well said, i pretty much agree with it all :)

I ve always enjoyed and spent a large amount of my time with videogames. Since 1980, videogames have filled every day of my existence. I have owned an Atari 2600, an assortment of PCs starting with a Tandy TRS-80, Nintendo Entertainment System, Gameboy, Super Nes, a 3DO, N64, and Playstation 1. I currently have a PC, Ninteno DS, PSP, Xbox 360, and a Wii. I think I can be considered an hardcore gamer..

I must admit that i ve never understood how a core gamer could not understand the talent at Nintendo. Games like Zelda, Mario, Pikmin, Fire Emblem, Metroid...

But now, it is for me impossible to understand why someone can not see beyond their own tastes in game. I can understand Nintendo not being to some peoples tatses. But a person can understand that a particular game, or games developed by a certain company, may be of high quality, even though those games don't tailor to their taste. Example being, that I have absolutely no interest in Metal Gear Solid Games. They bore me. But I admit they are quaility, and suit may game players. But, I tried and tried againg to understand what's happening in these years but unfortunately I 'm not able to undestand why some have so much trouble understanding why other people can like games that they themselves do not.

Maybe i'm too young (i am 33) but it's hard for me to understand why a gamer that's played games since consoles were created, would have such a bias against graphics ... and i'm disappointed bacause maybe too many of these gamers are losing something important in gaming.

i'm very enthusiastic of my Wii, and gaming in general ... I can play some good games (Fire Emblem, Metroid Prime, Super Mario Galaxy, Boom Blox, Mario Strikers Charged, Mario Kart Wii, Super Smash Bros Brawl, Twilight Princess) i can watch it on my 52" 1080p Sony Bravia TV, it is spectacular. Ii can use internet in my sitting room, i can listen music and watch all my 5000 photos on a big screen.. Now i'm waiting for Conduit, Madworld, Cursed Mountain, Pikmin 3...and i think the future will be brighter..

but when i see people continuing to question why others like the Wii, and have different tastes in gaming than them, i still continue to not understand...maybe if I were 35 years old and I lived in the my own isolated world, wii would be a less than fantastic console...unfortunately I can see beyond my own likes and dislikes, and understand others have prefernces of their own.

so what's wrong with me?

I have 30 and I enjoy my wii a little too much. Basing on your post it seems that you favor technology over creativity, that's why you can't appreciate the wii because it focus in technology but in a different way.

Don't suffer. Have fun with your ps3 and period.

I ve always dedicated  my life to food. Since the very late 80s and early 90s, food has filled every day of my existence. I still have in my kitchen an electric frying pan, a crock pot, a dutch oven, a cuisinart 16, a cuisinart 64 and 128, a cast iron skillet, many bread knives, a wok, a roux whisk, double boiler, a stick blender and now a stand mixer. I think I can be considered an hardcore foodie..

I must admit that i ve never liked cilantro flavor and all that kind of herbs, but i ve always appreciated some food like salsa and bittermelon.

But now, it is for me impossible to understand why cilantro is eaten so much. I tried and tried againg to understand what's happening in these years but unfortunately I 'm not able to undestand why someone has food with cilantro.

Maybe i'm becoming old (i am 26) but it's hard for me to enjoy myself with a herb with that taste, with those aromatics (i hate cilantro chicken)...and i'm disappointed bacause maybe i'm losing something delicious of this generation.

i'm very enthusiastic of my saucier..I can make some sauces (in this period bechamel, veloute, hollandaise, bernaise) i can smoke salmon (in my cedar smoker it is spectacular) i can eat turducken in my dining room, i can chop onions and julienne all my 5000 carrots on a big cutting board.. Now i'm waiting cassoulet, beef wellington, jumbo lump crab cakes...and i think the future will be brighter..

but when i see my nephew cooking with her cilantro, i still continue to not understand...maybe if I were 7 years old and I lived in the 90s, cilantro would be a fantastic herb...unfortunately almost 20 years have passed.

so what's wrong with me?

You people are ubelievable. Do you seriously think this guy expects us to give him some magical answer and suddenly he'll enjoy the Wii? Stillwell said it to begin with, this guy is nothing but a trolling douche.

@ Hawk and Alasted... LOL, good one!

OP:

Remember the Atari era? Think about the fail it was Computer Space and the success of PONG. If you can understand it you'll understand Wii success.

Because the casual fanbase is much much larger than the hardcore fanbase.

This has been explained in a variety of manners already in this thread, but I thought I'd state it directly and explicitly. It is entirely fine if you do not personally find the Wii and the style of game it promotes enjoyable. Totally dandy. Do what you want. It is also true, generally speaking, that it's difficult to understand why other people enjoy different things than you do. And I accept this. 

What is not cool, however, is to refuse to accept that other people have different tastes than you. To chalk other people's taste up to stupidity or childishness or even magic. Yes, magic: I've heard many people here explain that the "Nintendo" brand -- which managed to sell only 20 million consoles last generation, which the Wii will more than double by Christmas -- is responsible for all of this, as if all of these casual gamers who have never played games before all love Nintendo for no apparent reason. As if the 10 year old girls who comprise the Nintendogs crowd are all die hard Nintendo fanboys of days long past. That reasoning MAY fly for Zelda sales, but it certainly doesn't for Wii Sports or Wii Fit. Why do people buy Nintendo products so much? It can't possibly be because people actually enjoy them a lot, therefore, it must be magic.

It is not magic, it is not stupidity, it is not childishness. You go have fun pretending to be a wizard in Oblivion or a space marine in Halo or a super spy in Metal Gear Solid, and let girls have fun playing dress up with The Sims or playing mommy with Imagine: Babies or Nintendogs. I will tell you what's stupid: the inability to even comprehend that other people don't like the things you enjoy, that they instead enjoy other things.

You seem like you have enough money to buy a wii, so help us all out and go buy one. Then you can answer the question yourself.

BTW this seems like another poor attempt to bad mouth the wii, when will it ever end.

Well you said in your post that you never really liked Nintendo that much. That could have something to do with it. Also, I'm 35 and love the Wii so I don't think that your age is why you don't like it. You just don't like it.

I don't like the Matrix but a lot of people do. It's not as though I am searching for a reason why people do.