Microsoft Gets Sued For Red Rings

October 16, 2008 - The critical hardware failure known as The Three Red Rings of Death has been an unfortunate affliction for countless Xbox 360 owners. In fact, the problem has become so well known that we went as far as to name our Xbox 360 channel podcast after it. Fortunately, Microsoft has attempted to do customers right by extending the warranty of all Xbox 360 systems to cover any and all Three Red Light problems. The process is lengthy and tedious, but users can have their consoles repaired and returned, free of charge within two weeks.Nevertheless, many have speculated that the problem extends further than Microsoft has let on. During the early months of the console's lifespan, Microsoft announced that the issue had been contained within the industry average for hardware failure of three to five percent. In the time since, many reports have suggested that the hardware failure has been in excess of 30% or 40%. Taking these claims to heart, a ****action lawsuit has been filed in the State of California against Microsoft for the red rings hardware failures.

The suit claims that Microsoft concealed the true failure rates to maintain a competitive edge with Sony and Nintendo. The suit is also reported to claim that the true failure rate has exceeded 50% of Xbox 360 consoles produced. The lawsuit seeks to have Microsoft formally execute a refund program for customers in California as well as disgorge all of the profits made from the Xbox 360.I hope that they will pay for RROD mistakeMicrosoft Gets Sued For Red Rings
http://gear.ign.com/articles/920/920826p1.htmlMicrosoft Gets Sued For Red Rings
this wont go far.
old news is old
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old.

http://au.gamespot.com/pages/forums/show_msgs.php?topic_id=26636662

Heres the lemming massacre..no survivors.
[IMG]http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e279/Pryme54/oldnews.jpg[/IMG]thanks
Old.. get with the times lulz.
MS knew precisely what they were doing. They rushed to market with a half baked, defective console because they knew it was the only way they could compete with sony and nintendo.
The burden of proof for that 50% failure rate claim is on those filing the lawsuit, and they have absolutely no method to prove their claim. They'll lose, based on a critical lack of evidence.
It's nice to see a PS3 fanboy digging deep in the countless news articles to see if there is anything bad said about the 360. Wait, no it's not.
[QUOTE=''Ilived'']It's nice to see a PS3 fanboy digging deep in the countless news articles to see if there is anything bad said about the 360. Wait, no it's not.[/QUOTE]
maybe its the first time he heard about it? its dated 3 days ago for ign

[QUOTE=''seannn199''][QUOTE=''Ilived'']It's nice to see a PS3 fanboy digging deep in the countless news articles to see if there is anything bad said about the 360. Wait, no it's not.[/QUOTE]
maybe its the first time he heard about it? its dated 3 days ago for ign
[/QUOTE] Perhaps, but what is a jealous PS3 fanboy doing posting a 360 related news? Of course because it's a negative one. Doesn't mean he gives a damn about the RRoD.
[QUOTE=''Ilived''][QUOTE=''seannn199''][QUOTE=''Ilived'']It's nice to see a PS3 fanboy digging deep in the countless news articles to see if there is anything bad said about the 360. Wait, no it's not.[/QUOTE]
maybe its the first time he heard about it? its dated 3 days ago for ign
[/QUOTE] Perhaps, but what is a jealous PS3 fanboy doing posting a 360 related news? Of course because it's a negative one. Doesn't mean he gives a damn about the RRoD. [/QUOTE]

What makes him a fanboy? because he posted something bad about the 360, is that against the microsoft law ? lol, post something bad about a system and that automatically makes you a fanboy then I guess.
Old, and the idiots who are prosecuting are using farking YAHOO! as an evidence-backing source. This suit is in the realm of farce.
[QUOTE=''seannn199''][QUOTE=''Ilived''][QUOTE=''seannn199''][QUOTE=''Ilived'']It's nice to see a PS3 fanboy digging deep in the countless news articles to see if there is anything bad said about the 360. Wait, no it's not.[/QUOTE]
maybe its the first time he heard about it? its dated 3 days ago for ign
[/QUOTE] Perhaps, but what is a jealous PS3 fanboy doing posting a 360 related news? Of course because it's a negative one. Doesn't mean he gives a damn about the RRoD. [/QUOTE]

What makes him a fanboy? because he posted something bad about the 360, is that against the microsoft law ? lol, post something bad about a system and that automatically makes you a fanboy then I guess.[/QUOTE] Hell no, but it's not hard to figure him out by looking in his profile.
Stop the press!
[QUOTE=''Ilived''][QUOTE=''seannn199''][QUOTE=''Ilived''][QUOTE=''seannn199''][QUOTE=''Ilived'']It's nice to see a PS3 fanboy digging deep in the countless news articles to see if there is anything bad said about the 360. Wait, no it's not.[/QUOTE]
maybe its the first time he heard about it? its dated 3 days ago for ign
[/QUOTE] Perhaps, but what is a jealous PS3 fanboy doing posting a 360 related news? Of course because it's a negative one. Doesn't mean he gives a damn about the RRoD. [/QUOTE]

What makes him a fanboy? because he posted something bad about the 360, is that against the microsoft law ? lol, post something bad about a system and that automatically makes you a fanboy then I guess.[/QUOTE] Hell no, but it's not hard to figure him out by looking in his profile. [/QUOTE]

then he just prefers the ps? without looking at your profile i can guess you like the 360 more? does that make you a fanboy >_>
even if the guy doesnt win it shows MS people wont just sit and do nothing. Spin how you may but 360 is a faulty system built poorly and adding that 3yr warranty is good but I shouldnt have to send it in to begin with. Paying for something expensive you would think it would have a long lifespan.
[QUOTE=''seannn199''][QUOTE=''Ilived''][QUOTE=''seannn199''][QUOTE=''Ilived''][QUOTE=''seannn199''][QUOTE=''Ilived'']It's nice to see a PS3 fanboy digging deep in the countless news articles to see if there is anything bad said about the 360. Wait, no it's not.[/QUOTE]
maybe its the first time he heard about it? its dated 3 days ago for ign
[/QUOTE] Perhaps, but what is a jealous PS3 fanboy doing posting a 360 related news? Of course because it's a negative one. Doesn't mean he gives a damn about the RRoD. [/QUOTE]

What makes him a fanboy? because he posted something bad about the 360, is that against the microsoft law ? lol, post something bad about a system and that automatically makes you a fanboy then I guess.[/QUOTE] Hell no, but it's not hard to figure him out by looking in his profile. [/QUOTE]

then he just prefers the ps? without looking at your profile i can guess you like the 360 more? does that make you a fanboy >_>[/QUOTE] I have all three consoles, but yeah I do prefer the games on the 360 more. I guess you can call me a fanboy for that, but I know the tc is a fanboy for sure or else he would have ignored this negative article like how I ignore all negative things said about Sony and PS3.

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