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Forums - Sales - The two main reasons why Wii will not outsell PS2

d21lewis on 28 September 2010
mundus6 said:

You also forgot to add to that equation that Wiis don't break down. PS2 is probably the biggest piece of shit hardware ever.The exception of course bieng Xbox 360, but at least Microsoft saw the problem and offered 3 years warranty, which means you don't have to buy a new when the old break down. So everybody that has had a PS2 for a while have to replace it eventually. I currently have a PS2 slim, even though i bought my first in 2001 and this is actually my 3rd PS2.


Its been mentioned.



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Cheebee on 28 September 2010
mundus6 said:

You also forgot to add to that equation that Wiis don't break down. PS2 is probably the biggest piece of shit hardware ever.The exception of course bieng Xbox 360, but at least Microsoft saw the problem and offered 3 years warranty, which means you don't have to buy a new when the old break down. So everybody that has had a PS2 for a while have to replace it eventually. I currently have a PS2 slim, even though i bought my first in 2001 and this is actually my 3rd PS2.

I think that's indeed a pretty big factor, actually. Unfortunately there's no way of knowing the percentage of PS2s that was re-bought because of breakdowns, redesigns or both. But it seems the number's quite substantial.

To that effect, Nintendo might be smart to release a Wii redesign. It would definitely reinvigorate interest, just look at what it's done for the PS2, PS3, 360 and DS, among others. Then again, we wouldn't know if Nintendo might think such a move feasible. I wouldn't be surprised to see a Wii redesign sometime next year, though (but not a Wii HD upgrade).



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