Has it really taken so long for something like this to happen? My JOURNALISM throws up no similar suits, save for a lone man filing over his scratched discs. If this is the case, then Microsoft has finally been served with a lawsuit regarding the notorious “Red Ring of Death” error found on the Xbox 360.
Filed in The States — obviously — the suit claims that an excessive number of consoles have fallen prey to the infamous “three red lights” issue and that Microsoft hid the extent of the problems so it could compete against the Wii and PS3. The suit wants refunds for the State of California, not satisfied by MS’ extended warranty.
I’m not really a fan of most lawsuits, but Microsoft was certainly asking for trouble by designing a console with such shocking negligence. When you spend that kind of money on something, you expect it to work. The Xbox 360 has so much extra baggage associated with it that it is, at its worst, the antithesis of everything a good videogame console should be.
It’s just a pain in the arse that it has great games like Castle Crashers on it. Which I can’t play right now … because my 360 is being repaired.
