The Wii is somehow amazing. We spent hours playing at making Mii's with family and friends. Everyone enjoys making a Mii of somebody else in the room. The things turn out amazingly lifelike when you get a consensus from a bunch of people.
Then you take a simple game like bowling. We had 6 people of all ages playing for hours. Playstation is coming up with Super Splinter Cell Double Halo Explosion Race II and you have people all over the country playing a cheesy little bowling game till their arms are sore.
I think its pretty cool that the graphics uber alles sellers are getting shocked that people like to do fun halfway cheesy things together more than they like to see every blood droplet in high definition....especially at 1/3 the price.
Maybe game-makers and entertainment people now have to take a second look at their industry. Maybe they have been slapped in the face with the fact that the game market is not exclusively violent 15 year old boys with millionaire parents like they thought.
And don't forget Wii is compatible with all Cube games.... and since a lot of people never had cubes that now have Wii's... $20 at your used game store can get you some great games too.
Personally I'd recommend Pikmin or Pikmin2... not the same as the Wii sports, but you definately can lose hours controlling those little critters.
And if time is a rare commodity.. don't pick up Zelda Twighlight Princess.....
Graphics over all else is and was just stupidity. My son and his grandmother had a blast playing Wii Sports for hours 2 weekends ago, both laughing up a storm the entire time....
Big N got it right, make games easier and more intuitive to play, broaden your market appeal, and basically make games FUN and you will make lots of $$$..... And do it all without LOSING money on the console to boot.