| ethomaz said: Google: Wii U Launch Hardware Failures http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2012/nov/19/wii-u-launch-us-problems "There have been other reported concerns including Wi-Fi configuration issues, HDMI output failures, and in one instance, a user claims to have gained access to an admin debug menu while attempting to configure the console's Miiverse social networking service." http://www.idigitaltimes.com/articles/13156/20121129/wii-u-issues-top-5-problems-nintendo.htm "3) Bricked Consoles: Nintendo has not shipped defective gaming systems, but many are reporting that their systems aren't working properly. That's because Nintendo requires users to download a 5GB update to the Wii U directly out of the box in order to enable web-based features. The update reportedly takes about 1-2 hours, and if the internet connection is lost during that period or if the power goes out, or, if the user simply grows tired of the update and turns the system off, the Wii U is bricked. Several reports of bricked consoles have surfaced since the Wii U launch. Thankfully, consoles should still be covered by the company's 12-month warranty. Nintendo has not made an official statement about the bricked consoles at this time." http://www.slashgear.com/wii-us-launch-day-update-reportedly-causing-major-problems-19257559/
There are dozem of realtes about consoles broke at launch... Nintendo even replaced batch of consoles... just take the Wii U issues and change the name for PS4 and you have your answer. But I'm surprise how the people forget one of the worstest launch in the console history in terms of failures. And at the end I'm the biased guy lol |
Cool, and where are the hard numbers? None of those articles say any percentage of failure rate. In a year from now I could link to you the recent PS4 news about it's issues and would have the same impact as those articles you posted.
Your links proved nothing to my original point, which was (in case you still can't understand), is that the console had issues, but these issues dind't result in DOA consoles (expect the stupid people who trun off the console during the update, even though it said very clearly that you should not do it), they were just annoyances.
And you still can't prove how many of the console that were shipped at launch were defective.
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