Suit Filed Over 'Halo 3 Incompatibility'

Via Kotaku, a story on the CourtHouseNews site is discussing a suit filed by a CA man against Microsoft over Halo 3. "Microsoft's highly touted "Halo 3" video game, made exclusively for its Xbox 360, causes the Xbox to freeze or crash, ruining the game, according to a federal class-action complaint ... Lead plaintiff Randy Nunez says he paid $59.99 for his game. He wants class certification and damages." Given the lack of widespread note of such crashes, it's going to be hard to prove this in court I think.

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Re:Might spell BIG trouble

[Osty]

If that's really a repeating issue on his box, and folks aren't reporting similar experiences because you "can't return video games," then establishing a class is the way to make sure anyone with problems can jump on the bandwagon. It lowers the barrier to file suit, in the same way that corporations have had that barrier lowered, vis-a-vis bulk subpoena provisions in the DMCA.

This guy is just an idiot with a console that hasn't completely died yet. Halo 3 isn't causing his console to crash. His almost-broken console is causing Halo 3 to crash. He simply needs to call Xbox support and get it fixed or replaced for free.

Leave it to a Californian to file a lawsuit where a simple phone call would suffice.