A class action lawsuit has been filed against Sony and Square Enix, alleging they knowingly continued to allow Final Fantasy XIII to be sold despite it damaging consoles. The lawsuit is seeking “in excess of $5,000,000” in damages.
The plaintiff alleges Final Fantasy XIII “caused [customers’] PS3 consoles to freeze and become totally and permanently inoperable.”
He apparently experienced a crash on saving which “bricked” his console, and points to a hundred or more other cases reported on online forums since the March release of the title..
It is further claimed that “both Defendants are eminently aware of the damage being cause by their defective products, and have chosen to do nothing about it.”
Both companies are in fact said to have blamed each other for the failure, and to have done nothing.
Sony’s PS3 downgrades are even mentioned – it is said Sony demanded $270 to fix the (out of warranty) console, or $150 to provide a refurbished later model, lacking the PS2 compatibility possessed by the plaintiff’s original console.
All this is alleged to be a violation of Californian consumer protection law, and to constitute grounds for a class action lawsuit as damages are calculated to be in excess of $5,000,000 – a maximum is of course not specified, it being in practice “as much as we can get.”
Coming on the heels of the Linux lawsuit, this does not look to be a promising development for Sony.
I played the game for more than 100 hours and my PS3 works perfectly…That’s bullsh#t,so they can make a profit for nothing.Sony should sue each and every one of those losers for making unbased accusations and tainting it’s name.
great with every one sueing sony now it is going to come back to bite us all in the azz
About time someone sued them. This game has too many sequels and needs to be stopped now cause it’s run it’s course.
too many sequels? Only final fantasy 10 came with a sequel (ff X-2) which i agree i didn’t like, however, the other games had little to no connection with each other. (i.e. characters, battle systems, storyline,etc.) Please gather the facts before you go about making remarks about something.
wtf? i played the game and beat it all and my ps3 works perfect
Remember what Spoony said, Final Fantasy sucks and you suck for liking it!