The Wii's Failure Rate

What's the Wii's failure rate?

When I bought my 360, I had to buy a 2-year warrenty at best-buy just so that I wont have to worry about sending the thing to microsoft if I ever got the three red lights. Same thing when I bought my PS2 a while back during the disc read error scare.

But what about my wii? Just got it 2 days ago, and I was wondering if I should have bought another warrenty.

Or can I sleep easy knowing that Nintendo built put durability/quality into this white box?

What's the Wii's failure rate?

When I bought my 360, I had to buy a 2-year warrenty at best-buy just so that I wont have to worry about sending the thing to microsoft if I ever got the three red lights. Same thing when I bought my PS2 a while back during the disc read error scare.

But what about my wii? Just got it 2 days ago, and I was wondering if I should have bought another warrenty.

Or can I sleep easy knowing that Nintendo built put durability/quality into this white box?

bahamut_032

[QUOTE="bahamut_032"]

What's the Wii's failure rate?

When I bought my 360, I had to buy a 2-year warrenty at best-buy just so that I wont have to worry about sending the thing to microsoft if I ever got the three red lights. Same thing when I bought my PS2 a while back during the disc read error scare.

But what about my wii? Just got it 2 days ago, and I was wondering if I should have bought another warrenty.

Or can I sleep easy knowing that Nintendo built put durability/quality into this white box?

Striker_WiiS3

Not that much of a waste, my brother bought his around December and last month it started making a loud whirring sound and get's errors when he plays a wii game for a while. He hasn't sent it in yet for repairs cause he mostly just plays vc games. Point is fairlures are not common but they do happen as with all electronics. It really depends on how paranoid you are or how much of a hassle sending it in really is to you.

Well I'm actually constantly afraid of my Wii malfunctioning especially as I got it in December of 2006 and it tends to overheat at times. I swear my Wii can get much hotter than my 360 once repaired lol.

A little off topic but honestly I wouldn't be worried about it. It should be fine.

[QUOTE="Striker_WiiS3"][QUOTE="bahamut_032"]

What's the Wii's failure rate?

When I bought my 360, I had to buy a 2-year warrenty at best-buy just so that I wont have to worry about sending the thing to microsoft if I ever got the three red lights. Same thing when I bought my PS2 a while back during the disc read error scare.

But what about my wii? Just got it 2 days ago, and I was wondering if I should have bought another warrenty.

Or can I sleep easy knowing that Nintendo built put durability/quality into this white box?

remblade

Not that much of a waste, my brother bought his around December and last month it started making a loud whirring sound and get's errors when he plays a wii game for a while. He hasn't sent it in yet for repairs cause he mostly just plays vc games. Point is fairlures are not common but they do happen as with all electronics. It really depends on how paranoid you are or how much of a hassle sending it in really is to you.

That happened with MP3:c to me. It don't really mind, just take out the disk and insert it again, then continue the game.

I got the warranty when I bought it (Jan 2007) so teh warranty is no longer valid.

Do I regret it?? no.. it help me sleep at nights...

I never turn off my Wii (is always on standby mode) exc for 4 month taht I spend out of my country... I have never had a error, exc a couple of days ago, I was going to start playing RE UC and when I selected START the screen went black.. I assume that I did some funny thing instead of waiting for teh warning of the wiimote.. I turn it off (had to unplugged it) and turn it on again... all is good..

My advice?? get the warranty just in case. And after that N has a pretty good repai/customer service :)

My Wii didnt totaly fail.

It stopped playing to of my games and the 2 games were fine so it had to be the wii

and it was still under nintendo's warrenty so u should be fine. My dog use to kick it over and stuff and it was always fine. well intill now but thats besides the point. its a pretty sturdy system

To the TC and anyone that has not done this. Go to my.nintendo.com and join. After you join register your Wii and your warranty will be extended another 90 days on top of the 1 year warranty gives you. On top of that you can link your My Nintendo account to the shop channel and when you by VC games, they will be registered on the site. This will also help if you ever need to send the Wii in for repairs and end up needing a new one because you will have proof you downloaded the games.

