At the end of the high failure rate of Xbox 360 Microsoft will be filed a class action lawsuit

Previously at GIGAZINEThe background of the high failure rate of Xbox 360 was clarifiedI told you that, according to this, it seems that the user filed a class action suit against Microsoft.

In response to the failure of the cooling mechanism due to the change in the specification after the development and the fact that only 68 of the 100 machines commissioned and manufactured did not function, at the time of three months before Xbox 360 is released, Microsoft Although it seems that a technician raised a question about the reliability of Xbox 360 itself, as a result of selling it by pushing it out, it seems that it has finally reached a lawsuit.

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DailyGamesNews.com: Microsoft Hit With California Class Action Lawsuit For Xbox 360 Failures

According to this article, Microsoft said that a class action lawsuit was filed in Sacramento, California, USA.

This is based on California's consumer protection law, plaintiffs claim that an excessive number of Xbox 360 has failed in "Red Ring of Dest", and Microsoft claims that Sony's PS3 and Nintendo's Wii We insist that we sold it while hiding the excessive failure rate in order to go ahead.

In addition, quoting the article revealed the background of the high failure rate of Xbox 360 which was recently taken up by many famous sites, Microsoft claims that he knew that there was a defect in Xbox 360 before the launch It seems to be doing.

Plaintiffs are then asking Microsoft to spit out all the benefits gained by selling Xbox 360 after Microsoft unveiled and executed public collection programs in California.

Microsoft has already generated an extraordinary loss of 1.15 billion dollars (124.4 billion yen) as a cost for repairing Xbox 360 shipped so far, but depending on the direction of this trial, Is it impossible to press a huge expenditure? I am concerned about the failure rate of Xbox 360 which improved the cooling mechanism currently on sale.

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MicrosoftWe have introduced a warranty program that performs free repair for 3 years only when "Red Ring of Dest" occursHowever, the plaintiffs' request for plaintiffs in this trial is "announcing and executing the public collection program" is not a free repair in the event of the occurrence of "Red Ring of Death" and a full recall Is it?