Well, I think the Wii was the Teddy Ruxpin of consoles in its first year, but it's now just the primary console people own and use. It's like the PS2 was a few years ago.

It's also the only console with a mouse. There's a lot more value in that for consumers than you think. Graphical improvements are more intangible to the average consumer, especially when you're talking about consoles and not PCs. A mouse-like interface, that's something COMPLETELY NEW. That's why it's selling. It's seen as being better than the other consoles on the market. It has something the others don't.

I realise the PS3 has a motion-based controller. I've even played a game with it. It was a game with rubber ducks where you had to roll a board (bathtub?) to make ducks fall down holes. You could roll and that was about it. It was very limited compared to what the Wii could do. I won't say bad, just limited.

For a lot of people, it's Wii Sports. That and the idea of having an upgraded "Playstation". I have heard people call it the Wii Playstation. Also, believe it or not, the controllers for the 360 and PS3 are now seen as old-fashioned. They are "old-style" controllers, thanks in part I guess, to the many Wii remote knock offs on the market.

You know what I did when the PS/PS2 were popular and I didn't like them? I didn't buy a console. I learnt to appreciate games more on the PC and continued playing my SNES. In fact, I thought games had moved on and I was being left behind. I thought the FPS craze would never end and I'd never see the dominance of games I LIKED again. The Wii is kind of proof for me that things do come around, eventually.

@Instance56: Welcome to VGChartz!

Its good some people don't like it cause there will not be enough to go around this holiday season and you are one less person to compete with, the majority should thank you.

I'm a relatively new member on VGC but I've already noticed that leo-j is probably the biggest fanboy not only on this site but also one of the most ridiculous members of any site I've seen, Your hatred for the Wii is purely out of sales envy and it's pathetic.

I think everyone knows that you hate the Wii, Trust us, we got it already.

Wii is trash, garbage, a toy.

i love the wii, twilight princess and super mario galaxy. they are the games u should play and if u did i think your opinion on the wii might change.

So your saying he wants to piss some people off.

just report him... just like  i did

did you see ever one of my accounts insult a console?

Just another "IMO" thread from leo-j, its like fall of 2007 all over again :P

Don't be mad that so many people want to get their hands dirty playing with garbage. And as far as being a "toy", God forbid someone compare it to something fun that people want to play with. So yep, Nintendo shall be considered a "toy".