The Supreme Court will decide whether Microsoft must face a class-action lawsuit that claims a defect in the media giant's popular Xbox 360 console was prone to scratching game discs, rendering them unplayable.<br />The lawsuit alleges that vibrations or small movements of the console might cause the optical drive to scratch discs.<br />The suit accuses Microsoft of knowing about the alleged issue before the Xbox 360 launched in 2005.<br />According to the original lawsuit, brought in 2012, there were as many as 55,000 complaints about the scratching issue by as early as 2008.<br />Microsoft contends that aggrieved gamers could bring lawsuits individually, not collectively, because only 0.4 percent of console owners reported problems.<br />Microsoft also contended that the cause of the problem was gamers' misuse.
