Microsoft Faces Suit for Selling &#39;Defective&#39; Game Systems
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Plaintiff Sean Burke claims that &quot;the defective Xboxes stop working after minimal usage, after unreasonably, unconscionably, unusually and unexpectedly short amounts of time.
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Microsoft Corp.  said on  Thursday said it would take a more than $1 billion charge to  fix "an unacceptable number of repairs" to its Xbox 360 video  game consoles and had missed shipment targets for the end of  June.
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Several California cities and counties have sued Microsoft, accusing the software giant of illegally charging inflated prices for its products because of monopoly control of the personal computer operating systems market.
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Microsoft on Thursday filed lawsuits against 23 companies in California and Florida, alleging distribution of counterfeit software.
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Xbox makers appear to be counting on dissatisfaction with the Wii's lack of technology and lasting gameplay.
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InfoWorld - Just days after&#160;Microsoft took an earnings charge of&#160;more than $1 billion&#160;to fix hardware problems in Xbox 360 consoles, a class-action suit says that the consoles also damage game discs.
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Four California county and city governments, including those of Los Angeles and San Francisco , sued Microsoft late last week for abusing its monopoly market power and overcharging them for Windows and various Microsoft Office products.
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SEVERAL everal California cities and counties have sued Microsoft, accusing the company of illegally charging inflated prices for its products because of monopoly control of the PC operating system market.
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Microsoft Corp.  on Tuesday  announced 20 lawsuits against resellers allegedly engaged in  the distribution of infringing software and software  components.
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A group of California cities and counties on Friday filed a class action lawsuit against Microsoft Corp. (MSFT.O), saying the world's largest software maker overcharged them for software.
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Microsoft roiled the gaming world Thursday by taking a $1 billion charge to take care of problems with its Xbox 360. NEWSWEEK's N'gai Croal talks to Xbox chief Peter Moore about the decision.
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Lawsuit lists complaints -- breach of contract, breach of warranty and negligent misrepresentation -- stemming from glitches in the online gaming service.
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Microsoft is paying out more than $1bn (Â£497m) to repair chronic problems with its Xbox 360 games consoles, which break down in a fault known as the 'red ring of death'.
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Microsoft Corp. Thursday filed lawsuits against 23 companies in California and Florida, alleging distribution of counterfeit software.
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Microsoft&#39;s video game division is taking a one-two punch. Earlier this month came news that the software giant was taking a charge of more than $1 billion to pay for costs related to extending the Xbox 360 warranty to three years. Now Peter Moore, the company&#39;s Xbox standard-bearer for the last four years is resigning to join EA Sports as its president. Replacing Moore at Microsoft as senior vice president of interactive entertainment business (Xbox and Games for Windows) is Don Mattrick, who was once EA&#39;s president of its worldwide studios.
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(InfoWorld) - Microsoft expects to take an earnings charge of more than $1 billion for the quarter that ended in June related to expenses it will incur fixing faulty Xbox 360 machines. On Thursday, Microsoft said it will expand its warranty coverage to Xbox 360 customers who have a certain type of hardware failure. The new program is a result of an "unacceptable number of repairs to Xbox 360 consoles," Microsoft said. Customers who have a general hardware failure that is indicated by three flashing red lights on their consoles will now be covered by a three-year warranty starting on the date of purchase. Microsoft will repair or replace the console, including cost of shipping, within that time frame. The company will also reimburse customers who have already paid for the repairs. After investigating this high number of hardware failures, Microsoft identified factors that cause the problems and has made changes to prevent them, the company said. Microsoft expects to take a $1.05 billion to $1.15 billion pretax charge for its quarter ending June 30 because of expenses related to fixing the consoles.
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A class action suit in Florida claims that Xbox 360s can scratch game discs, making them unusable.