@Bengabenga

I did not care for those games (vc) back then, I really doubt that I will care about them now.. I think there is only 2 games what I want to play. Too bad I still own the original console and those games. (Phantasy star

To each his own guys. Some people actually are uninterested in what the Wii offers.

By this analogy cheap chinese addidas copies are best thing ever becouse they sell much much better than orginal ones :D

Selling well doesn't make something good.

McDonald and Nintendo both prove it :D

Not that this matters, but I will add that Beverly Hills Chihuahua has made $111,885,266 worldwide.

1. This my friend is something I REALLY have a bone to pick with. Video games are an art, and should not be regarded as anything else. Yes is a business, but when we have everyone veiwing it as strictly business is when we lose all creativity in are games. This is exactly what is happening with the Wii. have fun with your 20 versions of carnival games all slapped with a different name on it. Say good bye to all your precious details in a game. When i play a game i want something visually pleasing with the eye, I want something creative original, I want to see something beautiful that either makes me feel like I'am actually in another world or that I actually am the character being played. The Day videogames are seen solely as a business is the day EA takes over and every game gets a sequal once a year with it being rehashed with little improvement. It's when games become the next madden series.

Have you ever seen Linger in the Shadows? Probably not. Have you ever played Bioshock? Any Silent Hill? What about any of the final fantasy games? Even the simple games such as mario have an artstyle. Can you imagine how people would react if mario looked like a real human all of a sudden. How many people do you think would throw a tantrum and create a petition. Just because a game looks great doesn't mean it will not play great. In fact strictly HD players will bitch about a game if it doesn't play great, while it seems to me many non HD games get a pass. I' am looking at you MOH. If you don't want to view games as an art go back to playing pong for the rest of your life.

Videogames are a work of art and the systems are their canvas.

2. The wii's online is a paltry peice of crap compared to the other two systems. It's barebones, it's usually laggy, and it has almost no hack detection software. Countless times i have played MK wii with someone hacking the dang game. Almost no voice chat, friend codes. Just because a system has wifi doesn't mean its a great system for online. Ps3 has wifi, and does 100 times better with psn.

3. To me it sounds like someone is upset his main system is being ignored. If you own all 3 more power too you. If you have just the wii.....grow up. Boo-hoo they're not talking about the wii.  You sound like the childish kid who complains he has no friends an no one likes him.

First paragraph:  HD is a term many people like to throw around without really knowing what it means.  I think it is funny that people throw around HD like it is the Holy Grail and is the only thing that matters (note that PC's have had "HD" for quite a while).  Wii HD would suck unless they up the horsepower of thier console.  The reason is because the higher definition the game goes, the more apparent graphical flaws are.  You may note that not too many Xbox360 games are 1080i, probably for the same reason.  It seems that HD won't become mainstream until next generation, at which time Nintendo will probably jump on the bandwagon.

Second paragraph:  The console war has been around since Nintendo and Sega have been fighting.  People, even back then, were arguing about which console had the better graphics.  I believe that, even though Nintendo had the technically weaker consoles, they still sold more and is known as the winners of the NES and SNES generations.  Also, Sega had the more "mature" mascot Sonic the Hedgehog to compete with the fat plumber.  Also, I agree that video games are a business.  One of the reasons that Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft have been around so long is because of good business practices.  The reason the dreamcast failed is because of bad business practices.

Third paragraph: DLC is big; I think the history of PC games would prove this.  Half Life was big because of DLC, and PC gamers nowadays expect it.  Having netflix on consoles sounds like a good idea.  However: 1) It is new and hasn't been fully accepted yet, 2) It is not an part of gaming like DLC is 3) a spare computer can send high definition netflix to a TV also.  Therefore, DLC is more important.

Also, trophies/achievements and the like are great if implemented properly.  People do play games to have fun.  For some people, part of that fun is the challenge.  For example, the LOZ: twilight princess would be a lot more fun if it was harder.  Also, as replay value goes, the only way to make a second playthrough interesting is to play a "no death" run (tried it, wasn't hard but I killed myself jumping in lava ) .  What would make it better is if there was an achievements such as no death, beat challenge cave twice, aquired all hearts, etc.  Then I can show my friends how good of a gamer/nerd I am.  However, I am against pointless achievements such as kill 500 [place generic enemy here].

Fourth paragraph: You say that Nintendo online is not annoying, but it is.  My limited experience tells me this: 1) I have to enter a long code to play with my friends...annoying. 2) I cannot chat with people...annoying. 3) SSBB was very laggy...annoying.  I am not a big online player, so it doesn't bother me much.  However, Nintendo should stop trying to babysit children and let the parents take over.

I agree with you that analysts and critics typically do not know what they are talking about.  Nintendo has told them what they are doing that is making them so successful, but people who are trying to take advantage of it just keep shoveling out crap.

@Soulsamurai:
1. No, videogames aren't art. They're supposed to be entertainment. Just because you like some game, doesn't make it art, it makes the game entertaining.
As far as art goes, there are artists making the games and art should be defined as a way of self-expression.
Also, you can't ignore games being business (you can try by making your own studio and try to make art. Like Dyack).

2. Wiis online extends beyond games and WiiConnect24 is maybe the most powerful feature we've seen so far on consoles. Besides, 360 doesn't even have a web browser, that alone makes Wiis online much more useful than 360:s online.

3. And the first thing mentioned was Wii...
The OP could have been put into a shorter form: stupidity annoys me, since the OP really pointed out the stupidity on different videogame sites and how they miss everything important, which contradicts their view. There's not going to be a "Wii HD", Nintendo isn't going to follow what M$ and Sony did this gen etc...

@Soulsamurai: I almost forgot: About the business side of things; In case you haven't noticed, companies like EA are taking over and games are getting their (half) yearly updates, which people are happily buying and calling them art. Which makes me suspect that your post was only sarcasm. Damn, noticed it too late.

I agree partially with the DLC part... and the Wii HD part... other then that nothing really :P

I disagree with a few points.

Online might not be a huge factor for most of the more casual owners but it's an important factor for the core players. 

Denying the appeal of online when there are millions of players connecting dailies to XboxLive or PSN doesn't really make sense..

You play on your Wii with friends at home, you play on your HD console online with friends ( or most of the time strangers).

Achievements/Trophies might seem lame but once you try them they actually hook you up wether you like it or not ( World of Warcraft recently added them with its latest expansion and I can tell you wether people thought it would be the case or not, they are actually a huge driving force in defining how many play WoW now...).

Yes online and achievements/trophies are not the core of games but they have become standard features that customers have come to expect.