I own both consoles, and even the PS3. And I had to send my 360 in for repairs because of 2 red lights flashing as opposed to the usual RROD wich is a different issue.
My 360 was in repair for 6 weeks and I got no replacement SKU for it. No way my wii in case of cleaning will be gone for that long. And there's a big psychological difference between having a broken system or having a bad lens. Most people who can't play Brawl will blame their copy instead of the Wii.

And also there's the problem of scale. RROD happened on a much bigger scale then the WPB. According to reports WPB only affects a small percentage of Wii owners.

The first Xbox360 were all doomed to RROD sooner or later because of the heating problem. Does anybody have the numbers of RROD casualties? Or even WPB casualties?

RROD>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>WPB

all I gotta say is GOTY is SSBB

peace!

kingofwale, I'd like you to point out why you're ignoring the fundamental difference between the RROD and this problem. So far it's not proven (nor does it seem plausible) that the failure rate with this problem is nearly as big as RROD's.

Once you have done that, I'll be happy to participate in the thread again. Until then, I'll keep assuming that you're just trying to bait Wii fans into a trollish discussion.

Public relations already been address, to have good public relations you have to have build up a good reputation.

Look at kenzomatic post and rolstoppable post following that near the top of the  page. Microsoft just has bad PR compared to nintendo from past experiences. Nintendo PR > Xbox PR, just how it is.

Differences:

• RROD was a problem from day one, and lasted for over a year with Microsoft claiming that their defect rate was no worse than any other system.
• The Waranty on the XBox 360 was insanely short for such a complicated peice of hardware (6 months I believe) and many people were forced to pay over $100 to get their system repaired (some did this multiple times).
• The RROD impacted every game and your system became entirely worthless.

Right now we don't know the size of this problem, it hasn't been around for long (this is the first time I have heard of it), if it is a manufacturing defect Nintendo is (likely) going to fix it at no cost regardless of whether it is under waranty (they've done it before) and it (currently) only impacts brawl.

lame thread

To me it's like this:
WPB: It's like being kicked in the nads.
RROD: It's like having your nads cut off.

Nintendo told people that you may be kicked in the nads, and they're happy to put an ice pack on it.

Microsoft cut off your nads when you were in surgery, and didn't bother admitting it, until multiple people threatened to sue for malpractice.

And, to me, that is why Nintendo gets less flak (and deservedly so).

 LOL, nice analogy!

 Although I rather not get picked in the nads at all.

or at least people should get a little annoyed about being kicked in the nads, I mean, I would

^ In case you missed it in the previous page.