Microsoft faces a lawsuit over Xbox 360

[admin]

What do you guys think about this? It sounds to me as though Robert Byers may be a tad opportunistic, but we'll see...


Robert Byers has lodged his complaint in a federal court in Illinois. He is claiming that the unit shipped by the company in the market has a design flaw that could cause the power adapter to overheat. He also alleges that Microsoft was aware of the problem and still went ahead with the launch. Due to this problem, the console goes into a protective mode and shuts down whenever the power supply and processors overheat.

He is not the first person to complain about this issue. Soon after the launch on November 22, many discussion forums reported similar complaints from some of the early owners of this gaming device. Some Xbox 360 owners said that their units stopped working after they had played for a short while. Others claimed that the units crashed during game play.

Microsoft has not responded to these complaints and just said this about the lawsuit: “We were only notified by the claimant’s attorney yesterday about his complaint. We are currently reviewing the complaint.” A Microsoft spokesperson from the company also said that they have received a very small number of complaints about the Xbox 360 and bulks of the owners are very happy with the console.

Source: http://games.techwhack.com/286/071211-microsoft-faces-a-lawsuit-over-their-xbox-360-gaming-console/

[P1TCH BLACK]

i haven't had the power brick get too hot and its laying on a carpeted floor. Where it does get really hot is the back of the xbox 360 unit, I left a bottle of cologne behind the console and when I went to move it; it was extremely hot, although the top a sides were not. I can see it overheating if it does not have proper ventilation, i've had no problems

[Attilitus]

Well... the first Xbox had serious overheating problems... there was literally a case where it melted down and started a small fire... that was the first generation. Then in the 2nd or 3rd generations was an overheating problem with the powercord that caused a fire hazard...

Anyways... it doesn't seem to unusual to me...

However, it is a little sad that they did not work a little harder on that aspect of the design after all of the problems they had with the first console... someone isn't learning from their mistakes. ;)