Man Sues Microsoft For $5 Million After His XBox Scratched 2 Games

[matcom]

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SEATTLE -- A Florida man who claims Microsoft Corp.'s Xbox 360 scratches game discs has sued the company, saying the consoles are "negligently designed and manufactured."

In the lawsuit filed Monday in a Florida federal court, Jorge Brouwer says Microsoft has received thousands of complaints but has not replaced all scratched discs. The lawsuit seeks class-action status.

Brouwer said his Xbox 360 scratched two games, "Gears of War" and "Madden NFL 07," and that Microsoft offered to replace them for a $20 fee. He is seeking more than $5 million in damages, according to the court filing.

Last week, Microsoft extended the warranty for the Xbox 360 consoles that completely stop working due to a vague condition the company calls "general hardware failure." This is a separate issue from the scratched discs, though Brouwer's lawsuit cited it as evidence Microsoft "is well aware that the Xbox 360 console has been defective since its introduction to the marketplace."

Microsoft denied the allegations.

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/1700AP_Microsoft_Xbox_Lawsuit.html

[AllegroRondo]

1. $20 to replace a scratched disk?

might as well just go to the used game store and save your money.

[Squatch]

2. Business must be slow for Jeffery Ostrow.

[Debi]

3. Stupid fucking lawsuits gone rampant...

x(

Fine, get a new game out of it - or return the xbox and games and go by a PS3 - but how does a person justify $5million in 'damages' from two scratched video games?

Hate Microsoft all you want but this is just bullshit. :grr:

[NewJeffCT]

4. Maybe he should sue his dry cleaners, too

while he's at it.

[NewJeffCT]

5. Maybe he should sue his dry cleaners, too

while he's at it.

[kay1864]

6. There is one thing kinda screwy here...

Microsoft wanted to charge him $20 to replace the disks their product scratched?

:wtf:

[Dragonbreathp9d]

7. he is suing more due to the 20 buck fee

[Zavulon]

8. This could be trouble for Microsoft.

It's not as if the company can afford top-flight legal representation. :)

[KurtNYC]

9. Microsoft probably has a fee for suing them too -- $5,000,020

You can sue them for $5 mil but it will cost you $5 mil + $20

[Tektonik]

10. Good ole' Floridians

I'm not suprised