Mr. Shizzy Wrote:Guys - if your Wii is hacked, then it is a wonderful thing!  I have all the emulators optimised for my big screen TV  ;)

Plus there are some fantastic Wii games.   Three recent greats where:
1)  The Conduit
2) Dead Space Extraction
3) Punch Out!

Plus, they are making a New Super Mario Bros. for Wii   :D
For the price, and how easy it is to hack them - it is worth the buy!   :D

Sure, hacking it can bring about quite a few nice additions, and a 360 can as well (though not to the same extent, of course), but I'd still say it wouldn't warrant its price vs its performance when compared to the PS3 or 360.  Its graphics are lacking, its game library is full of horrible games, with a few gems; it's online is absurd, with almost no identity given to players, nor communication; its ability for multimedia seems rather poor, and its controls are still not all that accurate, thus any games that'd REALLY benefit from motion sensing are not well implemented.  I remember when Wii first came out, I was expecting swordplay, lightsaber duels, etc, with fluid and accurate game response to my motions, but it has turned into mostly "wiggle your remote horizontally for a horizontal attack, shove it forward for an impale" etc etc.

Then again, this post is pretty off-topic since the Wii wasn't even mentioned as a choice.  I just found myself disappointed with my purchase often.  Still, my girlfriend enjoys playing Mario Party 8 and Brawl on it, so I will keep it.  If they put out Mario Party 9, it might see play from me again, but they haven't even announced it.  

But yeah, I'd still say the 360 is the way to go if you 1) want online play, 2) really enjoy looking back on achievements you've made, or 3) enjoy having your own music in-game, rather than the game's soundtrack, but otherwise PS3 would be the way to go.