Lawsuit says Xbox 360 scratches discs
via The Washington Post
Just days after Microsoft Corp. took a more than US$1 billion earnings charge to fix hardware problems in Xbox 360 consoles, a class-action suit says that the consoles also damage game discs.
Filed on Monday in the U.S. District court for the Southern District of Florida, the suit claims that Xbox 360s scratch game discs, making them unusable. Thousands of people have been affected by and have complained to Microsoft about the problem, the suit claims. read the rest here
No duh ! I for one have been disappointed in the hardware quality of the 360. The quality of programming and the actual output of the console is extraordinary, but these hardware issues make me leery. Let’s hope MS does the right thing with this warranty extension, which will more than likely become a recall to replace the DVD player and fans.