Why are people so threatened by the Wii?

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Hus said:

maybe becasue its a gimmick.  Theres no big advancment between the hardware of the GC and wii.

 Nintendo made a new console to sell GC and PS2 ports...

 

The Wii is about twice as powerful as the GC, but that won't make too big of a difference as you said.