Wii: Anyone concerned with possible defects?
polycounter lvl 17
I'm cautious about getting a Wii immediately, despite the low price and the large amount being shipped for opening day, consoles always tend to have defects with the first batch, but I know quite a few of you plan to get one ASAP and quite a few of you are experienced with past nintendo products;
-since the Wii will not be as high-end graphically and processing-wise, is there much to be concerned about with the overheating problems most consoles have?
-Has Nintendo's previous consoles fared well with their first release, perhaps Nintendo's longer console experience has allowed it to not have such defects?
-Is anyone concerned with possible defects in the Wiimote? Perhaps there will be defects with sensitivity?
-since the Wii will not be as high-end graphically and processing-wise, is there much to be concerned about with the overheating problems most consoles have?
-Has Nintendo's previous consoles fared well with their first release, perhaps Nintendo's longer console experience has allowed it to not have such defects?
-Is anyone concerned with possible defects in the Wiimote? Perhaps there will be defects with sensitivity?
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I don't think overheating has ever been an issue with any console. At least none that I've owned.
All my Nintendo products still work... the only problems I've had are some of the buttons on my GC controller have become mushy.
I think I may have gone through at least 1 PS1. I upgraded to the "2nd version" of the old one (not the small PS1) because the moving parts that read the CD gave up.
I've bought 2 PS2s over the years. I had the very first batch of PS2s... and that eventually gave up. It had trouble reading discs. Bought a new PS2 (the newer version of the big one) and no problems so far.
My Xbox (though seldom used) runs fine, still.
All in all, I wouldn't worry about having defects RIGHT away. Most of these things come with a warranty anyways, so it really shouldn't be of any concern. Later on, I'm sure many of them are bound to have problems... simply from wear and tear.
I guess nintendo builds their consoles pretty well ?
They usually do a damn good job on their hardware.
a common hack from back in the day before they manufactured new pins was to replace with the one from the game genie, it had higher quaility pins and i had several geektastic friends who replaced the ones in the nes with the GG ones.
the batteries had to have been in their for at least 6 years.
I should have taken a picture of it before I threw it out.
This should be all you need to know
Now the Wiimote, a few time ago i was really worried, mainly after read in a portuguese game magazine (MegaScore) that travell to e3 and said that the controll didn't work that great. But from what i read on the gamespot previews of Metroid and Zelda i think, it actualy work great, and nintendo fix the sensitiviy problems that were felt in e3. Really hope so
last month i pulled it out again and tried once again (having tried serveral times since it died) to see if i could get it to work and it finally read ResidentEvil4 for a few minutes. it was getting read errors when ever the game would cut to a cinematic but would read again once i opened and closed the top. did this for a few minutes and by the time i got to where you can save the dog from the bear trap it had completely died, this time with a 'fatal error has occurred. please turn off your gamecube.' and it worked no more.
only other console problems i've had was with the PS1 and it 's cd drive wearing out to the point where it would only read discs if you turned the system upside down. then we bought a used PS1 and after a few months the same thing started happening with it. then came the PS2 and it's glorious backwards compatibility.
The size and seemingly flimsy feel of the controller really suprised me, especially after how much other people have raved about it. If they release some upgraded version of the nunchuck down the road, I'll give the system a second thought.
Just my two cents on the whole wii deal.
If you are truly concerned about it and can wait a few months until the second round of hardware comes out, that's what I would do.
And now, conclusive proof the cube is one tough son of a bitch:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUWFpZ7DksI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVRJtqPRZhQ
My NES and N64 still work great, too.
It's very hit and miss with hardware. I'm sure the Wii will have some hardware issues, as any console has.
Very doubtful the Wii will have any problems, why would you think so ebagg? XBox and Sony have had limited problems, but you can always get a replacement.