They all compete for market dominance but MS and Sony are competing for the same audience while Nintendo's aim is on a different one. Thats where a lot of the hate comes from. We gamers have bin used to the same thing for so long we got too used to it. Every generation was a graphics leap but rarely an innovative one...we've bin playing the same games in virtually the same way for years now. Yeah Halo 3 is awesome but its just a prettier pumped up version of Halo 1...which is in turn just an evolution of the great FPSs before it.

I think people want something new to play and be able to play it in a new way. Even outside Nintendo you got games like Guitar Hero and DDR telling us this.

I think the Wii's three biggest flaws are its online system and support, third party support, and its graphics power. I think the third party support will come with time just as it did with the DS. The graphics are not bad...they are just not as good as its competitors, I don't think that Mario Galaxy for example looks ugly. Friend codes just suck...that probably won't change. No movie player or HD support may be a fourth flaw but until the HD era takes off I don't think its a huge issue...and all the other multimedia capablities that the PS3 have are not really needed in a gaming machine. We all have computers and standalone DVD players we don't need are consoles to do them too.

I think the best route to go is the old Wii360 plan...the best of both worlds.

Of course its all a matter of personal preferrence.

Tis true.. the 360 and ps3 are almost exactly the same, so it's more like a competition between the 360/ps3, AND the wii.

Basically yeah. Most gamers who have a Wii already have a PS3 or 360(or gaming PC) but people rarely have both a PS3 and a 360. The people who soley own a Wii are your casual crowd who MS and Sony aren't really selling to.

Its like the 360 and PS3 are two trucks and the Wii is a minivan....yes they are all automobiles but an entirely different thing.