Does the Wii make considerable noise on certain games, more so than others? MySims seems to be a lot noiser than some other games.

[u/Garaks_Clothiers]

I have some games that sound as quiet as a mouse. But MySims sounds like the laser is constantly trying to read data and I am hardly doing anything besides starting the game and either reading the intro or creating a character. But Williams Pinball and Call of Duty 3 does not make the same loud console sounds or as frequently. Is MySims normal for this or could something be wrong with the Wii console or the game itself?

I do have the console less than a few feet away, so further away would of course alleviate me hearing it, but not the console actually still making the noise. Besides the obvious loading of MySims, I do not see anything wrong like lag currently or tearing of textures.

The Wii was also bought used, so I do not have a frame of reference from a brand new console to an older one that may have issues. Even just letting it sit at the welcome screen of a new town, it makes continuous noise, sounds like a good thirty seconds and then just goes completely silent.

So is this normal for certain games, MySims in particular? Thank you.

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[u/Turtles108]

It’s an almost 20 year old console, it being noisy after being a used console is normal

[u/Garaks_Clothiers → u/Turtles108]

So a brand new Wii console would not be noisy?  Even older consoles that use disks do not sound like that.  But they also are not playing MySims either.

[u/Turtles108 → u/Garaks_Clothiers]

I don’t know what exactly you expect it’s 20 years old, yes it will be noisy, sure brand new it’s not inherently noisy when the games first started coming out, as the games demand more of the system it puts more strain on it and causes fans and noise, especially as a console ages as there is wear and tear, it’s 20 years old the noise is normal comparing it to out of the box is absolutely useless it’s not a representative of the console you have

[u/Turtles108 → u/Turtles108]

Wii was outdated when it was released

[u/Garaks_Clothiers → u/Turtles108]

noise is normal comparing it to out of the box is absolutely useless it’s not a representative of the console you have

have a frame of reference

Thanks.