A 'board game for the current generation'?

More and more recognition is pouring in for the difference a Wii makes.

Today, Australian web site Newscom explained to the readers how Nintendo are 'crafty' and have created 'a family board game for the computer generation because it turns play into a community event instead of just a person versus a machine'.

"When you look at someone playing an Xbox 360 game you see his face is really hard and both hands are stuck on the controller. When you see someone playing Wii, you always see a smile and movement." said Xavier Poix of Ubisoft.

We have also noticed that everyone can actually play together when it's a Wii that goes on the television screen. Dads and Grandads can join their sons & daughters in a wild game of Wii Sports in oppose to staring rather blankly at the screen as they walk past and a serious Xbox game is playing, perhaps Gears of War. The individual, post modern approach of traditional consoles, that place gamers into their own little world and their own box is being out and out rejected by gamers. Even on the traditional formats, gamers now demand internet connectivity and Xbox LIVE! is at least leading the way in terms of getting everybody together over the net.

However, it's still little boxes all connecting to each other. With the Wii, there is no box at all.

What do you think?