VGChartz members failure rate (Wii)...

[Bodhesatva]

Thrillhouse said:

Legend11 said:
It's kind of ridiculous to compare failure rates between the Wii and 360. If Microsoft had simply chose to repackage a slightly more powerful Xbox with a new controller it likely wouldn't be having these issues either. It is fair to compare the PS3 to the 360 though and in that case even I'll admit that Sony did an amazing job with build quality (from the lack of complaints of faulty hardware from PS3 owners).

I disagree.

The failure rate of a device has plenty to do with how well it is made. I have no bias in this issue. Nintendo has a good history of making well built products. It is simple as that. Using the tired argument of it being little more then a souped up Gamecube does not have anything to do with this. The old low tech systems in the fast failed too! It happens. The question is, have your Wiis failed?

Based on that information alone, you can compare the numbers to the current generation of consoles and see which fails more often. It's not an issue of what system can do what... it's an issue of how well something lasts.

By using your logic, you would need the same guts inside of every electronic device in order to make a fair comparison, and that my friend... is ridiculous.

 

PS

My 1989 Gameboy and 1990 Gemegear... work great!

My Atari Lynx... not as much.

Even granting him his logic -- and I agree with you it's not necessarily a stable base to argue from to begin with -- many (including Legend himself) have chided the Wii for using old technology in the past, citing its graphics.

Now that the old technology may actually be a GOOD thing -- more stable systems -- it's no longer fair to compare the systems, apparently.