Yesterday, I turned on my Wii to browse some YouTube videos (using Opera Web Browser) and I eventually changed the TV channel for a second to watch some basketball. Well, I forgot to turn off my Wii, until I noticed today the green light was still on! My Wii was left on for almost 17 hours. I have my Wii sitting on my table horizontally and the bottom/end middle of it was a little hot when I noticed it was still on. I also had my Super Smash Bros. Brawl disc in the Wii the whole time. Could have I weakened the laser? Once I noticed my Wii was still on, I closed out of the browser, went back to the menu, and turned it off regularly.

I'm worried now if I shortened the lifespan of my Wii? It seems to be still working well, but I'm really upset how stupid I was to leave it on like that. Sometimes I wish the Wii had a sleep mode or something that tells it to turn off after sitting idle for so many hours.

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