14 DAY TRIAL // Those who own a Wii surely know about their WiiConnect24 feature and probably use it on a daily basis. If you think about it, why did Nintendo call the feature WiiConnect24? Where does that 24 come from? The TV series? No, probably from '24 hours a day.' The thing is it has been recently acknowledged that you shouldn't leave your system running it for too much time. Certainly not for 24 hours anyway.
"Reports are going around that leaving your system on WiiConnect24 mode all the time could in fact overheat the system and cause damage to the GPU," says a piece up on Cubed3.com "This has only happened to a few people, but have you noticed your system getting too hot?"
Here are some comments reflecting how Wii gamers use their systems, and how you probably use it too:
"I've just e-mailed Nintendo about getting my Wii replaced because the GPU overheated...guess I won't leave my new one on WiiConnect24 all the time..."
"I leave it on WiiConnect24 in the day, but I turn it off at night. It'll prolly be fine, but I should turn it off more often anyway."
WiiConnect24 is a feature of the Wii console first announced at E3 2006 by Nintendo. It enables some of the system's features to work while the console is on stand-by. For example, a friend might be able to visit another player's town and leave that player messages in Animal Crossing without him or her being present. WiiConnect24 is sometimes confused with Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection, which is used to provide online gameplay over Nintendo's servers. Online gameplay titles for the Wii will be able to make use of both the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection service and WiiConnect24 sometime in the future, as I found on Wikipedia.
Didn't know the Wii could even have an overheating problem. But honestly now, is there any electronic/electric household item that should run for days, other than the refrigerator? Things break, when are people ever going to learn that?