I just read this news report that’s good for a laugh especially for gamers.
Jesse Maiman, a 21 year old Yale University student has filed a lawsuit in the Hamilton County Common Pleas Court against US airway and he is asking for a relatively astounding one million dollars in damages? And what was he complaining about? His Xbox 360 got stolen in the airport.
Maiman claims that his Xbox 360, that contains what he says is a “specialized hard drive” was taken from his luggage when he traveled from New Haven, Connecticut, to Cincinnati, Ohio. He also claimed that he was given “an unconscionable run-around” when he tried to address the problem at the moment he found out his console was missing. In his lawsuit, Maiman is demanding $1,700 in relief for the loss of his Xbox 360 console, and a $1 million as the maximum damages allowable. With the top of the line Xbo 360 retailing for only $399, one begins to wonder what kind of “specialized hard drive” Maiman has installed in his Xbox 360. Could it be some kind of super advanced storage medium from the future? Or could the hard drive contain information that will save the world? Only Maiman knows the answer.
I know a million is pretty steep, but I don’t think asking for over a grand is unreasonable. I am not a hardcore gamer and yet I have hundreds of hours of playtime invested in my system. If I only lost the record of my Fable 2 playtime, I’d be upset. All my game saves? I’d be horrified. If I’m going to spend days in fantasy worlds instead of working, I want proof. Game saves are the modern man’s diary.