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#1 wiidog
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http://videogames.yahoo.com/events/playback/playback-19/1259454?cid=10361585

Microst knew the 360 was unstable and still put it out on the market. I dont know how any consumer can support them. I dont care if it has a life time warranty and wipes my tail I would never give my hard earned money to some that doesnt even care about the customer.

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#2 Ragnarok1051
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I didn't hear anything about MS in that.
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#3 Krigon
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Oki thanks for sharing. I guess Sony and Nintendo have never released a faulty hardware .
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#4 MonkeyStyIe5389
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WHAT!1!1!!¡!!¡! ZOMG Microsoft r u series?¡!¡!¡¡¡!¡¡11

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#5 wiidog
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You have to scroll down and click the article that says RROD
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#6 metroidfood
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Wait, so money-hungry corporations actually care about me instead of my cold hard cash?

Well, except for MS of course.

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#7 ExtremeOne316
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Sony had some problems with the PS2. Microsoft has done a good job at taking care of 360 owners with a 3 year RROD warnety

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#8 Ragnarok1051
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You have to scroll down and click the article that says RRODwiidog

Why didn't you give us the link to that instead?

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#9 Zerual
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What about Sony and the PS2's DRE?
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#10 FirstDiscovery
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This is MONTHS old

And they held back the faulty units:|

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#11 Krigon
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What about Sony and the PS2's DRE?Zerual

Nintendo with Famicom.

Sony with PS2 and PSP - 2000 and 3000 model.

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#12 JakeTD21
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I'm pretty sure that companies only care about making money.
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#13 Burnsmiesta
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Your either extremely naive or extremely young.
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#14 fixer293
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Corporations don't care about us? when did this happen?....Dude seriously, :roll:
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#15 Zerual
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Your either extremely naive or extremely young.Burnsmiesta

Or both.

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#16 clone01
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the 360 has a lot of games i want to play.
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#17 sargentbotk
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My 360 hasn't RROD'd.

And My PS3 DRE'd on me. Should I not support them now?

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#18 Erik_Lensherr
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Why can't they be like Sony that sends me birthday cards and flowers for valentines day..
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#19 WilliamRLBaker
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Wasn't like 80% of the cells to be put in ps3 faulty when they started making them?
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#20 murat8
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hey dont judge me -_- I didnt even know about the RRoD when i bough the 360 if i know i probably wouldn't have bought it though i dont really regret it, well i do when it brakes but not when it works fine
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#21 Stoner-Pimp
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Why can't they be like Sony that sends me birthday cards and flowers for valentines day..Erik_Lensherr

MS sent me an old moldy fish last christmas, i swear it was the best christmas i've ever had.

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#22 WasntAvailable
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So am I, I'm suprised we didn't get along better :/.
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#23 wally2nv
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cow

/thread

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#24 snakes3425
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Wow, a class action lawsuit against microsoft by a small group of disgrunteled gamers and their evidence comes from website articles and gaming magazines, this isn't going to go very far, especally since you can't trust magazine and internet articles because you can't tell if they're lying in order to improve the image of a console/company they like, or to get their 15 seconds of fame.

Don't forget Microsoft isn't the only one who has released defective consoles.

Atari: Remember the Atari 5200's controler, that broke after an hour of game play: No Lawsuit.

Nintendo: The NES/Famicom was released in the US with defective parts. People have actually gotten hurt using the Wii-Mote: No lawsuit

Sony: The PS2 had techincal problems as well, as does the new PSP model, and let's not forget that update that caused some PS3s to meltdown: Once again no lawsuit

Sega: The 32X had plenty of mechanical problems, and some were even incompadible with certain TVs and Genesis models, or could actually damage Genesis Cartridges: Once again No Lawsuit

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Wow, a class action lawsuit against microsoft by a small group of disgrunteled gamers and their evidence comes from website articles and gaming magazines, this isn't going to go very far, especally since you can't trust magazine and internet articles because you can't tell if they're actually lying in order to improve the image of a console/company they like.

