I doubt many out of the 4.5 million wii owners go to joystiq or engadget and read about the wii modchips or even have the ability or knowledge to buy and solder on the mod chips. I don't think soccer mom susie that bought a Wii for her son Johnny is going to find a triangular screwdriver, crack open the wii, solder on the mod chip, then go on newsgroups and download the Wii ISOs (b/c from what I hear ripping the ISOs from the discs takes 50+ hours) and then burn the game and play it.
I have a wii and I have to say most of the time it is quiet but like the article said, after playing awhile it does get pretty loud. Granted I don't have an xbox 360 or PS3 but still the wii isn't noiseless.
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Feb 13th 2007 7:07PM (Engadget)I doubt many out of the 4.5 million wii owners go to joystiq or engadget and read about the wii modchips or even have the ability or knowledge to buy and solder on the mod chips. I don't think soccer mom susie that bought a Wii for her son Johnny is going to find a triangular screwdriver, crack open the wii, solder on the mod chip, then go on newsgroups and download the Wii ISOs (b/c from what I hear ripping the ISOs from the discs takes 50+ hours) and then burn the game and play it.
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