Dec 22 2006
A Wii Bit More Trouble
The Nintendo Wii has been an incredible sales success that is rapidly turning into a Nintendo Nightmare. On top of a recall of 3.2 million remotes, now Nintendo is facing a class action lawsuit:
A law firm has filed a class action suit against Nintendo Latest News about Nintendo on behalf of owners of the new Wii gaming console for selling remotes with inadequate wrist straps.
San Francisco-based Green Welling filed the lawsuit against Nintendo of America in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington just days after Nintendo pledged to replace all defective parts through a recall of 3.2 million of the straps.
The law firm said Nintendo’s “failure to include a remote that is free from defects is in breach of its own product warranty.” The action seeks an injunction requiring Nintendo to correct the defect in the Wii remotes and provide those who bought the console the option of a refund or replacement.
Basically, you interact with the Wii by moving a remote and some users really get into the games…
Does this mean big bucks for Nintendo? Igniq.com doesn’t thing so:
Considering how fast Nintendo responded to complaints about the straps with A.) more stringent warnings, and B.) replacement straps, I have to wonder how far this suit will go. It seems like the company did cover its bases when overzealous gamers started reporting issues, but now it’s ultimately up to a judge to decide whether there’s a real claim here or people are chasing a cash cow.
I would have to agree. This appears to be little more than an opportunistic lawyer who can’t run after ambulances as fast as he/she once did.
