Nintendo Wii

[Flint]

Originally Posted by Scazrelet

Flint made a comment (though I guess it was about TVs?) that one shouldn't waste their money on new shit if it doesn't do anything the old version didn't. Well, thats what makes the Wii awesome, because it does. It really is unique as a household system (as opposed to say, an arcade machine).

That's right, I was talking about TVs, as in: if my current TV displayed visible images yesterday, it still does so today, regardless of whatever "better" TVs are available today. Sure, the "new" ones may look much better, or be much bigger, but if I wasn't complaining about the old one, then...uhhh... why shouldn't I just keep my money?

Regarding the Wii, you're right, nothing like it has ever been available before, it's "apples/oranges" to other consoles. The other games systems may have made slight improvements to hardware, but they still do essentially the same thing as they ever did, the same thing an Atari 2600 did. The Wii, however, is a whole new thing, and the fact that it gets you up off the couch is definitely a positive development.