Don't know about that, Half-Life 2 had some pretty neat physics. Wasn't just squares then either, I haven't seen alot of Boom Blox trailers but most of them just seem to have wooden squares in them.
Predictions for December 31st 2008:
Wii 38,000,000
DS 84,500,000
PS3 17,000,000
PSP 41,000,000
X360 23,000,000