MS: Aware of a disc-scratching problem before 360 shipped

17.12.2008
In an ongoing against Microsoft for compensation due to scratched/broken discs caused by the Xbox 360, a court document has revealed that members of the team were well aware that the drive could potentially cause problems to discs after the 360's release.

has revealed a quote from Microsoft's program manager Hiroo Umeno found in the document, where he states "This is ... information that we as a team, optical disc drive team, knew about..."

Microsoft has asserted that disc damaging problems are not exclusive to the Xbox 360, and that are in place to prevent these errors.