-Shark2k

I got the warranty when I bought it (Jan 2007) so teh warranty is no longer valid.

Do I regret it?? no.. it help me sleep at nights...

I never turn off my Wii (is always on standby mode) exc for 4 month taht I spend out of my country... I have never had a error, exc a couple of days ago, I was going to start playing RE UC and when I selected START the screen went black.. I assume that I did some funny thing instead of waiting for teh warning of the wiimote.. I turn it off (had to unplugged it) and turn it on again... all is good..

My advice?? get the warranty just in case. And after that N has a pretty good repai/customer service :)

chang_1910

how do you know if its in standby mode? my wii always has this red light on is that standby?

15 month warranty out of the box.LINKloco

False, Nintendo only gives you a 12 month warranty out of the box: http://www.nintendo.com/consumer/manuals/warrantyinfo.jsp To get an extended 90 days on your warranty you need to do what I mentioned earlier. It is described here: http://register.nintendo.com/registerwii/

To turn on or off WiiConnect24, you need to go to the settings menu and on the 3rd page there should be something that says WiiConnect24. If you are online you will be able to turn this on. When you shut of the Wii with the Wii Remote, the light will go from green to an orange. If it is not turned on, the light will go from green to red.

-Shark2k

had mine since launch, no problems yet *knock on wood*snowman6251

same and mine even got knocked off a shelf and is still fine there built rather well

[QUOTE="chang_1910"]

I got the warranty when I bought it (Jan 2007) so teh warranty is no longer valid.

Do I regret it?? no.. it help me sleep at nights...

I never turn off my Wii (is always on standby mode) exc for 4 month taht I spend out of my country... I have never had a error, exc a couple of days ago, I was going to start playing RE UC and when I selected START the screen went black.. I assume that I did some funny thing instead of waiting for teh warning of the wiimote.. I turn it off (had to unplugged it) and turn it on again... all is good..

My advice?? get the warranty just in case. And after that N has a pretty good repai/customer service :)

Minishdriveby

how do you know if its in standby mode? my wii always has this red light on is that standby?

nope... that is Off... on standby (do not know if is actually call like that, is when the Wiiconnect is working) the light is yellow..

How do you turn your Wii to get the red light?? And does it get warm like that as well??

Tap the power button, the light should turn orange. Red is off, orange is stand by and green is on.a113524c

oh.. you laready answered him/her.. could you answer mine?? When the red light is on, does the wii get warm anyway or it would be like is completely off?? Thx

And how you get that red light?? I can not find the info at nintendo.com and my manual is in CT (I`m in dom. republic, meaning at the other side of the ocean :oops: ) I did it once.. I thought was pressing the power button for a while.. :?

The worst thing I've heard that's happened to a Wii is the graphics card might screw up a bit and scramble the graphics (very mildy) but other than that, the Wii is a well made machine.

[QUOTE="LINKloco"]15 month warranty out of the box.shark2k6

False, Nintendo only gives you a 12 month warranty out of the box: http://www.nintendo.com/consumer/manuals/warrantyinfo.jsp To get an extended 90 days on your warranty you need to do what I mentioned earlier. It is described here: http://register.nintendo.com/registerwii/

To turn on or off WiiConnect24, you need to go to the settings menu and on the 3rd page there should be something that says WiiConnect24. If you are online you will be able to turn this on. When you shut of the Wii with the Wii Remote, the light will go from green to an orange. If it is not turned on, the light will go from green to red.

-Shark2k

[QUOTE="bahamut_032"]

What's the Wii's failure rate?

When I bought my 360, I had to buy a 2-year warrenty at best-buy just so that I wont have to worry about sending the thing to microsoft if I ever got the three red lights. Same thing when I bought my PS2 a while back during the disc read error scare.

