Xbox 360 Lawsuit Has Been Unearthed Once Again

But when over 55,000 users do the same thing, you can’t help but think that the claims have some truth to them. The Supreme Court petitioned the lower court for documents related to the case in October, and agreed Friday to rule on the specific issue of class status.

A class-action lawsuit against Microsoft over allegations that their old console, Xbox 360, was scratching discs, is heading back to court.

The lawsuit would go on to be dismissed by a lower court in 2012 because there weren’t enough complaints against Microsoft to qualify as a class action. In a defensive statement, Microsoft claims that it has sold more than 80 million Xbox 360 consoles and says only 0.4% of owners report disk scratching. According to the plaintiffs due to a production error. Additionally, we have to wonder why Microsoft would yank Xbox 360 online multiplayer considering its invested so much in the Xbox One’s backward compatibility function. If Microsoft loses the class-action lawsuit and is forced to disclose that a design flaw can potentially lead to the discs getting scratched, consumers might stop using the console altogether.

Microsoft has been alleged to change the design for the disc player as it is poorly designed and without protection that causes the disc from scratching with any movement.

The Xbox 360 had its fair share of technical problems, not least of which was the infamous Red Ring of Death – a fault that ultimately cost Microsoft $1.15bn. They just kept in mind that there is a very slight chance that the Xbox 360 might break their discs or might simply shut down and become just a useless brick of plastic. Shortly after the dismissal was reversed by a federal appeals court. The result of this lawsuit will more or less be publicly available once the case completes in the next couple of years.