After reading many posts, and many blogs, and after talking to a few close friends who are gaming freaks, I think I have a preliminary idea of what the Wii will mean to me as we prepare for E3: I agree with my friend Joe (see previous blog entry): I don't believe the Nintendo Wii is being marketed to me. And before I would think about buying one, I want to make sure I have an idea of the software support it will have, and what people who have played the system think of how it functions, and what it's advantages and disadvantages are. The wildcard in all of this is the selection of classic games for download. But the more I think of this, the more I can't help of asking the question: "How much time am I really going to spend on the good old games?" Xbox Live Arcade is fun, but I don't play the 6 or 7 games I have for Aracade very much. Will it be the same with Nintendo? Mind you: I went from an Atari 2600 to the Dreamcast (basically missing how many years of Nintendo games?) Zelda and Mario are not a matter of gaming life and death to me at this point. Bottom line: The name "Wii" means nothing to me. I want to see that Nintendo is marketing to me in ways other than the classic games it will offer. If it doesn't show value, I'll wait until the head-to-head-to-head reviews of the X360/Wii/PS3 come out before making a purchase in 2007. The Wii and PS3 will be here for the next 4.5 to 5.5 years. What's the rush? Plenty of time to see what each party has to bring to the table. And I already own my X360, which I am very happy with in terms of software/hardware support.