Yeah, it's definitely a tide change. My grandpa played Golf once on my Wii and he really wants one, my mom lovesw playing Tennis and a few other games and she hasn't played a console since Tetris on NES, my 'friend who's a girl' ( ) doesn't play many games but loves Sports and Mario Kart, the list goes on.
It's exactly the reason why the Wii is poised to sell at least 5.5 million this month, more than doubling the PS2's best.