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We will receive millions soon. Well, maybe not, but a man filed suit in Los Angeles today against Microsoft for his faulty disc drive.

http://news.punchjump.com/article.php?id=149

 

[Wario64]

Now someone needs to sue Sony

 

[btrboyev]

someone already did sue sony..they settled and now sony fixes DRE for free.

 

[Hitler Stole My Potato]

I'm so gonna sue all you.

 

[Suikoguy]

hehe, sony learned which is probably why the pstwo has a one year warenty. Meanwhile MS is still being an ass and charging people insane amount to fix xboxes over the phone.

 

[AtomicShroom]

Having been twice a victim of the cursed Thomson drive, I'm actually very happy about this. I hope this guy wins.

Disc drive makers need to get their act togheter. These things should last for at least 10 years, not 6 months. Got that, Thomson??

 

[Price Drop]

Burned out on me playing Halo. I hope this next drive is ready for Halo 2.

 

[TheGreenGiant]

X cellent.

about bloody time these shoddy console makers are taken to court.

 

[cvxfreak]

*has a Thompson drive*

YAY!

 

[Burger]

*puts his games on his HD*

*expects xbox to last forever*

 

[Che]

Now someone needs to sue Sony

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[shpankey]

i think this suit is a good thing, it's a known fact launch xbox's had faulty dvd drives.

 

[Scalemail Ted]

*has a Thompson drive*

YAY!

I have a thompson drive as well. No problems yet, but I don't trust it....way to many stories. Hope he wins.

 

[SKluck]

I'd like the $30 I spent on another drive and $50,000 for emotional trauma, plz.

Getting up from my comfy chair 20 times in 2 hours for DDEs was awful, I need compensation.

 

[mrklaw]

I risk being flayed alive for speaking common sense, but...

Surely these things you buy in the US come with warranties? If something breaks down during that period, it is fixed at the companies cost. If it breaks down afterwards, its your cost.

How difficult is that to understand?

If you are pissed at only having a 90-day warranty, don't buy the machine. Or buy an extended warranty. Or demand reasonable consumer protection from your government.

Seriously. The manufacturers are just playing the game of least effort for your money.

In Europe we have 12 month warranties required by law, and I think they are moving to 2 year warranties on certain consumer electronics.

That just means that we'll get all the 'A' stock, and you'll get the ones that are slightly bruised.

 

[Ghost]

I agree, dont get me wrong, it sucks that drives in xboxs break down, but thats the nature of electronics, it breaks. You shouldnt be able to sue a company because your 2 year old piece of equipment has broken down.

 

[AniHawk]

I agree, dont get me wrong, it sucks that drives in xboxs break down, but thats the nature of electronics, it breaks. You shouldnt be able to sue a company because your 2 year old piece of equipment has broken down.

I dunno. My Atari 7800 is 20 years old and still works fine.

 

[DCharlie]

"I dunno. My Atari 7800 is 20 years old and still works fine."

if that should cease to be the case, then i hear there is a good lawyer who can fix those atari bastards for you....

 

[AniHawk]

"I dunno. My Atari 7800 is 20 years old and still works fine."

if that should cease to be the case, then i hear there is a good lawyer who can fix those atari bastards for you....

Well maybe if the system broke down in the 1980s, I would.

 

[The Faceless Master]

thomson drives are good (at first) when they work too... but they just break down out of nowhere and turn to crap...

 

[Yusaku]

How difficult is that to understand?

The lawsuit is valid, 90 day warrantee or not. It could be proven that Mircrosoft violated the implied warrantee of merchantability, that these Xboxes were not fit to be sold.

 

[Hellraizah]

We should go back to cartridges. Find an efficient method to keep the prices down and the memory count high.

 

[Screenboy]

Does anyone have that video where some kids get a Gamecube and smash the funk out of it with a hammer, then tie to the back of a car and drag it along the road for about a mile then load up Mario Sunshine on it?




NINTENDO SHOWS HOW ITS DONE.





-SB

 

[goodcow]

Does anyone have that video where some kids get a Gamecube and smash the funk out of it with a hammer, then tie to the back of a car and drag it along the road for about a mile then load up Mario Sunshine on it?




NINTENDO SHOWS HOW ITS DONE.





-SB

You could probably do that to the Saturn as well.

 

[AtomicShroom]

Anyone also notice that Nintendo offers a 1-year warranty on its hardware, compared to 3 months for MS and Sony? Now THAT's confidence in your hardware!

 

[Do The Mario]

I just got my PAL xbox (Australia) a few months ago how do i know what model/drive it has?

 

[Ecrofirt]

 

[AtomicShroom]

 

[Do The Mario]

And the winner is ……



Samsung



Woot!!!

 

[AtomicShroom]

^^^^ Best drive of the bunch! Congrats!

 

[Kiriku]

Now someone needs to sue Sony

Well, if someone did that Sony wouldn't afford to release PSP.

 

[Ecrofirt]

Samsung, oh please.

Philips 4 life. Samsung is no good.

 

[Do The Mario]

Samsung, oh please.

My DVD player is a Samsung it was a great price and is awesome quality for what I paid!!

Ton of features which aren’t normally seen on a DVD player at that price e.g. region free!

 

[Ecrofirt]

Um?? I'm referring to the Xbox DVD drive.

 

[Do The Mario]

Um?? I'm referring to the Xbox DVD drive.

Lols I though you were talking about the companies on general aswell as the in the XBox

 

[ohamsie]

Hm, my Xbox i bought over the summer is a Phillips, are they any good?