http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvWYw0CnuSI
  

Needed to be done.

Seems pretty low to me.

"North America
If game is over 16MB - 6,000 units
If game is under 16MB - 4,000 units

Europe
If game is over 16MB - 3,000 units
If game is under 16MB - 2,000 units"

http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2009/04/wiiware_sales_targets_more_details_emerge

First, you're going to have to back up your claim that Steam is anywhere close to being as bad as Nintendo was.  As far as I can see, it's not.

Simon Roth has worked on indie hits such as Frozen Synapse and is currently developing his first solo title - which he plans to eventually submit to Greenlight in the future. "Greenlight is a brilliant idea," says Simon. "Beforehand, in my opinion, the Steam approval process was somewhat broken, opaque and counter intuitive."  http://www.videogamer.com/features/article/steam_greenlight_what_do_developers_really_think.html

 Steam's problem is that they get more games asking for entry than they can handle.  The intention with Greenlight was not only to filter out some of the spam but to give developers feedback directly from the fans.  The main problem so far is that the fans, generally speaking, kind of suck.

"Valve gave the gaming community a chance with Greenlight," says Strongman Games founder Erlend Grefsrud, pointing out that Valve is under no obligation to offer a 'free ride' to anyone. That it did so originally should be an important factor in Valve's defence and should help highlight that the real issue isn't some classist debate over the relative value of $100.

"Valve launched Greenlight for free, [but] the community wasn't responsible enough to moderate itself," says Erlend. "If people were different, Greenlight would not need a fee. But they aren't, so it does."  http://www.videogamer.com/features/article/steam_greenlight_what_do_developers_really_think.html

Besides that, you're comparing a system that just launched recently to something that Nintendo just now fixed.  You're also trying to put words in my mouth, as I never said anything about 'malice'.  I never even said I supported what the guy in the OP said, as I've given Nintendo props elsewhere for their efforts.  What I've had issue with in this thread is the vilification of Steam in order to make Nintendo look good.  Not only are they in much different situations, with Steam being a much, much smaller company that gets many times the submissions that Nintendo does, but the idea that Greenlight was born of the same kind of corporate apathy as some of Nintendo's more notorious restrictions is just ludicrous.

In short, I find the twitter arguments of both people in the OP to be childish.

Nintendo made a mistake seven years ago.

First, you're going to have to back up your claim that Steam is anywhere close to being as bad as Nintendo was.  As far as I can see, it's not.

Simon Roth has worked on indie hits such as Frozen Synapse and is currently developing his first solo title - which he plans to eventually submit to Greenlight in the future. "Greenlight is a brilliant idea," says Simon. "Beforehand, in my opinion, the Steam approval process was somewhat broken, opaque and counter intuitive."  http://www.videogamer.com/features/article/steam_greenlight_what_do_developers_really_think.html

 Steam's problem is that they get more games asking for entry than they can handle.  The intention with Greenlight was not only to filter out some of the spam but to give developers feedback directly from the fans.  The main problem so far is that the fans, generally speaking, kind of suck.

"Valve gave the gaming community a chance with Greenlight," says Strongman Games founder Erlend Grefsrud, pointing out that Valve is under no obligation to offer a 'free ride' to anyone. That it did so originally should be an important factor in Valve's defence and should help highlight that the real issue isn't some classist debate over the relative value of $100.

"Valve launched Greenlight for free, [but] the community wasn't responsible enough to moderate itself," says Erlend. "If people were different, Greenlight would not need a fee. But they aren't, so it does."  http://www.videogamer.com/features/article/steam_greenlight_what_do_developers_really_think.html

Besides that, you're comparing a system that just launched recently to something that Nintendo just now fixed.  You're also trying to put words in my mouth, as I never said anything about 'malice'.  I never even said I supported what the guy in the OP said, as I've given Nintendo props elsewhere for their efforts.  What I've had issue with in this thread is the vilification of Steam in order to make Nintendo look good.  Not only are they in much different situations, with Steam being a much, much smaller company that gets many times the submissions that Nintendo does, but the idea that Greenlight was born of the same kind of corporate apathy as some of Nintendo's more notorious restrictions is just ludicrous.

Five. WiiWare launched in 2008.

Not that it really matters... >_>

Let's suppose you're a one-man developer who put out a 40MB game in NA and sold 5900 copies at $10 a piece. Without the threshold you would have earned $41,300, enough for one adult to live for a year. But with the threshold, you see $0, and have to move back in with your parents while Nintendo pockets forty grand to pay for servers.

Spending a year on a game that doesn't take off hurts. Spending a year on a game and getting nothing at all is just savage. It only works if a publisher is backing your efforts (ie, you aren't actually an indie).

None of this changes the fact that Phil Fish is a total douchebag. Which is sad, because I would buy the special edition Fez Wii U that JazzB1987 mocked up.