"# It expanded the audience -- great! That doesn't define gaming. It might define it for those people because that's what they start with and they'll always fondly remember Wii Sports or whatever, but that doesn't really mean it defined gaming."
It's not that they expanded the audience, but how. The rest of the industry and the gaming press was convinced better graphics and more cinematic games was the way to go. When the Wii and DS showed that wasn't how it worked, and those other methods were just making games more expensive, that was showing just how wrong many were when they thought they knew what gaming was.
The Wii and DS didn't "just" defined gaming. They showed how off everyone else was about the definition.
A flashy-first game is awesome when it comes out. A great-first game is awesome forever.
Plus, just for the hell of it: Kelly Brook at the 2008 BAFTAs
