The Wii was a breath of fresh air for the industry. That is the best way to describe it. It was the only console for people who didn't like 90% violent games/FPS/Epic RPGs with complex control schemes. Games essentially geared towards 14-35 year old males.
But for as successful as this console was, there is a certain tragedy within that success in that its potential was never fully realized. This was the fault of Nintendo, as well as third parties. They didn't really follow through on the type of games the console was designed for, and what the Wii consumer expected. The types of games being, back to basics, simple to pick up games with pure, rich gameplay, and often emphasis on multiplayer. Basically the types of games you see at arcades. Nintendo forgot what their console was all about, and third parties were never really on board to begin with. So this limited the sales somewhat
For what it's worth though, Wii is still a great console with some solid games for almost anyone, and it can't be denied that it made quite an impact.
