Don't leave leo-j, you keep things interesting around here.  Put more thought into your observations, and maybe you'll catch less flack that way. 

But don't go, I enjoy reading your posts, as do others i'm sure, in spite of the bad time they give you.

Are you sure you're not trolling?

Well, since you said "always thought it was kiddie gimmick", as in speaking about the past, i believe your nephews going to 360 changed your view.
Anyway, there was this time, when there were "real" games, which were gameplay driven. It was before the time of linear "cinematic" (non)games and the flood of (EA:s) sports (non)games, crappy big budget movie/book license (non)games and endless series of sequels which didn't offer anything new compared to earlier parts of the series. There's nothing bad with that, except that those turned out to be the most of the market.
Now, you have had a taste on real games, which happen to have pretty wide appeal and which are definately build keeping in mind, that "everyone can play" and considering the variety of Wii games, Wii bringing something really new to gaming for "hardcore" crowd and lapsed gamers and it having an easy input, which is interesting for the non-gaming audience, you still wonder why does it appeal to people? I mean, 360 and PS3 offers only higher hardware specs and higher developement costs compared to last generation.

I don't understand it. People make this same argumetn over and over again and it just doesn't make sense to me.

The Wii is a game console. There's nothing to "get." You don't stare at the Wiimote for hours on end and contemplate motion controls until reaching an epiphany. You simply slip the game into the console, pick up the controller and start playing, no ephiphanies required. What the thread boils down to is really just, "the Wii isn't like my console of choice, why do people keeping buying it instead of the one I want them too!?!?!"

The simplest answer is because not everyone thinks like you. But most importantly, Nintendo doesn't think like you.

Just accept the success of the Wii. You cannot do anything about it. Might as well enjoy it.

 is this why the ps2 sold so well. one of the worst consoles ever and one that broke down almost as much as the xbox360. see we can turn your comment around and make you look like an idiot.

 just enjoy the console you have and stop insulting people who have different tastes to you. fact is most people are happy with their wii just as most people were happy with the ps2.

I always envisioned a scrawny white kid with his hat on sideways, pants on backwards crossing his fingers and arms in front of him going "yo, word up my dawgs, best step up and respect a brutha"

the wi is saving my post child hood