I'll say this right out, so don't mistake me.  I don't think that the Wii is dead.  It's been on the market for, what is it now, three years?  Conventional wisdom says it will last at least two more before Nintendo releases a new console.

But I can't help but be frustrated with my Wii.  No doubt, the Wii remote is a great new tool that has brought in millions of new gamers who otherwise would never pick up any game controller.  Simplicity over complexity is obviously the way to go to revive what many thought was a dying brand.  

But if the Wii is really so amazing, why hasn't Nintendo been able to attract developers who will put out killer titles?  How many party games does the Wii need?  I don't have the numbers, but I'm willing to bet there are a lot more party games currently available for the Wii than the XBox360 and the PS3.  I wouldn't think that the dropoff in hardware from the 360 and PS3 to the Wii would really be enough to drive away all the big names.  But it must be.  If I were a developer, I look at the Wii remote and think, 'Ooh, I bet we can do all sorts of cool stuff with that!'  But then I think about the hardware restrictions and figure it's not worth the time and effort.  

So as it turns out, the Wii remote is nothing but a handy tool for minigames?  That's what it looks like.  There haven't been many titles made available for the 'hardcore' gamer.  It's disappointing, and disheartening.  If Nintendo doesn't start to turn this around, I don't know what I'll do.  I'm not about to put down the money to be a multi-console player (not in this economy!), so I'll stick with just one.  I'm a huge fanboy for Nintendo's big titles, but they don't put out anything else worth buying!  Sigh.  Maybe all we can do at this point is look forward to the next generation, where Nintendo can take the best of the Wii and start making games for all players.  Imagine Wii point 2 with it's huge fanbase, but the hardware that attracts hardcore developers too.  It's a nice thought, but I don't expect it to happen.

So was it a revolution?  Maybe for the people that didn't play games before, but not the rest of us.  Not yet, at least.  Let's call it wasted potential, for the time being.