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Hot Coffee Put to Rest – For USD 20 Million
As the resident journo who speaks ‘controversy’, it’s my somewhat reluctant job to cover news that Take Two has finally settled its class action lawsuit over the Hot Coffee debacle to the tune of $20 million.
“Under the proposed settlement, the class action will be dismissed in exchange for an aggregate payment of $20,115,000 into a settlement fund for the benefit of class members, of which $15,200,000 will be paid by the Company’s insurance carriers, and $4,915,000 will be paid by the Company.”
The company is careful to point out – in case anyone hadn’t guessed – that these costs had been more than covered by retail profits.
The class action by T2 investors marks the close of an affair which began in 2005 with thousands of copies of the game being recalled after a mod allowed access to an incomplete sex minigame. In a previous settlement, T2 had agreed to follow more strict QA processes in the future, and paid out refunds to 2,676 claimants – significantly fewer than was expected.
This (hopefully!) brings an end to a crazy string of red tape that’s been hounding GTA: San Andreas for four years now. Clearly we need better enforcement of age restrictions, in the US and Europe, but this is an issue for retail outlets and for parents.
That Take Two has been hounded over what amounts to someone recording porn over a Bambi video then complaining to Disney is very sad, if somewhat typical.
(Thanks to Andreas Solberg for the photo)
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