Nintendo Wii having production problems?

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This post has been edited by Gyiyg Strikes Back! on Aug 31 2006, 12:08 AM

Sounds like fun in the sun.

Uh oh.

It was bound to happen

The thing is, if Nintendo avoids a fail rate ahead of time unlike Microsoft then they can get the word out and avoid mass consumer confusion and retail shortages.

If anybody else can recall (probably only Nightwing and one other person) the Nintendo 64 prior to launch suffered internal digital electrical contact errors; however, because they thought ahead of time and manufactured enough units to fulfill pre-orders, the system met no negative response subsequent to launch, and went on to sell a hearty 500,000 units on launch weekend in both Japan and America.

So unless you're one of those idiots who believe that hardware reservation is "morally incorrect", you should be able to get a unit on launch.

This post has been edited by Gyiyg Strikes Back! on Aug 31 2006, 12:23 AM

...People actually believe that?

Yeah, I saw a topic on the IGN boards awhile ago saying something like "if we get to have pre-orders on entertainment then we should have pre-orders on loafs of bread! Everything should be on a first come first serve basis!"

Well, I think I might just wait until a little bit after launch to avoid any possible hardware issues.

I take it that's from somebody who never remembers to pre-order.

That is really dumb.

This news is false, various members of the press, suck as Matt Cassiminathingy, have played on a final version of the Wii, and haven't experienced any problems with the controller.

1. No they have not. Final versions of the Wii have presumably not been completely manufactured yet, and even if they were, the press wouldn't get them as soon as August.

2. The Wii that the press has played at GC 2006 and E3 were pre-production units--of course the units won't be faulty because the manufacturer takes every stance they have to make sure of that.

Well, here's to hoping Nintendo plays it smart and can get the issues resolved quickly. It's hard enough waiting as long as we are, you know?

Last time I bought a launch system (Gamecube), it got disc reading errors way too fast. Soon it deterioated to a point of being unable to read but a very small margin of games such as Gameboy Player.

Although its replacement was also a launch system (another Gamecube)...

I will wait cause the price will go down after a while
Or I may never get it
Or I may get it soon, I dont know

If I had $300 or however muh it costed, I would rather buy some BAPEstas though.
Or something.

Nintendo is doomed!

Uhh... no.

oh woe is us

no big deal, i'd rather wii come out next year or so, this year seems waaay too soon for a new system launch anyway

I bought my Gamecube a few months after launch, and it works perfectly to this day.

Depends on how the "POT" is set. I think it wqas set either too low or high that screws the GC laser to hell.

This post has been edited by Toby on Aug 31 2006, 11:04 AM