That favorable price point does come with its limitations. Most notably the power under the hood that the Wii is sorely lacking when compared to the other new consoles. In fact, the Wii only barely more powerful the the first Xbox and lacks the necessary graphical punch and processing power the PS3 and 360 have. So while games that come out on all three systems (like Call of Duty 3), you can expect the least amount of eye candy on the Wii. Game studios more then likely will develop titles for the two more powerful systems and then dumb it down for the Wii, not vice versa.
The Wiimote and Nunchuk are more expensive then the other two system’s controllers. Buying an extra PS3 or 360 controller will cost you $40 to $50 bucks depending if you go with a first or third party controller. Buying another Wiimote will cost you $40 and another Nunchuk $20. $60 is kind of underhanded by Nintendo since at this point I have yet to see a 3rd party controller for the Wii and the two are sold seperately.
The cable hook ups. If I’m gonna spend a ton of cash on a nice new HDTV with every hookup imaginable, then the least a developer could do is provide cables that take advantage of the power of these new fancy TVs. Instead, the Wii comes standard with a set of regualr RCA A/V cables (red, white, yellow). Yes you can buy component cables for various prices, but I haven’t found any in stock anywhere I go. Still they do exist, shame they didn’t come standard.
