Microsoft Extends 360 Warranty to 3 Years (Retroactive, omg)

[kingoffighters]

I had a Hyundai once, it was the worst POS ever.

[Joust Williams]

No, I understood you...just saying that even without it, there's one key difference (well, actually more, a car is something much more serious when it breaks)

[gamevet]

No, I understood you...just saying that even without it, there's one key difference (well, actually more, a car is something much more serious when it breaks)

I don't know about you, but I'm not buying anything that is known to break, without a solid replacement/repair plan in place. MS pretty much had to do this, to save a little bit of face, in an otherwise horrible situation.

Does Hyundai or MS really care about you? Not likely. But they do care about the guy that's thinking about buying their product and having an extended warranty seems to be the band-aid to make all the bad go away.

[Yoshi]

If they did nothing and waited for the class action lawsuit, the lawyers would have made millions and each 360 owner would have gotten a $5 coupon off the purchase of a new 360 game or peripheral. MS would be punished either way, but this way the 360 owners get the benefit instead of the lawyers.

Well, shit. Give them a medal for sweeping the dirt under the right carpet then.

[epmode]

Agreed. I love Microsoft.

[Type Ryan]

About time those assholes! I've personally gone through 3 and am now on my 4th 360.

I wonder if I'll get a refund for Best Buy's product replacement plan at $50/ 360 product? That's $150 I'd like to get back....

[Type Ryan]

I'm merely pointing out that companies don't care about it like they used to. Old consoles were simple, but they were fucking tanks, and today's, for all their awesome features, fail if you look at them twice. You don't think there might be a relation there?

It's Microsoft and their products are guaranteed to be prone to getting HIV and AIDS.

See also: The Clap, Crabs, and Herpes.

[Rumpy]

MS has nothing to do with retailer warranty programs.

[Type Ryan]

MS has nothing to do with retailer warranty programs.

Oh well...


Bastards!

[Thief Silver]

If you look back to the early 90's, Hewlett-Packard was part of a class-action lawsuit, because of their shitty PCs. They were caught using refurbished parts in their PCs and paid out the ass because of it.

Of course, they're in trouble again, with a current class-action lawsuit concerning their laptop computers.

http://www.lawyersandsettlements.com...-pavilion.html

There is no company I hate more than HP, they make the biggest piece of shit products.

Though Sun Microsystems is a close second (They're as greedy as Microsoft without any actual good aspects)