Could Wii become best selling peice of hardware ever?

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akuma587 said:
Its too early to tell, but my first guess would be no. Those are some big shoes to fill. The Wii's hardware is less comparable to its competitors than the PS2's was to its competitors as well. That may not be important considering the market the Wii is aimed at, but it is a factor nonetheless.

Honestly, I don't see where all these claims about the PS2 being a faulty piece of hardware come from. Most people complain about "disc read error" which is from, duh, a dirty disc drive. All I did was clean mine out and it worked like it was brand new. I have two PS2's, one 6 years old and another 5 both of which have had no problems except the disc drive needing to be cleaned. Its not like this doesn't happen with other hardware, like DVD players and CD players. Dust and magnetization interfere with reading the disc, but using a product that cleans it or manually doing it completely solves the problem.

 Well, there was a class action lawsuit against Sony for PS2 hardware issues, so it's not as if these are simply anecdotal. I don't personally believe -- based on internet chatter and activity -- that the problem was as bad the recent spat of 360 issues, but it was noticable enough to get Sony in trouble in a public way.