I more and more get the feeling it's mainly some sort of psychological thing that makes or brakes support of third parties. Most of them want to make movie-like games, push online and show how great they can make their games look on your system.

Maybe third parties are like gravity: You may not like it but it will always be there so why not arrange with it? Give them better online, a nice CPU and enough RAM and tell them they are cool. Epic will never stop bitching about Nintendo's systems but Capcom, Sega, Konami should be happy with these improvements. And with at least a one year headstart and a powerful-enough system they might just be happy enough to seriously support Nintendo's next console.

Look at the 3DS: Technically it is hardly more advanced than the DS was at the time of its release. All it needed was Nintendo saying "yeah, we're so hardcore" and a headstart and third parties went bonkers... once a good relationship has been established they will continue to support your system even with more powerful hardware out a year or two later. It's more about your console's image than the CPU inside it.

It's not really about the image either. It's about choice. If third parties have none, then they'll have to settle with Nintendo. Outside of Japan the PSP has had disastrous software sales, so third parties are better safe than sorry by supporting the 3DS out of the gate instead of holding out and banking on Sony's NGP.

Maybe it's a mix of both. Whatever it is it doesn't appear to be 100% rational.

Well when people think they are artists and superior to anyone who isn't, they tend to act irrationally.

instead of making yet another thread to show off your entilist view on third party games why not buy the system that has the games you want?  it is not the job of a third party to create markets.  third parties look at the markets and create games to cater to that audience. 

how can you complain when a third party creates yet another minigame based games for nintendo's console when nintendo has published more than 10 minigame based games?

how can you complain when a third party creates yet another FPS/3rdPS for the ps360 instead of wii when nintendo has made one modestly successful metroid compared to MS's halo and gears major successes, and sony's resisteance, killzone, uncharted for good successes?

on each of the consoles third parties have put out games that mirror the types of games first party is developing.   either live with it and stop complaining or do like i did and move to the console that has the games you want.

i don't have time to respond now but i promise i will.  btw ... mortal kombat is on the wii fyi.

I'll be waiting... btw, didn't know that the new MK is on Wii also, nobody pre-order.