Answer one of the following, or both:

1. List one thing, from any of the big 3, you thought was the most useless this gen.

2. Which of the big 3, had the most amount of useless things this gen.

For the stupid people I'll give you an example. If you answer question 1, say something such as Wii speak or HD-DVD. If you answer question 2, say Sony, Nintendo or Microsoft.

Wii Speak.

That pos was the worst $15 or $20 I've ever spent. I literally used it about 5 times on The Conduit and it failed horribly.

It was so under utilized and possibly since Wii's architecture simply wasn't robust enough to actually make it work right.

I really hope Nintendo has fixed this voip issue with WiiU and simply puts out a mic or supports bluetooth headsets like Sony.

1 & 2: this.

1. HD DVD was pretty useless in hindsight
2. Nintendo; they went overdrive on accessories

SixAxis
Wiispeak
Xbox 360 live webcam

Motion controls. All of em.

The Wii Zapper that came with Link's Crossbow Training and pretty much any of the gun type attachments for the Wiimote. They're cool but useless.

Wii Vitality Sensor?

And the Wii certainly had the most useless shit, I have no idea how much of it was made by Nintendo. I remember seeing a Wii Sports pack that gave you a plastic tennis racket, golf club etc to add to your wii remote. WTF?

From Sony: Other OS, Sixaxis.
From Ninty: a lot of Wii accessories.
From MS: HD-DVD.

Sixaxis, HD-DVD, Wii Speak, the Classic Controller Pro, Other OS, LIVE Anywhere, Transfarring, the PSP Go, the DS Rumble Pak, Picto Chat