How long have you owned your Wii? Any problems?

I'm just curious as to, well, the topic is pretty self explanatory.

This topic however applies mainly to those who've had consoles die on them of natural causes ie those not 'tampered' with.

I'm mainly wondering how long the Wii lasts and what the failure rate among Gamespot members is.

If you've had a console fail on you, please leave a little comment on how long you had it for and what may have been the cause.

And if you're still on your first, let me know how long it's been!

Cheers in advance!

still on my first, been 8 months

Still on my first I've owned the same Wii since November 19th, 2006 or you can say Launch in North America.

I have owned a Wii since September 2008.

No problems thus far!

i had mine since nov 2007..

my gpu acts up sometimes and i see tiny dots.. it happens rarely and only in some games so thats why i havnt fixed it.

I got mine at launch.

About a year ago it started not reading discs, and then did not start up at all... I sent it in for a $70 repair and Nintendo sent an entirely new Wii.

I've had mine since 2007. Only problems I've had were Freezing and Locking up.

Other than that it works perfectly fine.

ive had mine since christmas of 2006 and have had no problems at all it even fell off my desk and fell two feet hit the floor(carpet) while i was playing and the game didnt even freeze so its even durable.

I've been unfortunate to have two Wii's break down on me. One was that Super Smash Bros. problem in which they fixed for free and very quickly so that was fine, the second time the disc drive just stopped working for whatever reason. Unfortunately in that case it was no longer under warranty and my save files were not able to be retained.

I've had mine since July of 2007 and no problems thus far, even though the fan runs a little loud from time to time.

Since december 2006, dirty lens but that's my fault

I have had mine since May 2007 and it is as good as new. Nintendo platforms tend to have very low failure rates, I know most of my Nintendo legacy consoles are still working.

since 2007

3 months after it's initial release. The only problem I had was that it wasn't able to read dual layered disk.

I bought mine on release date. Havent had any problems.

The only problem I have had with mine (had since April 3rd, 2007) is it won't play my copy of Wind Waker. Speaking of, anyone have a solution to that problem?

I had a launch Wii, but I moved overseas, so I bought another one in 2007 and left the older one with my brother back home. I'm pleased to report that both Wii's are running perfectly, as is my Gamecube, 64, SNES and NES (not to mention the handheld range also works perfectly too!)

I can't remember exactly when it was, I think sometime in 07'. And I haven't had any problems at all, flawless, no freezing, no disc reading problems, nothing.

I've had my Wii about two years, and it has never failed me.

I've had to send both my PS3 and 360 in for repairs :roll:

Thanks for the response guys. The main reason I asked is because I purchased one not too long ago, a few weeks, and am really enjoying the titles on offer. It's be a long time since I've owned a Ninty console and forgot how fun the games were!

Anyway, I was planning on purchasing a Wii Remote/ Nunchuck combo so my sis could play too but a store near where I live had drastically marked down their inventory of white consoles. For an extra US$100 I can just buy another white console and keep it as a spare, while using the remote and nunchuck that come with it.

What do you guys think? (Take into consideration that where I live the Wii usually retails for US$250 while the remote/nunchuck go for US$50)

I've owned my console since launch. It broke down twice during the summer of 2007. Had it fixed for free both times.

Still using my first Wii.a I bought it In January 2007 :D so 3 years and a half

Thanks for the response guys. The main reason I asked is because I purchased one not too long ago, a few weeks, and am really enjoying the titles on offer. It's be a long time since I've owned a Ninty console and forgot how fun the games were!

Anyway, I was planning on purchasing a Wii Remote/ Nunchuck combo so my sis could play too but a store near where I live had drastically marked down their inventory of white consoles. For an extra US$100 I can just buy another white console and keep it as a spare, while using the remote and nunchuck that come with it.

What do you guys think? (Take into consideration that where I live the Wii usually retails for US$250 while the remote/nunchuck go for US$50)

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I have had mine since August of 2008. My Wii has frozen up a total of two times, both while playing Mario Kart Wii online. I have not had any other problems aside from that.

Almost three years. Has worked fine with some minor issues.

3 months after it's initial release. The only problem I had was that it wasn't able to read dual layered disk.

ShuichiChamp24

I got mine in 2007. Only problem I have had Is dual layered disks also.

I have had my Wii for getting close to two years now. I had one problem. . . . One day I was playing it and all of a sudden the screen froze and there was just a rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr sound that seemed like it would have gone on forever. This has happened two or three times. But no other problems.

i bought in september 2009 and its still working great

I got mine two months after launch and I've only had one problem with it. About a year or so after I got it the Wii would suddenly freeze, make a loud clicking noise, and then smell like it was burning. Sent it into Nintendo and a week later they sent me a new one with all my data on it.

Had mine for 3 years and no noticable problems. The Wii's failure rate is like less than 1%.

The graphics card in mine was overheating. Sent it to repair, and they gave me a new wii.