Comments on: Nintendo Wii Damage: Unintended Consequences of Innovation http://blog.adamnash.com/2006/12/09/nintendo-wii-damage-unintended-consequences-of-innovation/ The personal blog of Adam Nash Wed, 15 Feb 2012 02:29:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: r4 card http://blog.adamnash.com/2006/12/09/nintendo-wii-damage-unintended-consequences-of-innovation/#comment-26294 Wed, 27 May 2009 11:47:00 +0000 http://psychohistory.wordpress.com/2006/12/09/nintendo-wii-damage-unintended-consequences-of-innovation/#comment-26294 Its not only nintendo wii has a vulnerability to damage, almost all the gaming console does when its not taken care properly, take PSP for example you can slip it out of your hands very easily if you forget to wear on your wrist band by mistake. So its all a matter of how you take care of your gadget.

]]> By: Eric http://blog.adamnash.com/2006/12/09/nintendo-wii-damage-unintended-consequences-of-innovation/#comment-24887 Wed, 21 May 2008 05:28:08 +0000 http://psychohistory.wordpress.com/2006/12/09/nintendo-wii-damage-unintended-consequences-of-innovation/#comment-24887 Wii’s are freaking dangerous. My cousin cracked his LCD a few months ago. I suggest everyone who plays a Wii pickup a screen protector. I got one from a place called tv-armor. It actually stops a wii remote from breaking the tv.

Eric

]]> By: Nick http://blog.adamnash.com/2006/12/09/nintendo-wii-damage-unintended-consequences-of-innovation/#comment-17872 Sat, 27 Oct 2007 14:33:50 +0000 http://psychohistory.wordpress.com/2006/12/09/nintendo-wii-damage-unintended-consequences-of-innovation/#comment-17872 Ha ha ha, it kills me that people are having trouble with their wiimote. Luckily Nintendo is going to be rectifying that problem shortly.

]]> By: Charles Lennox http://blog.adamnash.com/2006/12/09/nintendo-wii-damage-unintended-consequences-of-innovation/#comment-17817 Fri, 26 Oct 2007 13:30:13 +0000 http://psychohistory.wordpress.com/2006/12/09/nintendo-wii-damage-unintended-consequences-of-innovation/#comment-17817 Ninetendo WII can cause overheating of DLP projection-type TV particularily when Ninetendo is set to ramp up screen brightness. As the light system overheats, the bulb is damaged – a replacement is about $300.00 – suggest Ninetendo WII should not be deployed on any SAMSUNG DLP units.

]]> By: sbmedvec http://blog.adamnash.com/2006/12/09/nintendo-wii-damage-unintended-consequences-of-innovation/#comment-2452 Thu, 18 Jan 2007 17:05:57 +0000 http://psychohistory.wordpress.com/2006/12/09/nintendo-wii-damage-unintended-consequences-of-innovation/#comment-2452 While my damage was light, it was annoy and a bit funny. I was Wii bowling, smacked a half-ful gatorade bottle off my coffee table, it spun mid-air and deposited orange liquid on my lcd tv, xbox, dvd player, in my surround sound speakers, the carpet, the couch, and my (luckily laminated) movie posters.

Overall, it could have been worse… http://www.orangealexander.com/wd1005.html

But, I don’t blame Nintendo one bit. I am the moron here, and didn’t follow their directions about clearing a path. I have found in my online travels, that many incidences of accident are from over-zealous users.

While user is king, user also be ware. It is ultimately your responsibility to use the device properly.

]]> By: DataWebTect » Blog Archive » The woes of the Wii http://blog.adamnash.com/2006/12/09/nintendo-wii-damage-unintended-consequences-of-innovation/#comment-1655 Wed, 27 Dec 2006 16:28:13 +0000 http://psychohistory.wordpress.com/2006/12/09/nintendo-wii-damage-unintended-consequences-of-innovation/#comment-1655 [...]   Nintendo had every reason to pump the market with the product so that it could have literally eliminated Sony’s competition, but it held back and I am hoping it could be for the safety issues. See it in action  Wii damage , Wii Video, Wii Rage . Later Nintendo recalled the straps to be replaced with the stronger string. [...]

]]> By: Adam Nash http://blog.adamnash.com/2006/12/09/nintendo-wii-damage-unintended-consequences-of-innovation/#comment-1105 Tue, 12 Dec 2006 16:16:57 +0000 http://psychohistory.wordpress.com/2006/12/09/nintendo-wii-damage-unintended-consequences-of-innovation/#comment-1105 Well, if you like the Wiimote, you’ll love my eBay auction for an authentic Nintendo Power Glove. I’m clearing out all of my original NES stuff hopefully next week.

When you jump on a gimmick like this, there is always a strong chance it doesn’t work. I think Nintendo was forced to think outside the box here, due to the technical superiority of the Sony & Microsoft products. True to Nintendo’s culture, they focused back on the gaming itself, and asked how to make it better.

Remember, Nintendo is the company that saved home gaming after the collapse of the Atari market almost killed it. They saved it through an almost religious focus on the quality of the software and the games themselves.

See my other post on wanting a Nintendo Wii… There is no question that I want one.

As for the Wiimote damage, as I say in my post, when you do a new design like this, it’s always interesting what goes wrong. Blaming the user is not a solution.

]]> By: Ituloy Angsulong http://blog.adamnash.com/2006/12/09/nintendo-wii-damage-unintended-consequences-of-innovation/#comment-1102 Tue, 12 Dec 2006 15:06:58 +0000 http://psychohistory.wordpress.com/2006/12/09/nintendo-wii-damage-unintended-consequences-of-innovation/#comment-1102 I agree with you Gil, nice comment.

]]> By: Gil http://blog.adamnash.com/2006/12/09/nintendo-wii-damage-unintended-consequences-of-innovation/#comment-1038 Sat, 09 Dec 2006 16:48:47 +0000 http://psychohistory.wordpress.com/2006/12/09/nintendo-wii-damage-unintended-consequences-of-innovation/#comment-1038 Whether or not the Wiimote ends up becoming a short-lived gimmick, I think Nintendo has made a substantial profit from it. It also shows that Nintendo is a creative and innovativfe company that is not afraid to stray from the typical path. I would trust Nintendo with most any product it comes out with.

As for the Wiimote damage that has been talked of, I think people really should get a grip of the Wiimote better. Also if you are sweating so much that your sweat is the lubricant making the wiimote slip, I think it’s time you took a break. Oh and people should realize that you really don’t have to swing the wiimote so hard that it (if it should leap out of your hands) it could potentially shoot through a television set… Oh I have the solution! little rosin bags with each Wiimote you buy! :)

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