The popularity of the Wii is purely viral. The novelty of the control-scheme "wows" people the first time they try it, so they think it's the next evolution in gaming and thus purchase one. Little do they know that the friend who let them play his Wii is actually not playing it at all anymore, unless newbies come over to his house. Then, the person that just bought one will show his/her friends, they will buy one, and he will get sick of his Wii, too. It's like an STD with no cure. Unless the "cure" is to just leave the damn thing off.

Where are the good games? The best games for the Wii out there are created by NINTENDO! Other publishers/dev houses that port good games over to the Wii don't even CARE about the quality of the port! The hardware on the Wii is so ancient that they KNOW they can't achieve the same look as their 360/PS3 version, so they don't even try. You can harp about "it's not about the graphics" all you want, but there always is a point where you're asking yourself if the system was actually worth the cost.

I've got several friends with Wii's that haven't turned it on in MONTHS. Save your bucks, get a 360 (or, better yet, a PS3 for Blu Ray compatibility) and actually ENJOY the games. When the Wii first came out, I went over to a friend's house who had the Wii, and he wouldn't stop raving about it. I was, at the time, looking at it completely objectively and thought, "what is so damn special about this? My arm is starting to hurt and the game I'm playing is crap". Wii fan-bois are like Apple fan-bois: their judgement is clouded by an intangible aura over their hardware.

What's the effin' big deal about this piece of shit?

Ehm, the photo of the lens in this post is an 18-200 IS... is that really the one with the cam or is it the 28-135 IS? That 18-200 looks mighty tasty.

I never understood that slogan, either. I mean, no offense to the Chinese marketing guys for Asus, but a big company like that should really have a native English speaker check it out before releasing it. Kind of like HTC: know what it stands for? High Tech Computer Corp. I thought it was a joke when I saw their full name in an About for my WinMo phone. Same with "Eee" -- are you kidding me? Naming a product after a girly shriek?

We can do without the hand-talking, please.

Huh?! I thought Sanyo sold its cellphone branch!