Hmm let me think here:

Nintendo: The NES/Famicom was released in the US with defective parts. People have actually gotten hurt using the Wii-Mote: No lawsuit

Sony: The PS2 had techincal problems as well, as does the new PSP model, and let's not forget that update that caused some PS3s to meltdown: Once again no lawsuit

snakes3425

RROD is far more wide spreed then all the items you listed above

oh and i lol at this "people have actually gotten hurt using the Wii-Mote: No lawsuit"

dude that's not Nintendo's problem i could buy a football and hurt my self should i sue ?

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#26 angry_fork
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Your either extremely naive or extremely young.Burnsmiesta

I guess you're not old enough to know what grammar is.

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#27 BioShockOwnz
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No, not really...

http://kotaku.com/5068816/microsoft-chips-in-25k-in-search-for-missing-kid

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#28 micky4889
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No, not really...

http://kotaku.com/5068816/microsoft-chips-in-25k-in-search-for-missing-kid

BioShockOwnz

what does that have to do with this thread?

This is just microsoft being the "nice guy" in order to stop this story going any more public then it already is

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#29 loftus42
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http://videogames.yahoo.com/events/playback/playback-19/1259454?cid=10361585

Microst knew the 360 was unstable and still put it out on the market. I dont know how any consumer can support them. I dont care if it has a life time warranty and wipes my tail I would never give my hard earned money to some that doesnt even care about the customer.

wiidog

Yea they were stupid for doing this. It has cost them over a billion in repair costs, and an unknown amount in lost sales. But, honestly I hope they throw the suit out. Microsoft has paid hundreds of millions more because of this, and are standing behind thier product. They have put out 2 revisions of the hardware, and are repairing the RROD'd consoles for free. A full recall is the only other thing they can do, and I sure hope that doesn't happen.

But lets be real about this, If they didn't care about the consumer, they wouldn't have spent so much for the repairs. Something Sony could never do when the PS2 had so many DRE problems. The 360 has had it's faults, maybe they were known before launch, maybe the report came from a disgrunteled employee. Who cares, they are taking care of it. Thats all I care about. They hours on end gaming i have with two nephews that live a couple hours away is worth it. Besides, the games and Live are 2nd to none. If I have to deal with sending in my console a couple times, then so be it. It's FREE!

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#30 loftus42
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I'm pretty sure that companies only care about making money.JakeTD21
And we can also be sure that those sueing are only interested in getting their money back.
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#31 snakes3425
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[QUOTE="wiidog"]

http://videogames.yahoo.com/events/playback/playback-19/1259454?cid=10361585

Microst knew the 360 was unstable and still put it out on the market. I dont know how any consumer can support them. I dont care if it has a life time warranty and wipes my tail I would never give my hard earned money to some that doesnt even care about the customer.

loftus42

Yea they were stupid for doing this. It has cost them over a billion in repair costs, and an unknown amount in lost sales. But, honestly I hope they throw the suit out. Microsoft has paid hundreds of millions more because of this, and are standing behind thier product. They have put out 2 revisions of the hardware, and are repairing the RROD'd consoles for free. A full recall is the only other thing they can do, and I sure hope that doesn't happen.

But lets be real about this, If they didn't care about the consumer, they wouldn't have spent so much for the repairs. Something Sony could never do when the PS2 had so many DRE problems. The 360 has had it's faults, maybe they were known before launch, maybe the report came from a disgrunteled employee. Who cares, they are taking care of it. Thats all I care about. They hours on end gaming i have with two nephews that live a couple hours away is worth it. Besides, the games and Live are 2nd to none. If I have to deal with sending in my console a couple times, then so be it. It's FREE!

Yes MS messed up, they've paid the pipper with billions in repair costs, and lost sales, and they've done all they can do to solve the problem. This lawsuit is more then likely going to be thrown out because of lack of evidence, since they're evidence are video game magazines and web site articles, all of which can't really be trusted. I mean 16% is still a very low number, what about the 84% who haven't had problems, and stand behind the 360?

