it might be sufficient. But the more evidence comes out that Microsoft knew about the problem beforehand, did nothing to fix it, and is still doing nothing to fix it, the more I think three years isn't enough: they need to be made to institute a permanent replacement plan. And if that hurts their business, then oh well; they deserve it for this bad-faith premature release.

Strange how reports like this are always from people with weird names...

Kris Pigna

...16 year old twits.