To Wii, or not to Wii...

I've been contemplating picking up a Wii, but after recent reports of injuries and property damage I have to ask myself, "Is it really worth it?"


The benefits to owning a Wii:

• Download old NES, SNES, N64, Sega Genesis, and Turbo Grafx games
• Backwards compatible with Game Cube games
• Novel controllers promote active gaming (get off the couch!)
• Least expensive of the new consoles

Drawbacks of owning a Wii:

• Large backlog of PS2 games will remain unplayed or unfinished
• Novel controllers are leading to user injuries and property damage
• Spending large amounts of cash to buy old Game Cube games
• Spending large amounts of cash to buy old NES, SNES, N64, Sega Genesis, and Turbo Grafx games
• Spending large amounts of cash to buy storage media to store old NES, SNES, N64, Sega Genesis, and Turbo Grafx games
• More time spent in front of the TV playing video games

Looks like there are more reasons not to buy the Wii than to buy it. But of all the things holding me back from buying the Wii, I would have to say that it's the large number of PS2 games that I own and have not finished... yet.

I suppose that once I have caught up with these, I will be more receptive to shelling out the cash to buy the Wii, but until then I'll stick with my trusty PS2 and it's games.

Oh, and about those Wii Controler problems I mentioned, check out these sites:

• Wii Damage
• Wii Have A Problem...