It is genius... I was one of the few who liked it in the first place (Well I was aghast for a minute or two but then I liked it)
It is basically on a whole different plane to previous console names.
If I were to put a group of console names in ranking order with points (100 being best, 1 being worst)
95 - Genesis
92 - Dreamcast
85 - Famicom
84 - Saturn
80 - Super Famicom
73 - Master System
70 - Nintendo Entertainment System
60 - Super Nintendo Entertainment System
49 - GameCube
47 - PlayStation
46 - MegaDrive
40 - Nintendo64
25 - Xbox 360
15 - Xbox
Xbox is just horrible, though at least they improved it with a "360" instead of just a numeric addition (which is why "playstation" is all as one thing, they only have 1 name between them)
GC, MD and PS are all middle of the road names which just combine two words... Famicom uses the same principle but works a lot better IMO (perhaps because it is pronounced as one word)
Sega have had the best overall line up of names, they are less descriptive of the actual console and sound more like code names (incidentally, "Revolution" would have got about 90 points on this scale, "Dolphin" perhaps 75 points)
Like I said, Wii is on another level.... It would probably be around 150 on this scale for pure genius.
The name "Wii" combined with the concepts behind Wii Sports and Mii's are major factors for the Wii's desirability (and the controller of course)
