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U.S. Supreme Court Rules Unanimously for Microsoft in Class-Action Fight
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SecretMoblin
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It was a reaaaaalllly easy call on procedural grounds.
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The disc drive lacked a standard $0.50 piece of rubber, which would of prevented damage. Microsoft claims damage is from users moving the console while the disc was still spinning.
From 2008: http://kotaku.com/5110843/microsoft-knew-about-360-disc-scratching-all-along
Update from last year: http://kotaku.com/supreme-court-to-hear-microsofts-appeal-of-xbox-360-dis-1753404391
Interframe
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Perfect reply. lol.
UpDownLeftRight
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Eh. I HAVE actually had a 360 that murdered discs. It rendered 4 copies of LO unplayable and literally split a Gears disc without ever being moved. Figured it was a one off dodgy unit.
Netherscourge
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They ruled the press conference did cause people to scratch their heads, but there was no damage to any discs.
Skinny Pete
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Nm
Osukaa
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OMG lol Dead.
AuthenticM
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Hopefully Marc E. Kasowitz.
TangoAlphaLima
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SecretMoblin
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they overturned the 9th Circuit's ruling which they didn't want to let stand; SCOTUS wanted to put its foot down on the rule
adamsappel
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I remember that happening to my disks. I had to use those D-skin "disk condoms" which also sometimes made it hard for the disks to be read.
Vinsanity.
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The disc drive lacked a standard $0.50 piece of rubber, which would of prevented damage. Microsoft claims damage is from users moving the console while the disc was still spinning.
From 2008: http://kotaku.com/5110843/microsoft-knew-about-360-disc-scratching-all-along
Update from last year: http://kotaku.com/supreme-court-to-hear-microsofts-appeal-of-xbox-360-dis-1753404391
Damn. Yeah a ton of my games got that treatment. I thought my kids did it.
The disc drive lacked a standard $0.50 piece of rubber, which would of prevented damage. Microsoft claims damage is from users moving the console while the disc was still spinning.
From 2008: http://kotaku.com/5110843/microsoft-knew-about-360-disc-scratching-all-along
Update from last year: http://kotaku.com/supreme-court-to-hear-microsofts-appeal-of-xbox-360-dis-1753404391
yep i lost a few games due to this shit. MS made some really stupid design decisions with the 360, sheesh
The disk scratching would also happen if you moved it from vertical to horizontal while the disc was spinning which is the user error that Microsoft talked about being a possible cause. I worked at Blockbuster in this era, we saw a lot of these damaged discs. Its a shame Microsoft isn't being brought to task for a design flaw. .4% sounds waaaaay to low.
davepoobond
you can't put a price on sparks
So glad this went to Supreme Court.
VendettaRed07
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What a ridiculous waste of their time
balladofwindfishes
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I wasn't aware the SC even handled cases like this. Seems like a waste of their time.
Rest
All these years later I still chuckle at what a fucking moron that guy is.
Who would do that? Ever? For any reason? What a BS excuse.The disc drive lacked a standard $0.50 piece of rubber, which would of prevented damage. Microsoft claims damage is from users moving the console while the disc was still spinning.
From 2008: http://kotaku.com/5110843/microsoft-knew-about-360-disc-scratching-all-along
Update from last year: http://kotaku.com/supreme-court-to-hear-microsofts-appeal-of-xbox-360-dis-1753404391
Everyone has the right to justice, no matter how small.
People who accidentally orient the console from side to flat during use, or people who are removing their console to take it somewhere or position it better and accidentally don't turn it off.
I totally scratched a MW2 disc that way.
TheFurizzlyBear
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Kids, lots of em. See it all the time
TangoAlphaLima
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They're selective over what case they'll hear, but this one was about a procedural issue involving federal law, and SCOTUS unanimously disagreed with the 9th Circuit's ruling. The actual content of the dispute is irrelevant here.
Suikoguy
I whinny my fervor lowly, for his length is not as great as those of the Hylian war stallions
This was obvious based on procedure right?
Why did the SC take the case? I thought they were more selective...
OH, now I get it. This overturned the lower court.
9th circuit fucked that up to get a unanimous overturn.
Why did the SC take the case? I thought they were more selective...
OH, now I get it. This overturned the lower court.
9th circuit fucked that up to get a unanimous overturn.