You've gotten into in argument with a lot of people in this thread. I've already stated I was wrong on my part. But don't you think it's a bit odd that you've gotten into an argument with most people that have posted on here? You need to calm down.
If you want to have a logical discussion. That's fine. But some people just weren't happy with your arguments.
For example, the most recent one. The figures you use for failure rates were from 2007-2008. Those are highly ill-representative of current rates, for better or worse.
Not only that but you associate low power consumption with "efficiency" which is just wrong. Yes, A Wii U is more efficient than a PS360, slim or not... But to say that the build quality of a Wii is better than a PS3/360 because the failure rate is lower is wrong.
You can't compare the two. The power consumption and cooling requirements of all 3 are different. More power = more heat = faster hardware degradation. You can't just ignore all the things (especially power) that go into the devices that the Wii simply doesn't have.
Ignoring those is illogical...
First off, 95% of the time, they initiate the argument, not me. Why am I being villified. Its like no matter what I do its wrong with people like you.
If I ignore them when they start throwing stuff at me then I get accused of not responding to opinions I don't like or not being able to handle what I said being questioned.
If I do respond to what they say then I'm accused of being argumentative or attacking people.
Its a discussion thread using theory and hypothesis. Of course there will be arguments. Fourth Storm gets into arguments, Zomie gets into argument,(heck, Zomie and Fourth just had a big one a few pages back) lostinblue gets into arguments and so on. That's what happens when people trade opinions. Why am I suddenly evil for arguing my own point? What matters is that they address each other's point properly.
I could see if I was just making problems for the sake of making problem like a lot of people who come at me do, but I don't. I will never claim something that I can't back up. The same can't be said for the rest. If I get into an argument it is because I have a point and I will substantiate that point.
What you just did is a good example of the stuff I'm talking about that causes problem. It was from 2007-2012. I posted
2 links, not one. I also posted a video to support it as well. That is how you support your statement.
The point it was used to make was that Nintendo does not pinch pennies on product quality like what was being suggested. You have spun that to me using it to draw the conclusion that the PS3/360 were poor quality which I didn't and where did the energy vs efficiency come into this? Though in retrospect, the Wii is of better build quality for those reasons since your bring it up.
Also, you very well can make an issue of heat and energy consumption. Its the hardware manufacturers job to make sure their product works properly under load. If your product was design with a material, heat balance that caused it to malfunction then that is a low quality product. Its the console producters fault that they want to make and sell a powerful machine that wasn't sufficiently stable. I have a PC that has lasted five years. It draws more energy, produces more heat and I use it more often than any 360 or PS3. My PC still works. My first 360 does not and the second has to be red ring fixed every 2 days of use. The reason is that my PC is properly designed for the load it undertakes. Its a quality machine.
Nothing excuses faulty hardware.
