"Resource shift to the Wii"

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Shane said: If developers are going with the proven horse, that's PS3. Strong launch or not. Developers didn't drop everything when Gamecube had a massive launch, nor were they bowled over when N64 was outselling PSX. Nintendo still has a long way to go to prove itself with the development community. Not that it can't be done, but a couple good months doesn't change the status quo. Microsoft has been getting some love lately, but that took a year headstart to pull off.

The difference here is that PS2 was out one year before and that GC didn't have a great launch. GC droped under 100 k after the initial launch during november and december. Now Wii is the second best selling system after the DS and software is quit good too. The reason why 3rd parties bailed out from the N64 was the rules Nintendo had pushed against the 3rd parties, that area has changed a lot. I don't say that those games announced will be stopped, and I still think we will get some heavy names later on both from first party and 3rd party on PS3. BUT I do think that many publisher will go for the money that seems to be availble in the Wii market.