Mark Methenitis penned a very interesting piece for Joystiq that's worth a read:

Something that comes up from time to time in the gaming world is faulty products. Or potentially faulty products. Most recently, it seems to be [URL=http://www.joystiq.com/2009/09/24/users-report-halo-3-odst-disc-read-errors/][I]Halo 3: ODST[/I][/URL] at the center of the issue (which, for the record, I've had no trouble with thus far), but the issue has touched numerous games, including [URL=http://lawofthegame.blogspot.com/2007/10/guitar-hero-iii-problems-with.html][I]Guitar Hero III[/I][/URL], and [URL=http://lawofthegame.blogspot.com/2007/07/xbox-360-repair-saga-shoot-surge.html]consoles[/URL]. While most people might lump all this together into 'stuff that's broken,' the reality is it touches two legal topics: warranty and products liability. ([URL=http://www.joystiq.com/2009/09/29/lgj-products-liabilodst/]more[/URL])