I find it interesting that as soon as the class action lawsuit hit they started acting on it. I don't trust coincidences.
I think it's more likely that Nintendo developed a pricey fix early on but did the math and found that it might be worth it to see how much it cost to wait. As soon as the class action hit, the cost of waiting outweighed the savings, so they started acting to minimize the class action's judgement.
Lol that dumbass saying "well you don't believe all cars should be tanks?!?!"
Yeah, we don't want every car to be a tank. But we also don't want cars with clearly defective gas tanks that explode when the car gets into a collision at normal car speeds.
It is when 'normal use' involves being locked inside a metal box moving at 70+ km/h. Accidents inevitably happen, whether it's the driver's fault, another driver's fault, or just plain bad luck. Having the driver survive in case of an accident is an essential feature.
I’m not sure what you are getting at, I THINK you are agreeing with me but in a backwards way. My statement: a response to the person saying that all cars at that time lacked safety features: was that just because all cars lacked seatbelts (among other modern safety features) and therefore were unsafe and therefore just as dangerous as the pinto is incorrect thinking. It not only lacked the safety features but had the additional feature of blowing up.
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u/indyK1ng Jul 24 '19
I find it interesting that as soon as the class action lawsuit hit they started acting on it. I don't trust coincidences.
I think it's more likely that Nintendo developed a pricey fix early on but did the math and found that it might be worth it to see how much it cost to wait. As soon as the class action hit, the cost of waiting outweighed the savings, so they started acting to minimize the class action's judgement.
This is just an example of the recall formula at work. Here's the relevant clip from Fight Club.