Is it okay to leave a game disc in the Wii U when it's turned off?

[ObeseMudkipz]

I've heard people saying it doesn't read discs after awhile but others are saying it's fine.

 

[00jachna]

It will explode and send you to the dark realm

 

[JCnator]

Leaving the disc in the Wii U is absolutely harmless. Heck, it even covers the lens from the disc drive away from the small particles from settling on.

 

[MintySky]

It should be fine. I do that all the time with my wii and nothing has ever happened to the discs or the console.

 

[Cress]

I've never heard about this before but it seems like one of those silly made-up rumors, like the one that "using the 3DS' 3D will give you eye cancer." Hint hint, you can't get any type of eye cancer just by looking at something.

Back to the point, I've had my Wii U almost since it was released and there's almost always a disc in it. It has absolutely no problems reading discs.

 

[DarkDesertFox]

That would be a huge design flaw if that really happened since so many people do it. I leave my discs in my Wii U all the time and have never had a problem with them being read.

 

[Zulehan]

I often leave my disc in the console. Haven't noticed any catastrophic consequences as of yet.

 

[Reindeer]

The only time you shouldn't leave a disc in the console (any console) is when you want to move the device. It'll definitely mess up your disc, with the added danger of the lens being ****ed up.

Leaving the disc inside a machine that won't be moved won't do any harm.

 

[bloomwaker]

The only time I would ever worry about a disc being left in a console is when the console is being moved. My dad once removed the WiiU from its previous set-up without warning either me or my brother, and his WiiU acted a little strangely with Mario Kart 8 after that, for some time. It seems to function well now, though. No more troubles.

 

[Tao]

"using the 3DS' 3D will give you eye cancer."

So will leaving your discs in the Wii U.

 

[Damniel]

It's fine, if it wasn't my Wii U should be broken by now.

 

[GalacticGhost]

It's totally fine, as far as I know. I've been doing it for the past year with no consequences.