How on earth could a strangely thin piece of thread be so weak?

[EdenMaster]

You have to admit, this is different. X-Box controllers were on shelves for quite a while before being replaced. These wrist straps were only available for the first, what, three weeks of the systems life, when they were hard to come by. A time frame where only the most dedicated (like us freaks) got them.

You know that going forward, Nintendo's shipments will come standard with the new strap, and they're gonna call back any unsold Wii-motes.

So hell yeah, I bet a (considerably long) way down the line they will be sought after by collectors.