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#32 deactivated-5e7be39d87e0b
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cow

/thread

wally2nv

Not only that, but every couple of weeks, this SAME issue is brought up by Yahoo! I guess they're butthurt the acquisition didn't go through.

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#33 verbtex  Moderator
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It's funny how yahoo tries to be professional gaming analysts.
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#34 Juggernaut140
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Sure is DRE PS2's in here

It goes both ways

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#35 naruto7777
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i stilll love ms
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#36 dr_jashugan
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Good going Californians! Go for M$'s throat!! ;)

BTW PS2's DRE is HISTORY, X360's RRoD is NOW, but those who want to sue $ony, go ahead!


M$, hope you bite the RRoD bullet. 8)
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#37 clone01
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[QUOTE="Burnsmiesta"]Your either extremely naive or extremely young.angry_fork

I guess you're not old enough to know what grammar is.

wow, that is weak.

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#38 clone01
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Sure is DRE PS2's in here

It goes both ways

Juggernaut140

i concur. dre=no customer support from sony.

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#39 loftus42
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Good going Californians! Go for M$'s throat!! ;)

BTW PS2's DRE is HISTORY, X360's RRoD is NOW, but those who want to sue $ony, go ahead!


M$, hope you bite the RRoD bullet. 8)
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Wow, a little bitter, are we. Where would we be right now with out MS. Microsoft led the mass proliferation of computers into the market. If it wasn't for MS, the GUI that is windows would have been a lot slower to come out. The money would not have been there for intel to make the advancements they had with processors. With out the cpu advancements, the gpu advancements would have been a lot slower and crysis would not be out right now. Now that MS is the giant that they are, should we try to break them up, and penalize them for a stupid mistake they are pumpin billions into to fix for us selfish people who have to have their gamming fix? By us griping about the mistake forced their hand into concentrating on a fix, where if this mistake wouldn't have happened, their time could have been spent on making better games, and a better Live experience. They are paying for this, and maybe we should be a little more patient, and let them do what they do best. Make software!
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[QUOTE="dr_jashugan"]Good going Californians! Go for M$'s throat!! ;)

BTW PS2's DRE is HISTORY, X360's RRoD is NOW, but those who want to sue $ony, go ahead!


M$, hope you bite the RRoD bullet. 8)
loftus42
Wow, a little bitter, are we. Where would we be right now with out MS. Microsoft led the mass proliferation of computers into the market. If it wasn't for MS, the GUI that is windows would have been a lot slower to come out. The money would not have been there for intel to make the advancements they had with processors. With out the cpu advancements, the gpu advancements would have been a lot slower and crysis would not be out right now. Now that MS is the giant that they are, should we try to break them up, and penalize them for a stupid mistake they are pumpin billions into to fix for us selfish people who have to have their gamming fix? By us griping about the mistake forced their hand into concentrating on a fix, where if this mistake wouldn't have happened, their time could have been spent on making better games, and a better Live experience. They are paying for this, and maybe we should be a little more patient, and let them do what they do best. Make software!

dude that can be said about anything lol

If the wheel wasn't invented we would all be f*****

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#41 SSCyborg
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No, not really...

http://kotaku.com/5068816/microsoft-chips-in-25k-in-search-for-missing-kid

BioShockOwnz

That kid deserves to be missing. I'm sorry, but there are some people the world is better off without. a 15 year old running away? What a little baby.

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#42 twilightpanda
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i keep seeing posts about the DRE problem that the ps2 has. i have had my ps2 for 7-8 years and nothing happened. Plus: what is the DRE?
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#43 loftus42
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[QUOTE="loftus42"][QUOTE="dr_jashugan"]Good going Californians! Go for M$'s throat!! ;)

BTW PS2's DRE is HISTORY, X360's RRoD is NOW, but those who want to sue $ony, go ahead!


