If GTA: San Andreas offended you, Take-Two has $35 to ease your pain.
November 9, 2007 - Take-Two has announced it has finally settled its class-action lawsuit over 2005's "Hot Coffee" scandal. Under the terms of the settlement, Take-Two will provide either a replacement disc with the controversial sex scene removed or $35 to consumers who swear to the following:
they bought a copy of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas before July 20, 2005
they were offended and upset by the ability of consumers to modify and alter the game's content using the third-party Hot Coffee modification
they would not have bought the game had they known that consumers could modify and alter the game's content using the third-party Hot Coffee modification
would have returned the game, upon learning the game could be modified and altered, if they thought this possible
Take-Two is prepared to spend at least $1.025 million in cash payments to consumers, and the settlement terms cap this amount at $2.75 million. The company set aside these funds some time ago, it says.
The company continues to assert that it should not be held responsible for game content that could only be unlocked with third-party hardware and software.
"If the case had continued, we believe the court would have agreed that Take-Two was not liable for consumers acting independently to modify their games with third-party hardware and software to access normally inaccessible content," said Ben Feder, CEO of Take-Two. "Nonetheless, we believe it is in the best interest of the Company to avoid protracted and costly litigation to prove our case and to finally put this matter behind us."
IGN is contacting Take-Two to try and find out exactly how offended consumers can go about claiming their compensation.
http://ps2.ign.com/articles/834/834150p1.html
November 9, 2007 - Take-Two has announced it has finally settled its class-action lawsuit over 2005's "Hot Coffee" scandal. Under the terms of the settlement, Take-Two will provide either a replacement disc with the controversial sex scene removed or $35 to consumers who swear to the following:
they bought a copy of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas before July 20, 2005
they were offended and upset by the ability of consumers to modify and alter the game's content using the third-party Hot Coffee modification
they would not have bought the game had they known that consumers could modify and alter the game's content using the third-party Hot Coffee modification
would have returned the game, upon learning the game could be modified and altered, if they thought this possible
Take-Two is prepared to spend at least $1.025 million in cash payments to consumers, and the settlement terms cap this amount at $2.75 million. The company set aside these funds some time ago, it says.
The company continues to assert that it should not be held responsible for game content that could only be unlocked with third-party hardware and software.
"If the case had continued, we believe the court would have agreed that Take-Two was not liable for consumers acting independently to modify their games with third-party hardware and software to access normally inaccessible content," said Ben Feder, CEO of Take-Two. "Nonetheless, we believe it is in the best interest of the Company to avoid protracted and costly litigation to prove our case and to finally put this matter behind us."
IGN is contacting Take-Two to try and find out exactly how offended consumers can go about claiming their compensation.
http://ps2.ign.com/articles/834/834150p1.html
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