I should sew Sony then for my ps2 discs. I'd be rich.

WOAH MAJOR TYPE.

Sue*

I find this hard to believe. I posted about it too, but I didn't have any pics so seeing that scratched disc (if it's from the guy who's suing) I can't help but think he did it purposefully.

My 360's scratched games on me before, but nowhere near that badly.

Assuming that the man's had the same problem I've had, I should be loaded. I've had my Haloz scratched twice. It's more of a horrible grinding sound actually. "BRRRRGGGHHH" says the Xbox. I take out the disc and this horrible ring is ground into the disc. It's a tad disheartening.

The only time I've personally had a console scratch a disc was the Wii, and that was because the kiddo knocked over the system while I was playing Pinball Hall of Fame. The loaner 360 I'm currently using makes a horrible grinding noise when it loads discs, but not a single scratch on the games when I take it out.

working a gamestop we see this alot, we pretty much do the same thing TUo said and tell them they should lay their console flat and make sure they don't move it whens its running.

advice to anyone unfamiliar with this issue do not stand your 360 upright, and if for some reason you HAVE too DO NOT MOVE IT when disks are inside. you won't like the result

Normally I'd say this is stupid. But, fuck it, this shit happens to me a lot. 50 big is probably a little much though.

My box scratched the SHIT out of my COD4 disc, but it was partially my fault. I kicked the table it was on by accident and it knocked the disc off of the spindle, thus creating the most horrible of grinding sounds.

The next day I took it to my local video rental store and they resurfaced it for the price of $1.50. Got it back in less than 2 minutes looking brand new. Most gamestops have this machine, too.

I'm gonna go ahead and use the words egregious and frivolous. Is Illinois as bad as I'm hearing lately?

Microsoft was sued over this same issue not long after launch. They ended up replacing discs that were scratched with any Microsoft-published game and started putting a sticker on the DVD drive telling people not to move the console with a disc inside.

Considering that these precautions have been taken, I'm not so sure this is a worthwhile lawsuit.

Is it just me or does that picture say 2005 on it?
How'd he get his hands on a 360 early??


j/k :-P

this happened to me back when gears of war 1 first arrived on the scene. i burrowed a copy from a friend played it a while and boom it became unplayable due to scratches caused by the 360. so i go rent another copy at a local blockbuster and bam it does the same thing again. it was one of the first 360s out so im guessing that issue has been resolved by now? either way im not buyin a 360 to find out

I noticed a ring around my copy of Gears of War that seemed like a scratch, very similar to this one. On closer inspection I found it to be a ring of rubber, worn off from something inside the DVD drive. I removed it with cleaning alcohol and a cuetip and it played fine after that. So it may not actually be a scratch at all. I'll testify!

Wow... nice.

OMFG i would have just asked for a new game and then some if i was feeling like being a dick. jesus people.... is this really some to sue over?!

@SYN thanks. wow, 50,000 dollars i wish something like this happens to me.

Well, I don't have a 360 yet, but at least now I know to keep it horizontal.

And I agree that this should have been elevated to Class Action status.

The correct action would be to demand for a fixed xbox and the scratched game (How MotoRobo said). However, there has been so many reports on faulty dvd drive on the 360 as there's been RROD. AND MS claims no responsibility that their DVD drives are faulty (hiding the notion that is only the RROD).

Look at this tread, how many people have had their disc scratched with a 360 and done nothing. I don't blame anyone for suing for a faulty system with so many damages.

Also anyone bringing the PS2 into the argument, well Sony did accept it had that problem and yes they did fix it for anyone who had it. As they did with mine. But right now you cant call MS and say: "Hey, my 360 scratched all my systems! what can you do about it?" MS: "Sorry, our system is perfect, your the wrong doer, pay 150$ and we will gladly fix it up".

Ive seen this happen.

everybody is looking for a settlement.

I've gotten heat spots on the disc which can be attributed to the overheating issue that the 360 has but I haven't had any scratches caused directly from the disc drive that I know of.

Nov. 26, 2005. lol.

It's odd that we're all shocked when a record company sues someone for hundreds of thousands of dollars, and yet there are a few folk here actually disgusted some man is trying to do the same to a big company.

3 games do not equal $50k, well done to those with the BSc in Mathematics!

It is meant as a deterrent, and more importantly a legal precedent so that no company can justify such epic design flaw in the future.

Good luck to him.

I don't think anyone has a case. Microsoft put a warning in the manual and I'm pretty sure stuck one on the front of the 360 to state that you should never move the console with a disc inside it. Really goes for any disc-based console.

So, one would have to prove that they never did that, in a court of law. Because all Microsoft has to do is take a 360, put a disc in it, shake it a bit, and then take the disc out.

As MotoRobo said, this guy is going to have to take a disc and pop it into his own 360. A new one, though, not an already scratched one.

I'm not a Microsoft fanboy...just saying this one is going to be hard to prove.

bobo your so completely wrong. it does indeed randomly scratch disk even while being unmoved. you may have yourself a good 360 console but there are many gamers who encounter disk scratches while being extra careful for it not to happen but it jus does. why? because it was not manufactured correctly.

This certainly is a very old problem with the Xbox 360.

The Xbox 360 drive is horribly designed, that's why it scratches the disc if the console is moved while it's on and contains the disc inside.

Some dumb guy told me "this happens with each optical disk drive". Stupid argument: We inserted a CD in a turned on desktop and moved it with "semi-rotating" left to right movements. The result: the disc was intact.