Yeah, I'm totally with you there.

you should add to this list:

NOT LOSING BILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO THE POINT OF NEAR-BANKRUPTCY

Yet another innovation brought to you by your friends at the Nintendo corporation

This^^

edit: If I may add to this post (instead of continually spamming the thread ) I'd also like to say I think it could have gone down very differently if Nintendo had packed-in Motion Plus with the console and remote to begin with. I know this was a cost saving measure, but we all know there would have been just as much demand for the system had they sold it for $300 initially. That would have probably more than offset the price of additional hardware, and could have had a positive effect on the amount of 'waggle-fest' games that came to the system. That alone would have given it less of a name as a 'gimmick'. Just imagine if the Wii launched with a game like Sports-Resort instead of the original (not that there was anything wrong with it) or better yet Red Steel 2 instead of the first one. People would have hailed it as a true revolution! Other early games like Zack & Wiki, Sky Crawlers, Dewy's Adventure and Crystal Bearers would also have been greatly improved, and hopefully the sales would have followed.

If you look back to the first unveiling of the revolution controller, it appears Nintendo were actually planning on including Motion Plus with the console(check the 1 minute mark on this video). It's quite a shame then that they ended up waiting to include it as it seems a short-sited move in retrospect. I guess they weren't completely confident in their own strategy during the period before launch, or they would have pushed it further. Granted the price of buying a second remote would have been considerably higher back in 2007 had they taken this route, but I'm sure they could have thought of plenty of ways to deal with this.

So the funny part is, when you look back it's actually Nintendo's conservative attitude that prevented them from gaining more developer support IMO. Just as people were crying about Halo 3 running in 640p or some other sub-HD resolution because supposedly the hardware wasn't ready for HD, it seems that Nintendo's hardware wasn't completely ready either.

Had they done that and also invested in some serious support for 'gamers' early on (such as funding a game or two from Factor 5 and Free Radical back when both of them still existed), we could have been singing a very different tune this generation.

The Wii is a wonderful console that has provided lots of entertainment and laughs.

Revolutionized the "fun" in gaming.

I accidentally clicked on the wrong poll item. Is there a way to change the vote?

nope, sorry

Have you ever tried those ps360 ports? They are some damn good games.

The wii made money

/thread

i still voted for "The Wii was alright, but not a PS360"

Nice article Gumby_Trucker! It's nice to see that some of the assumptions are just that-assumptions, and they are actually incorrect. 

Remember- The Wii was profitable from day 1, it introduced motion and pointer controls, it made gaming accessible to the masses, it created new genres (sadly) and it energated the otherwise stagnant gaming market, as well as all which was mentioned in the article

It's far from perfect, but it doesn't mean it's a gret console, and at £99 with 2 games, why wouldn't you buy one?

It depends. Which one did you wish to vote on?

I play my Wii regularly, but it isn't a PS360. And I wouldn't want it to be. It's nice going from Portal or LA Noire to Mario or Zelda. Would I be happy with JUST a Wii? Maybe. But I'm delighted having both. The Wii has games I would never have previosuly played, and that's a good thing

Also surprising is the number of people who 'turned' gamer because of the Wii in this thread. Let's add that as well