I took my Wii to the middle school where my wife works and saw something happen that has never happened to me. The kid swung the remote while bowling and somehow, the battery cover came off in mid-swing and the rechargeable battery pack flew out and up to the ceiling and put a dent in the acoustic ceiling tile.
It's strange but, the way I hold the remote, my fingers very conveniently cover up the battery cover making this impossible. I checked the kid's hand and, yes, he did have fingers...
sony might not be selling as well as the others but, when it comes to staying away from lawsuits, ps3 wins.(IMO, it wins in everything else too though.) with the lawsuits the wii always gets, and when they are making a $6 profit on each wii, their sales cant really be doing much to help them.
and with the 360's obvious faults and breakdowns, they not only lose money on replacing them, they have also had their share of lawsuits over RROD and scratched discs.
in the end, ps3 is idiot proof and that is why i beleive ps3 will last longer than both of them.
When I first got my Wii, I was playing a round of Wii Sports Baseball with some relatives. Once when I swung the Wii Remote, I accidentally hit a nearby chair. Left a little dent in the front end of the Wii Remote on the underside.
But I've never once had a strap break on me, old or new.
I wonder what's wrong with these people to make their straps snap, even the newer ones with stronger stands.
There needs to be some sort of law where any lawsuit that is deemed to be stupid ends up being reversed and the person suing ends up having to pay the amount they sued for to the defendant.
@Alchemistmerlin: Yeah, I should have mentioned that, but the threat of counterclaims obviously aren't working for some reason, so it needs to be made more effective if people are suing because they can't use something properly. It's as ridiculous as suing a cutlery company because someone stabbed themselves with a kitchen knife.
@Sziphix: I think the reason it's not working is that there _is_ a noble history in this country of people calling corporations to task for legitimately dangerous products through these lawsuits and lawmakers are really reluctant about being seen as silencing that completely. So there are safeguards in place that keep a poor plaintiff from being left too vulnerable by a suit that fails, cuz it could just end up being vengeance from a major corporation.
Of course, the whole thing has gotten abused by now, and it's going to be harder to change because trial lawyers are a major lobbying force in Washington.
Makes me wonder if this lawsuit would exist at all if Nintendo decided not to give people wrist straps at all. People would hurl their wiimotes at their plasma TVs, and it would all come down to "you're not supposed to throw the thing!" instead of "the wriststrap didn't work!"
@Xagest: Sad but true. By providing more options in the interest of your consumers, you only open yourself up to a variety of litigation possibilities.
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It's strange but, the way I hold the remote, my fingers very conveniently cover up the battery cover making this impossible. I checked the kid's hand and, yes, he did have fingers...
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and with the 360's obvious faults and breakdowns, they not only lose money on replacing them, they have also had their share of lawsuits over RROD and scratched discs.
in the end, ps3 is idiot proof and that is why i beleive ps3 will last longer than both of them.
12/12/08
But I've never once had a strap break on me, old or new.
I wonder what's wrong with these people to make their straps snap, even the newer ones with stronger stands.
12/12/08
Seriously, there have been more "wrist-strap" lawsuits than RROD lawsuits. Only in AMERICA
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Sheesh I get worried when I have to let my friends use my Dreamcast controllers.
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And yes...that remote has slipped from my hand more than once. That strap is durable. I can't imagine what it's taking to break these.
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That's called a counter-suit.
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Of course, the whole thing has gotten abused by now, and it's going to be harder to change because trial lawyers are a major lobbying force in Washington.
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But then, I guess this is what you get when your target audience is...finish this thought however you please.
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No, then they'd be sued for the obvious risk flinging their remotes around caused without some kind of restraint to stop them.
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It's no different from regular controllers.
"zomg i veered my sixaxis remote into my sibling's face and broke his nose sue sue sue!"