[darkpuppet]

I guess I'm the only person who hasn't bought into the Wii.. and I've played it.

Don't get me wrong, I think it's a decent machine -- I love the ideo of wii parties.. casual gaming fo the masses. I remember with the PSX and PS2, that there were tonnes of games that were casual, easy to pick up and play and entertain 5 or 6 friends at a time.

And that's something that's missing from the 'core' gaming crowd these days as studios move their games online, save for the occasional bright star in Rockband or occasional fighting game.
(hell, you can't do 4 player split screen anymore.. what gives?)

But how often do friends come over and play games anymore? For me, it's virtually never... Games have become the interractive stand-in for watching TV for me, and the Wii has very limited use for it.

I personally want games that'll take 15-40 hours to complete, that have a story line that makes you want to progress, that have memorable gaming moments (like your first real encounter with a Chimeran Angel in RFoM)... and the Wii, while fun for a few minutes, doesn't offer that in the quantity you can find on other consoles.