I would have responded to you sooner were it not for the fact that I was migrating from DiscountASP.NET to Media Temple today. I didn’t want to have to repeat myself ;p

The Wii was the system I was thinking about most when I wrote this article – I think the Wii is the future of console gaming. It offers an experience that a computer would have a lot of trouble offering (it’s enough trouble setting up a network card, let alone motion sensors.) In addition, it makes gaming a social, in-person, experience; it’s different than XBox Live where you’re playing with other people over a network, just like how you would on a PC. Instead it’s great for when you have company over, parties, and so forth. It’s a fun, social way of gaming.

As for your point about not everyone needing a computer at home, I personally don’t know anyone who doesn’t have one. Well, except for the members of my family who are part of America’s Greatest Generation. Some of them don’t have personal computers.

All that said, I think you underestimate the Wii. Though you didn’t mention it specifically I’ve been more than a little impressed by Nintendo’s focus on the customer and on building hardward to meet the needs of the type of games that people want to play.

I wouldn’t be surprised if they captialized on a lot of the things you put in this post and eventually became a haven for different types of games.

P.S. One thing I picked out of your post though that is probably a topic for another time is the idea that “everyone needs a computer” Its a topic for another time but just for the record I know a lot of people who I work with who don’t have computers at home. They check e-mails and do their minor internet surfing at work so there’s no need for it. I was surprised by it at first but since then I’ve seen a lot of studies that say most internet traffic is during the week day so it might be mroe wide spread than any of us thinks.