Peter Griffin has written a blog entry asking, “What’s holding back the Wii?“.

Personally, I’m not surprised the Wii is faring badly against the PS3 and the XBox, just as I’m also not surprised it’s doing huge business elsewhere. I think he’s hit the nail on the head — the lack of marketing is enough to make it an also-ran here, when it should be the market leader.

It’s bizarre really. This is the first console I’ve owned (and I’ve owned a few) where everyone from my 4 year old daughter to my mother (in her 60’s) want to have a go. And what’s more, actually -can- have a go. Which explains the enormous success elsewhere. It’s just a shame that the rest of the country hasn’t figured that out yet, and would rather spend 3 or 4 times as much on alternatives that arguably aren’t as good value (certainly won’t get the whole family involved).