How durable is the wiimote's internal motion sensors?

Question

With a lot of a games that require lots of gestures like Marvel Ultimate Alliance, I was wondering how durable the motion sensors of the wii controller are. It would seem they would be quite delicate to a constant series of abrupt movements. Has there been any discussion on this topic? Anyone have their wiimote's sensors broken yet?

Answer 1

The acceleration sensors are solid state and while they might be broken by throwing the controller as hard as possible against a concrete wall, anything kept in the hand is unlikely to harm them. The moving parts are tiny, inside a micro-machined chip, and well restrained.