Rock Band Creators Hit With Class Action Lawsuit

GameCyteSean writes "GameCyte is reporting that Harmonix, EA, MTV and Viacom have been targeted by a class action lawsuit. Customers allege that the companies knowingly shipped defective bass drum pedals for the music game Rock Band, then exploited customers' necessity for replacements by having the game's hardware warranty extension expire just as the sequel, Rock Band 2 — a game with improved pedals — was scheduled to release." I wonder if we'll see a similar suit against Neversoft and Activision over the equipment problems related to the Guitar Hero World Tour launch.

Comments

Re:Pot, Kettle, Blackness

[Lord Fury]

Warranty? Who buys new Fords?

Re:Pot, Kettle, Blackness

[Ryunosuke]

People expect Ford to stop working shortly after the warranty expires (if it lasts that long), they didn't expect the same from video game equipment. But I think comparing cars and video game equipment is a great idea!

Re:In before "kill the lawyers"

[mollymoo]

Almost by definition, it can't be much more expensive than fighting the lawsuit out, and it would make people feel a lot better about buying from the Rock Band franchise in the future.

I do not think that phrase means what you think it means.

Make that More Effective

[RulerOf]

But I think comparing cars and video game equipment is a great idea!

In order to achieve a proper comparison, you need to convert the Ford warranty and the Harmonix warranty into a more common and well understood unit of measurement, like Libraries of Congress.

Re:Pot, Kettle, Blackness

[NuclearError]

You don't have a choice - new Fords don't last long enough to become old Fords.