Microsoft Spacebucks Lawsuit
How much is one Microsoft point worth? Come on you dunderhead, quicker. Chances are, if a Philadelphia lawyer gets confused, a thundering puttock like your average bloke in the street will too.
However, your average bloke would probably not know where to begin to bring a class action lawsuit against Microsoft either, unlike Samuel Lassoff, an actual Philly lawyer.
He’s brought the suit against Microsoft after an invoice he received from Microsoft included charges for purchases he couldn’t complete due to a dodgy download system—and he claimed it wasn’t an accident.
He claims that Microsoft “engaged in a scheme to unjustly enrich itself through their fraudulent handling” of his account, in papers filed earlier this week. He also states that “Microsoft breached that contract by collecting revenues for digital goods and services which were not provided”.
I can see the guy’s point. Although I’ve never been skanked by a download stopping midway through, it’s annoying that no matter what I purchase I always end up with leftover points that I can’t use unless I buy more points. Witness me grinding my teeth to bloody shards when reaching for my credit card on Christmas day when the inlaws insist that we play the whole of Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band on Rock Band: Beatles.
Anyhoo, Microsoft Xbox product manager Aaron Greenberg has said this week that it might do away with the points system and move to direct cash purchases on Xbox Live Marketplace before adding “We never intended to mislead people”. Of course they didn, ‘t.
Good news for confused frugal gamers everywhere, bad news for my dentist.
Pip pip!
Mark Glenning
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