M$, hope you bite the RRoD bullet. 8)
micky4889

Wow, a little bitter, are we. Where would we be right now with out MS. Microsoft led the mass proliferation of computers into the market. If it wasn't for MS, the GUI that is windows would have been a lot slower to come out. The money would not have been there for intel to make the advancements they had with processors. With out the cpu advancements, the gpu advancements would have been a lot slower and crysis would not be out right now. Now that MS is the giant that they are, should we try to break them up, and penalize them for a stupid mistake they are pumpin billions into to fix for us selfish people who have to have their gamming fix? By us griping about the mistake forced their hand into concentrating on a fix, where if this mistake wouldn't have happened, their time could have been spent on making better games, and a better Live experience. They are paying for this, and maybe we should be a little more patient, and let them do what they do best. Make software!

dude that can be said about anything lol

If the wheel wasn't invented we would all be f*****

Wow, "if the wheel wasn't invented"? Could have come up with a better arguement. If you read the complete post, I did put " a lot slower" into the post. The wheel would have been eventually invented, as would have a GUI. The problem is, why be bitter over a company who makes money for things they put out, and hope they bite the dust? Every company has rushed products into the market, and payed for mistakes that were made by doing so. Why be bitter over it? MS is getting this because it has made billions by putting out software that has made our lives easier. Are a few people jealous that Bill Gates was smart enough to see a future, and actually put the work into making that dream come true?Yes, he worked with pieces that were actually developed by other companies. But, I didn't see anyone else try to bring this technology to the masses in the way that Bill Gates has done. Tandy tried, but it took Gates to develop the GUI. Now we hold him to a standard that we hold no one else to, just because of his past successes. And let others like Sony and the PS2s DRE just fade into the past. Looks like a double standard to me.
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#44 Phazevariance
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http://videogames.yahoo.com/events/playback/playback-19/1259454?cid=10361585

Microst knew the 360 was unstable and still put it out on the market. I dont know how any consumer can support them. I dont care if it has a life time warranty and wipes my tail I would never give my hard earned money to some that doesnt even care about the customer.

wiidog

If you are talkign about RROD, well my friend, you are YEARS outdated as this news is actually olds.

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#45 sargentbotk
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i keep seeing posts about the DRE problem that the ps2 has. i have had my ps2 for 7-8 years and nothing happened. Plus: what is the DRE?twilightpanda

Disk reading error. I experienced it again with my PS3.

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#46 All_that_is_Man
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!: Microsoft has enought money to buy the best law team imaginable.

2: Im sure they did know about it

3: If that law suit goes threw( which it won't) Microsoft won't be in the game next gen

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#47 DonPerian
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Unless it's some non-profit organization (and even then, there is bull**** to be found), no company is the little angel they make out to be.
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[QUOTE="Zerual"]What about Sony and the PS2's DRE?Krigon

Nintendo with Famicom.

Sony with PS2 and PSP - 2000 and 3000 model.

WEll as far as I know the Famicom's problem wasn't known about until after the release, so it wasn't that they released it knowing it was faulty.
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[QUOTE="BioShockOwnz"]

No, not really...

http://kotaku.com/5068816/microsoft-chips-in-25k-in-search-for-missing-kid

SSCyborg

That kid deserves to be missing. I'm sorry, but there are some people the world is better off without. a 15 year old running away? What a little baby.

I'm ashamed to be located in the same province as this kid. WHY was he allowed to play COD4 in the first place he clearly wasn't mature enough even for a 15 year old. He even looks like hes 11.

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#50 PrinceofSarcasm
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[QUOTE="wiidog"]

http://videogames.yahoo.com/events/playback/playback-19/1259454?cid=10361585

Microst knew the 360 was unstable and still put it out on the market. I dont know how any consumer can support them. I dont care if it has a life time warranty and wipes my tail I would never give my hard earned money to some that doesnt even care about the customer.

Phazevariance

If you are talkign about RROD, well my friend, you are YEARS outdated as this news is actually olds.

still who supports a company that knowingly sells defective hardware.