I'll be honest, I'm a little disappointed in the Wii. After learning it would be the lead console, I expected much from the little machine - in particular, (Japanese) third party support. The rise of handhelds (DS / PSP) probably played a big role in this, which is why I'm seeing myself play on em' now, far more than any previous gen...

Well, on to the topic. Even though it's not getting as many games as I'd like, the Wii is still my favorite console. If you look at my game library, my consoles are entirely dominated by Japanese games. This doesn't necessarily mean I prefer Japanese games to western - in fact, if I had to give a ratio in gaming playtime (Western:Japanese), it'd probably be something like 75:25 (see PC collection, some of those are massive time sinks). Even today, I game more on my PC (mainly from WoW) than all my consoles & handhelds combined.

I have a problem getting into western single player experiences (the story-driven type), something about them turns me off. I haven't played more than 3 hours of Half-Life or the CoD4 campaign, I never finish WRPGs I start (KotoR, Fable), or any GTA. Unless the game has multiplayer (Gears, Halo) or is a rare exception (Uncharted), it becomes difficult to hold my interest. This is relevant because I think the Wii has a stronger Japanese line-up.

I haven't played all of these games, but off the top of my head these are the single player games that interest me from the consoles:

Wii: Zelda:TP, Mario Galaxy, NMH, MP3, Zack & Wiki, LKS, Muramasa, Fire Emblem 
360: ToVesperia, SO4, Blue Dragon, Lost Odyssey
PS3: Uncharted, WKS, Yakuza 3, Demon's Souls, Valkyria Chronicles

I may have a game or two missing here and there, but you'll notice I left out many high rated HD games (Mass Effect, Oblivion, Fallout, Batman, R&C, Fable, etc). It's possible I may enjoy one of these games (Bioshock in particular), but from past experiences I've had a hard time "getting into" this stuff. Perhaps one day I'll learn to appreciate these titles, but not today. I've been pretty disappointed with PS3's Japanese support, though it seems that may change in the next year.

Still, my favorite gaming experiences tend to involve multiplayer. Nintendo's has dominated in its large offering of party-friendly games since the N64, which is why I prefer the Wii - Mario Kart, Smash Bros, Wii Sports/R, Mario Strikers, some WiiWare games and soon NSMBWii will keep my company and I busy for hours. There's also tons more games like HotD that's easily worth a rent for the occasion.

On the HD consoles, I haven't found nearly as much to play with, but the 360 easily takes second with Halo, Gears, CoD, Soul Calibur 4 and Castle Crashers. The PS3 has fewer titles, with the 360 multiplats and LBP. While this sounds like a very strong list, the problem with the games (the 360 in particular) is that they aren't exactly friendly for newcomers. One cannot simply jump in and enjoy Gears, or console FPS - they are very exclusive to those who play these consoles, and for this reason I haven't played the games nearly as much as the Nintendo offerings.

I haven't commented much on the downloadable games, I've mainly just been enjoying the WiiWare. There are some 360 games I still need to try from Live Arcade (Braid, Shadow Complex), and a bunch on the PSN (Flower, Fat Princess). I'll get to it eventually, but all 3 services look great, and are probably more or less even to me overall (minus VC).

LOL!I'll continue reading tommorow.i LOL'd hard at page 8 and I stopped reading at page 10.Epic thread of the month for me.The wii meets my needs(my pocket,I never game online,don't have a HDTV,etc) and the PSP meets my hardcore needs(the DS meets my portablbe needs but most PSP games don't feel portable to me) but I'm also dissapointed in it's library.This might be 1 of the reasons:http://www.vgchartz.com/forum/thread.php?id=90355&page=1

I hope o No More Heroes 2,Red Steel 2,Monster Hunter tri,Metroid Other M,Mario Galaxy 2,Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles and any other unanounced game will make next year better.LOL at this:http://www.nintendoeverything.com/?p=6991

Thank you for that post, c0rd, it was pretty much the ideal iteration of what I was hoping for in this thread.

so when will this thread die lol
this just seems like a thread made for troll bait

Do me a favor: read a few pages of the thread, see the kind of respectful discussion we've got going... and answer for yourself.

It helps people understand you more.

well, since you asked kindly, I read about 3 pages.

As for your question for this thread, every console has their own games. Microsoft have invested much to bring in rpgs and Sony have done the same to bring in shooters. Only the Wii has unique games (not necessarily the best games), though not many. In the end what ever console someone buys, they will be satisfied. 

No, no - I mean, what console has the best games for you?

Aren't you forgetting something? Think...what could it be?

"Which current-gen console has the best games?" => This question was never important to me.

The only question that is important to me is:
Does a console/handheld have enough exclusive games which - compared to the (imo) still most diverse gaming platform, the PC - are outstanding and unique enough that they make we want to buy it?

If the answer is yes, I will buy the system.

Whichever one happens to have the most games I like. I am a huge fan of Nintendo as a developer so they certainly have an edge there. I despise the L2/R2 buttons on the PS3 controller so the 360 gets an edge in multi-platform games between those two. I will expand upon this more when I get home I suppose. I am astonished that Khuutra is still trying to keep it out of flame wars territory and that kind of effort deserves some reward.