A couple of months ago I received a Nintento Wii as a birthday present. I'm not a gamer, but I have had my share of computer and console game playing from the early days of the first Atari up until recent computer games and consoles such as the PlayStation.
Playing console games today can be very complicated since you have to translate the movement or actions you want to perform into a sometimes complex combination of button pushing and joystick movements. This kind of control causes a slow learning curve and will lose the casual player that wants to rest a bit at the end of the day. The Wii experience is totally different, you move the motion sensitive control and it just happens. For example, playing tennis you actually do the forehand and backhand movements and your player reacts accordingly. The controller is sensitive to acceleration on all three axises, therefore it reacts according to the speed and direction that you move the controller. This results in a much more immersive experience then a "regular" console game such as the PlayStation or Xbox.
After experiencing the Wii, it comes as no surprise that it out sells the two big players - Sony and Microsoft, because by truly innovating in user experience it creates an exciting gaming experience which also enables a much broader audience to enjoy console games.
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