But what about my wii? Just got it 2 days ago, and I was wondering if I should have bought another warrenty.

Or can I sleep easy knowing that Nintendo built put durability/quality into this white box?

Striker_WiiS3

dude it doesnt really matter if ur a unlucky person an u get a poorly made wii (like me) that warranty would come in handy i would still buy a warranty just in case thats why u have insurance for ur car u might not get in a accident or crash but its good to no that ur covered if certain things happen.

I bought mine since launch and my wii works perfectly, Nintendo always make durable products

[QUOTE="Striker_WiiS3"][QUOTE="bahamut_032"]

What's the Wii's failure rate?

When I bought my 360, I had to buy a 2-year warrenty at best-buy just so that I wont have to worry about sending the thing to microsoft if I ever got the three red lights. Same thing when I bought my PS2 a while back during the disc read error scare.

But what about my wii? Just got it 2 days ago, and I was wondering if I should have bought another warrenty.

Or can I sleep easy knowing that Nintendo built put durability/quality into this white box?

remblade

Not that much of a waste, my brother bought his around December and last month it started making a loud whirring sound and get's errors when he plays a wii game for a while. He hasn't sent it in yet for repairs cause he mostly just plays vc games. Point is fairlures are not common but they do happen as with all electronics. It really depends on how paranoid you are or how much of a hassle sending it in really is to you.

That whirring sound/error happened to me too!

[QUOTE="Minishdriveby"][QUOTE="chang_1910"]

I got the warranty when I bought it (Jan 2007) so teh warranty is no longer valid.

Do I regret it?? no.. it help me sleep at nights...

I never turn off my Wii (is always on standby mode) exc for 4 month taht I spend out of my country... I have never had a error, exc a couple of days ago, I was going to start playing RE UC and when I selected START the screen went black.. I assume that I did some funny thing instead of waiting for teh warning of the wiimote.. I turn it off (had to unplugged it) and turn it on again... all is good..

My advice?? get the warranty just in case. And after that N has a pretty good repai/customer service :)

chang_1910

how do you know if its in standby mode? my wii always has this red light on is that standby?

nope... that is Off... on standby (do not know if is actually call like that, is when the Wiiconnect is working) the light is yellow..

How do you turn your Wii to get the red light?? And does it get warm like that as well??

Tap the power button, the light should turn orange. Red is off, orange is stand by and green is on.a113524c

oh.. you laready answered him/her.. could you answer mine?? When the red light is on, does the wii get warm anyway or it would be like is completely off?? Thx

And how you get that red light?? I can not find the info at nintendo.com and my manual is in CT (I`m in dom. republic, meaning at the other side of the ocean :oops: ) I did it once.. I thought was pressing the power button for a while.. :?

My wii isnt hot at all, so the red light is completely off.

thx...

I can not tunr the thing red thus.. I have try all faqs found.. :? this is so freaking weird...

In my experience, Nintendo's products have always been the most reliable around. I don't think you have anything to worry about at all.thebisonx

You could throw a GC down the stairs and it would still work. Not that ive tried......

My Wii shut itself down once--once in the entire year plus that I've had it--because it got too hot. I'm actually mad that I bought a warranty for mine and I haven't bothered to renew it--though I do fear having to replace it if it should happen to break because the damn things are never available in stores.

Now my PS3 on the other hand, I don't feel bad about the 2-year warranty I bought for that, not because I'm afraid it will break, but because anything can happen, and that was just a bit too much money to spend on something and not protect it.

Nintendo makes the most reliable consoles, hands down. My NES still works as well as the controls, as well as my SNES and GC.

BUT...

Just this past week my Wii has had trouble reading discs. I called support, and they said unplug everything for a period of time. I did it overnight.

It worked, but then started making a rough noise. Now, it doesn't read disks at all and I have call Nintendo in to get fixed. Mine is a launch unit as well.

Slim to nil... Nintendo makes a quality product 99% of the time.TDLlama