Why can't 360 and PS3 be as reliable as the Wii?

[dahuman]

Legend11 said:

Grampy said:
A lot of problems are heat related and Nintendo dodges that bullet pretty well by a more conservative design. Certainly they can and do fail but at a commendably low rate. But to give credit where it's due, they put in some impressive build quality. Next time you change the batteries in the Wiimote, check out the battery holder. They could have just used a bent piec of metal like the rest of the world but no............

Did you know that the same group of manufacturers make the Wii, Xbox 360 and PS3?  You were right when you mentioned heat but I find it hard to believe that Nintendo puts any more money into build quality than the competition considering how cheap their optical drives have been in the Wii and Gamecube.

that doesn't mean they go through the same QA process =P. one thing to factor in also is the obvious design decisions on these machines, one might just be more flawed than the other.