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- pbaehr, on 10/12/2007, -7/+98I have a hard time seeing ANYTHING on a TV with sunlight shining directly on it. I don't think I'd even know it wasn't working as I squinted to see past the glare on the screen. I doubt this will be much of an issue.
- MrSidnet, on 10/12/2007, -7/+88Crap, I just rearranged the living room, with the TV in the sunlight...
- DelMonte, on 10/12/2007, -17/+67I heard that if you put an XBox 360 or PS3 under sunlight for too long while you play it will overheat and crash ;)
- Rikkochet, on 10/12/2007, -3/+50Nod. Considering how awful a TV picture is in direct sunlight, the sensor bar issue simply can't be a serious problem.
If you really, really need to have your TV such that it's opposite a window, and you really, really need to watch Will and Grace or play Twilight Princess just as the sun is blasting through said window, you may just have to invest in some blinds. - Eccohawk, on 10/12/2007, -2/+44@rayonic
Hard-core gamers barely remember what sunlight is, unless they're staring at a dustbowl map. - Rayonic, on 10/12/2007, -16/+51Bah, real gamers will have no problem blocking out the sun!
I mean, this console *is* aimed at hardcore gamers, right? Hm... - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -6/+31Yes he did.
- Edrick, on 10/12/2007, -7/+29From the post: "When I first held it, I couldn't believe how amazingly comfortable it [Wiimote] was. It certainly had some weight to it, which is good. It didn't feel cheaply made, when compared to the Gamecube controller."
Err, I thought the GCN controllers were just fine quality wise. Sure, the purple version looks like a toy, but it's not made like a toy... - jmferris, on 10/12/2007, -6/+26It is right in the instructions:
"Namely, one must not let the mogWii near bright light, especially sunlight, which can kill the mogWii; one must not get water on the mogWii; and, most importantly, one must never feed the console after midnight."
Paranoid n00bs. ;-) - Nyghtewynd, on 10/12/2007, -7/+23Who in the world plays video games in the sunlight? Yeah, I mean *I* was thinking about installing my Wii in the gazebo, but I guess I'm going to have to change my plans...
- inactive, on 12/26/2008, -1/+16Yes, but sunlight contains infrared waves as well...
- ryankaz, on 10/12/2007, -1/+14This may be innaccurate - later in the same message thread someone points out that the Wii this person played was an early version similar to the revision playable at E3. Iwata has acknowledged in an "Ask Iwata" column that sunlight and halogen lights were causing some problems with the sensor bar but that revisions have addressed this issue.
- PathDaemon, on 10/12/2007, -0/+13In that case, your remotes shouldn't work either. They both work on infrared, which is present in sunlight.
Your remotes work, the Wii has a chance. - afex, on 10/12/2007, -6/+19affect, not effect.
and i'd rather have a completely new game experience that suffers from a few minor issues then play with the same controller i've been using for 10 years. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -3/+15Question: I have a projector, so all of my systems sit behind me, not in front of me. Is it still possible to use the wii? If the sensor has to be in front, I'd imagine that's a really long cord in the middle of the floor.
- b3mus3d, on 10/12/2007, -3/+15Uh, he was joking.
I was going to try that in a slightly witty put down way but hey. - Sabin, on 10/12/2007, -0/+10Actually, the first GBA was almost unplayable without direct sunlight on it. How quickly people forget the dimboy advance.
- illegal_op, on 10/12/2007, -4/+14Damn, I there goes the chance for Wiiboktai
- Sirocco, on 10/12/2007, -3/+13>> i also call *****. does your IR tv remote not work if there is sunlight
>>, or halogen light, shining on the tiny IR receiver, or transmitter?
I was tempted to make that point, but stopped short because I'm assuming the signal from the sensor --> Wiimote and vice versa is much more complex and time critical than getting a simple command code from your TV remote to the TV. Generally speaking, the more complex the signal, the more susceptible it is to interference. - ZeroMP, on 10/12/2007, -2/+11Look it is NOT Nintendos fault that your world orbits a ball of fire.
...I require Frozen Treats! - sakuraz, on 10/12/2007, -1/+9I still believe wavebird is superior to 360's, disregarding the rumble, of course
- imtigger2, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8dkdonuts: If your fingers are so fat that you have to mash the buttons with the side of your hand.... then yes, you can probably expect the buttons to start sticking.
As well, you probably shouldn't be playing video games while eating donuts and drinking Mountain Dew. - dvddesign, on 10/12/2007, -2/+9I don't see what the big deal is. Find me any gaming system or video based media format that is best optimized for use in daylight or outdoors.
Laptops, PDA's, phones, PSP, ipod video, NDS, GBA, Game Gear, TV Walkman
None of these work properly in direct sunlight. Hell there's lots of video equipment that suffers in indirect sunlight. Projectors, rear projection TV's.... How often do you see electronic stores demo TV's and home theaters in full sunlight?
This isn't much for news. - Klarth, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6The problem with your allegory is that NEW games are actually being designed around this controller, kiddo. I don't think, say, Namco think having an "amputee" control scheme for Tekken would be considered a whole new experience, nor would it be at all practical.
- thewebguy, on 10/12/2007, -10/+16i also call *****. does your IR tv remote not work if there is sunlight, or halogen light, shining on the tiny IR receiver, or transmitter?
- ABadInAlbany, on 10/12/2007, -3/+9Shouldn't be a problem for most cave-dwelling gamers to begin with ...
