For awhile I've been perplexed by the amount of hate the Wii gets, and I've since realized that the amount of love something gets is usually proportional to the amount of hate it gets. If something is so widely and passionately loved by many, it is also widely and passionately hated by many as well. I know this as both a Nintendo fan and a Cubs fan. Wii has sold record amounts of hardware, which means that the inevitable counter culture attitude towards it will follow.
Love and hate are simply two sides of the same coin, they are both rooted in great attention and invoke strong emotion. Indifference is the real indicator that something is wrong. If a Nintendo console (or most anything for that matter) recieves indifference, sort of like the Gamecube, that's when they are probably in trouble.
