Good to know the final product 'could' be a bit tougher.

Tougher, eh? That's good to know, considering that most of the games on display weren't exactly visually appealing.

I think the whole thing is bs. Who cares what it looks like or what its in? It was a Wii in action and untill they make the final unit it will be rough around the edges.

According to the rumors, everything was "final" Wii hardware (CPU, memory, etc.) with the exception of the graphics unit. Apparently at E3, the GPU inside was the exact same one as the GameCube's, and the reason for this was that ATI is not yet done developing the Wii GPU (codenamed "Hollywood"). This is actually awesome news, since it means the final Wii should have quite a bit more graphics power (although still nowhere near the level of Xbox 360 or PS3).

Don't know, don't care too much more. Your gonna bitch about the housing? And even if they ARE BS-ing it or the console DOESN"T have top notch games (which you know it wont), Nintendo is doing the revolutionary thing and instead of being bent on money they are trying to REDEFINE the industry.

It's not always about pretty graphics and sound, and even games like Playstation are running out of new ideas. The Wii is a completely new spin, just be glad Nintendo isn't a shallow company bent on money grubbing, for the newest approaches they are the cheapest prices, with sensors, before they had touch screen, they will be the first ones to use holograms.

Playstation is so pretty eh? Why did they still end up pulling a last minute ripoff out of their ass and now have motion sensitive controllers? THE GAME THAT DEMOED IT SUCKED TOO. Whatever, frankly people, shut up sit down and enjoy the ride.

Nintendo is the cheapest for the most revolutionary product. For the casual gamer even those who never play and come to your house will want to pick this up. Take your megapixels and shove it if your bent on that 2% performance increase.
Revolution creates a NEW scale

Your comments are too floppy to stand on their own without proof. PS and Xbox are great machines with good hardware.

Wii won Best of Show and Best Hardware in the Game Critics Best of E3 Awards because they did something different, and provided a spectatcular gaming experience.

http://www.gamecriticsawards.com/win.html

Oh and read on and see that Nintendo actually won 3 other awards in areas no one expected them to win, despite having much less visual appeal. Go figure.