Yep, the Wii is barely more powerful than the Gamecube from last gen, can't do HD etc.
They were able to be cheap by not advancing the graphics tech and just making a new control scheme and going after casual gamers and non-gamers vs. trying to compete with the hardcore gamer crowd that Sony and Microsoft have a strangle hold on.
It's paid off for the, but the games suffered IMO. I used to love Nintendo, and bought a Wii at launch. But I didn't like it and sold it after a year or so and picked up an X-box 360 and haven't looked back as I've had a blast with it. Just got done putting a 4 hour or so session into Bioshock 2!
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