Last generation I owned a PS2 and then a GC, and then went on to become a PC gamer. I've spent the last 2 years or so mainly as a pretty hardcore PC gamer and the Wii is without a doubt a new and wonderful experience having played games since I was 4.
I've shown the Wii to my whole family now, my mother and father who hasn't played a single game since we used to play beat-em-ups on the SNES ages ago. From the very first moment you hold the Wiimote and play any of the games on Wii Sports, you just 'know' how amazing the Wii can be for videogames.
The Wii so far has definitely been a console for the casuals, party games such as Wii Sports and Rayman never get old when you have friends around the place. Towards the end of this year, the Wii is very much so going to be a console for both casual and hardcore gamers.
Admittedly, I own only 6 titles, and have spent alot of my time more on Virtual Console then anything. I would be the first to hold my hand up and say I'm not happy with the attitude of third parties who underestimated the console, however slowly but surely that seems to be getting remedied.
I'm extremely pleased with my Wii and I would consider myself a hardcore gamer, and hardcore not in terms of elitism or extremist views, but hardcore in terms of playing games purely for what they should be: fun and engaging. In that respect, the Wii is a winner.