- theragu40, on 10/12/2007, -4/+10Well, if the Wii controllers feel that much more solid than the GCN controllers (which I agree felt very solid), then I guess we have nothing to worry about.
- DragonQuester, on 10/12/2007, -3/+9It seems pretty obvious to everyone here that DocWhoWho is an R-tard
- Lane5slacker, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6Glare can render my TV room useless. There hasn't been sunlight in that room in years!
- theragu40, on 10/12/2007, -2/+7They didn't use the sensor bar? Are you nuts?
- IdanE, on 10/12/2007, -4/+8Let's get it strait.. direct sunlight will cause X360s and (probably) PS3s to overheat. But then again, so will putting it in a closed off cabinet (which from what I read is something that Nintendo specifically targeted the Wii to do), or put it in a room above room temperature (let's see how they fare in the nice warm heat that we all like come winter. I can smell the burning metal already.
As for direct sunlight - I don't know anyone who's dumb enough to expose a TV to direct sunlight - the picture becomes crappy as hell. and since the sensor bar is right there under the TV, I find it hard to believe this is going to be a bigger issue than the scary news out of E3 (or was it another show?) that when you have very strong, flickering lights, the sensor bar acts up. BIG DEAL - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -5/+9Why am I being dugg down for asking a legitimate question? I don't understand digg.
- Klarth, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4Better watch out for those dastardly Gwiimlins.
- aywwts4, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Everytime in my house between about 3 and 4 our remote would be useless, the light hit right on the reciver for the remote.
This isnt anything new, it simply uses infrared, and the sun is more infrared than any remote you can imagine.
This doesnt mean you have to shroud your living room in darkness, just dont have direct sunlight hitting the reciver part directly.
Nintendo says it works on top and on the bottom of your TV, odds are the sun isnt going to be hitting both, you can always move it. - theragu40, on 10/12/2007, -9/+12Umm, last time I checked IR signals used heat, correct? So to me it makes sense that sitting in the sun for a while would throw it off a bit.
- Chrysalid, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4In case someone didn't figure it out yet, remote controls and other wireless devices most often operate using infrared light. This is efficient and cheap to manufacture, but of course infrared inteference is emitted from other sources like the sun, thus making it impossible for the receiving sensor to determine if a specific impulse just came in with a specific wavelength. I remember an infrared motion detector equipped burglar alarm going off in my friend's apartment because of the warm air flowing through a mail slot in a door. This warm air had the so-called "mid-infrared" (thermal) wavelength, so it triggered the alarm.
- Sanchez, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3I'm in the same boat as you software2.
I emailed nintendo asking if the wii would work with my projector because A) the sensor bar might not be able to cover a 100" picture and B) the light from the projector could cause problems.
They just said "check out website". I'm 99% sure that the cord through the middle of out rooms will be the case anyhow. :( - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Only if you shield it from the light.
- silverweed, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Broad spectrum light interferes with IR sensors, more news at 11.
- DarkXX, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Well, the size of the picture shouldn't be a problem. The projector light though, I wouldn't know about. Sorry.
- darkgarlic, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Ummm... The "Sensor" bar is actually two IR diodes placed on either side of a big plastic bar on top of your Plasma. It doesn't "sense" anything. The black window on the wiimote is an IR camera that detects the distance between the IR "dots", thus defining the z-axis. Shouldn't sunlight only affect the IR camera?
- chrisdelta, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Just become nocturnal and play at night.
- TDDM, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1My gaming TV's in the basement
d(o_o)b - Mattman723, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2I thought that we play video games to avoid the sunlight...
- Nodren, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1i've got a nice tv cabnet where i can put the sensor bar completely out of any natural light, yet still have it in a great spot for the wii-mote, so no problem for me... though i have to agree, unless you have like a lcd or plasma tv with out a glossy finish, the glare is just to much to even see anything.
- ka0tic, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1When I get my Wii, God knows when I'll see the sun again.
- distrbnce, on 10/12/2007, -7/+8You know, I was just wondering earlier tonight if the Wii would work in the total dark (well, only a TV glowing).
What technology does it use anyway? If it's Infrared, the sun shouldn't bother it, but also how would it know what to input if you're pointing the remote away from the bar? - alexkorova, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Also, I think it's only the pointing directly at the screen feature that uses the sensor bar, not the motion and position detection (which is transmitted via Bluetooth or something like that), so certain games will probably work anyway.
- jparkinson, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Point 1: You should be at school or work most of the time the sun is out (let alone powerful enough to interfere). Play at night.
Point 2: Don't put your TV in direct sunlight, I personally haven't seen anyone do this because it really is a stupid idea to begin with.
Point 3: If you happen to be on summer holidays and not working, go outside and play, be normal people.. then play the Wii at night time.
Every single person i know that has a TV, doesn't have it in direct sunlight for obvious reasons, let alone gamers... they usually have their system in a basement room, or gaming room?
In all honesty, this is a non-issue. If you happen to be part of the maybe 2% of people that will seriously be affected by this issue (which is still SPECULATION) then too bad, either move your TV or use your blinds. - Mrstupid7, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2"In the early stages of development we ran into a number of problems that we hadn't anticipated, like the fact that the controller would react to fluorescent light, for example. Creating a mechanism that prevents the controller from responding to fluorescent light and sunlight may sound like low-profile activities, but it still gave us a lot to work on."
Ikeda says they've fixed (well this paragraph makes it seem like they've fixed) the problem on later iterations.
http://wii.nintendo.com/iwata_asks_vol2_p3.html fourth dialogue paragraph from the top. -
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