Manufacturer of memory sued Microsoft

The British company - producer of peripheral devices Datel Design & Development has filed a lawsuit against Microsoft, reports IGN. The lawsuit, which is sent to the court of the Northern District of California, Microsoft is accused of violating antitrust laws.

The reason for claims against Microsoft was a firmware update the Xbox 360 console, which was held in October. After this update stations stopped offering third-party memory cards, including Datel.

Datel representatives argued that thereby Microsoft fights unfair competition. The lawsuit states that the firmware update to the memory card Mach Memory, which produces Datel, were one hundred percent compatible with the Xbox 360, and their use is not causing the crash. Thus, they cost the same as the production of memory cards and Microsoft - 39,99 dollar. However, the amount of memory cards Memory Mach amounted to 2 gigabytes, maps and Microsoft - 512 megabytes.

Datel claims that actions by Microsoft, consumers receive no benefits. Conversely, those who previously used a third-party memory cards, were forced to go for additional cost.

Previously, the intention to submit to the Microsoft class action on behalf of consumers said Texas law firm Abingdon Law. The reason for this was the wave of user blocking Xbox Live, caught in a modified console. Lawyers admitted illegal that access to the Live service has lost not only users that have changed over the firmware to run pirated games, but those who used third-party hard drives. Representatives of Microsoft said that all the owners locked consoles violated the terms of user agreement.

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