Nintendo Faces Class Action Lawsuit

[WiseSalesman]

We all knew it was coming ...

Idiots of the world unite, and help bilk this company out large amounts of cash to which you have no claim! WOOOOOOOooooo!

[sisko]

Especially when free replacement wrist straps are already being offered....

I don't suppose there is a way to join the lawsuit on Nintendo's side, is there?

[s1lence]

And not to mention the numberous disclaimers that Nintendo has when EVER you start playing a game, gotta love lawyers.

[GarrettCRW]

And not to mention the numberous disclaimers that Nintendo has when EVER you start playing a game, gotta love lawyers.

Including the repeated, "Do you want to take a break?" screens that pop up if you play Wii Sports for any length of time.

[7th lutz]

This case should be thrown out! There had been warning about the Remote a first place. You got morons did the suing because their property was broken by the remote. The warning was don't throw your remote on instructions for the wii and the games had warnings against throwing wii remote.

[Perkar]

We all knew it was coming ...

Idiots of the world unite, and help bilk this company out large amounts of cash to which you have no claim! WOOOOOOOooooo!

don't you mean "Wii all knew it was coming ..."

couldn't resist

[Damaramu]

Seriously though, we really should have that "If you sue someone and lose, you pay their court fees" thing. We would see less of this kind of shit.

[jajaja]

Only in USA lol

[Simply Dave]

Seriously though, we really should have that "If you sue someone and lose, you pay their court fees" thing. We would see less of this kind of shit.

Agreed.

[kainemaxwell]

only a matte rof time before someone come sin and wants to get their money from a large company. Nintendo did put out numerous warnings about the straps and have recently fixed the issue...so why now?

[evil_genius]

I think all you raging fanboys are forgetting that the wrist straps were defective. They were being used properly just like the directions said.

[Arcade Antics]

Agreed.

Tort reform? What the hell is tort reform?

[GarrettCRW]

Seriously though, we really should have that "If you sue someone and lose, you pay their court fees" thing. We would see less of this kind of shit.

We already have that, for frivolous lawsuits.

[udisi]

This should be an interesting suit as nintendo stated that the wriststrap is a secondary measure. The first measure being don't let go of the controller. Now nintendo has issued new straps that are thicker, which I thought was a classy thing to do but it may hurt them in the case whereas people will say why did they issue replacements if they were not defective. I see nintendo taking the primary saftey measure route of defense and that the wrist strap was never intended as a primary saftey device and only included as added security. The case was filed in washington which is a very liberal state, and this could be bad for nintendo, though nintendo of america is also based out of redmond, wa where the courts could be more supportive of a local buisness. Someone brought up the point of plaintiffs having to pay court costs if they lose. I'm pretty sure Nintendo will counter sue for costs if they win the case, so that is the case. In cases like this it is very common for the defendant to countersue, to pressure the plaintiff to try and settle out of court, also to recover court costs.

[FantasiaWHT]

Seriously though, we really should have that "If you sue someone and lose, you pay their court fees" thing. We would see less of this kind of shit.

Except that would encourage a defendant to hire the most expensive lawyer possible. The problem is that plaintiff's attorneys don't charge their clients anything (they get paid from the judgment if they win, or the settlement) but defendants' lawyers work on an hourly basis.

[nate1749]

Seriously though, we really should have that "If you sue someone and lose, you pay their court fees" thing. We would see less of this kind of shit.

You personally can actually, but it's not like an automatic thing.

I used to work for a large public company and there was always about 2 dozen lawsuits from regular jo-shoms going on and an additional 1-2 pending class action lawsuits. They always lost and my company always won (it was always the same frivilous crap) and the class action suits never got anywhere, but if they ever did there's such a big payoff so there was always a lawfirm or two willing to take the risk and spend 2 years going to court on and off.

Nate

[Tron 2.0]

We all knew it was coming ...

Idiots of the world unite, and help bilk this company out large amounts of cash to which you have no claim! WOOOOOOOooooo!

Please if any thing sony should be sued for it's riots, and ppl getting hurt over there PS3 launch.

Still watch that law suit at nintendo get throwed out.

Realy we to many.... petty law suits in this day and age.

[Hep038]

Please if any thing sony should be sued for it's riots, and ppl getting hurt over there PS3 launch.

Still watch that law suit at nintendo get throwed out.

Realy we to many.... petty law suits in this day and age.

Yeah Sony made those people act like a bunch of thugs. Just like Nintendo made people act like a spazz and throw their controler through their TV. I am glad I can think for myself and not let a video game company do my thinking for me. But then again I can wipe my own butt with no help. Go figure.

[xmagxus]

We all knew it was coming ...

Idiots of the world unite, and help bilk this company out large amounts of cash to which you have no claim! WOOOOOOOooooo!

They will lose the case nintendo wont have to give any money out they already offer replacement straps and did so as soon as they found out there were stupid morons in the world.