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What are the product liability issues against console games like Nintendo Wii and Sony's Playstation? What measures may management take to prevent these issues from arising? How may they minimize legal risk?

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The first one that comes to mind is the issues with Wii for the controllers begin thrown around. So they have huge warnings.
Also many of these games have warnings because of the violence involved in these games and the fact that children have access to them. There have been recent cases where people take the games too seriously and therefore act out what they play in the games.

"It was bound to happen! Within days of Nintendo announcing its plan to replace thin WiiMote wrist straps with thicker one's, a story emerges about a Wii purchaser in Austin, Texas filed a suit alleging Nintendo violated ...

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