That's the name of this article by law professors Myriam Gilles and Anthony Sebok. Here's the abstract: Class actions are in decline, while arbitration is ascendant. This raises the question: will plaintiffs’ lawyers skilled in bringing small-value, large-scale litigation –...
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Considering that I don't buy game systems until they've been on the market for at least a year, it's hard for me to get all that excited about these new consoles. Let's see what they do for games after a year and then we'll talk.
I feel more or less the same. I'm also so far behind on the games I currently own that it will be a while before I feel like I need to get something new.
- Jennifer Dittrich
This is a rule I won't break after years of experience buying game systems too soon. No point in throwing away money on a system or systems that are poorly supported.
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
I'm the same way. I wait a year or so
- Shevonne
from iPhone
I watched one of my roommates deal with the endless RRoD, so I'm a bit shy on initial console purchases as well. Truthfully, most first generation complex technology.
- Jennifer Dittrich
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I remember reports from 2005 that said that Microsoft lost about $125 per Xbox 360 unit sold. They made their cash through XBL and payments from developers. With that as context, Microsoft's move to make you buy all new content isn't that surprising.
Consoles get cheaper to make over time, though. Sony and MS have always lost money at each launch.
- Andrew C (✓)
from Android
That's pretty much been how every console has been done, they're loss leaders and make up for it on the cut on the game. It's a razor-blade business. And like Andrew said, the tech gets cheaper over time.
- Jimminy IS Everybody
Alex, no they don't... but they also can't be "OMGWTFBBQ HOW IS THIS HAPPENING???!??!?1?"
- Johnny
Well, they can, it just won't gain them much traction unless it is a significant percentage of them.
- Jennifer Dittrich
Actually, it would be a big push on Microsoft if a lot of prospective One buyers were vocal like that.
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
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Apple CEO Tim Cook, along with the company’s finance boss Peter Oppenheimer and Tax Operations head Phillip Bullock, earlier this morning took the witness table at a congressional hearing on Capitol Hill to face U.S. senators who grilled the three men on Apple’s offshore tax practices. This also means today was the day Apple bloggers [...]
- Sebastien Page
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