Gnick

Regarding #9:

Er...miss the earlier joystiq post about next gen console sales?

DS: 35 million
PSP: 18.8 million

Get your facts "str8"

I think the Wii-mote strap is just there so that I can let the remote dangle when I high five my friends after a Madden touchdown...

I'm guessing straps are more likely to fail:
Under extreme duress.
If a person has a habit of spinning the Wii-mote while dangling from the strap.
When a person fails to run the string through the nunchuk, letting the sharper plastic edges rub the cord.

I haven't ever looked at a Wii Remote and thought to myself: "I should hold this up near my eye and attempt to sight directly down it."

It looks like a Tv remote. I hold it like a TV remote. In my case that means I rest it on my leg, or my chair, or possibly extend my arm. For me, it seems to center pretty well when I point it at what I think is centered. I have no problem moving my hand in whatever position and having the cursor go where I think it should.

If they make a peripheral that makes the remote look like a gun, then I imagine they'll have to make a calibration screen so that the gun sights properly. But as others have said, calibration is only useful if you're planning on staying in the same spot. Otherwise you would need a much more obtrusive sensor bar (on both sides of the screen potentially).

Wii Sports seemed to only give you the "coddling" if you were slow to make the necessary motions...

In my opinion:
RF

Lazy polite people use the term "japa"...