Notch doesn't work on Minecraft, but he still runs Mojang.

Nice post man. I think everyone should read what he linked us to.

Yeah, Notch has handled the situation very poorly :/

Cant really blame them for not wanting to make Minecraft for the Wii U. For whatever reason 3RD Party games don't translate well on it, mainly because IMO ppl that buy it just have it for Nintendo exclusives.

I mean just take a look at the COD: Ghosts Sales...

http://www.vgchartz.com/gamedb/?name=call+of+duty%3A+ghosts

While it sold almost 9 million on the 360 and a little over 8 million on the PS3, with 2.5 million and almost 2 million on the PS4 and XB1 respectively, on the Wii U it didn't even reach a meager 200k copies sold... I was one of the few that bought it for Wii U. Was hard to get a game with a full party besides for Team Deathmatch.

Even though it understandable Minecraft wont be made for it, I sure hope it will and I will buy it.

The point is not whether or not the games are exclusive (as any console manufacturing company that pays in full for the development of a game would make it exclusive to their console), but the fact that Nintendo is showing an active interest in 3rd party games.  To what extent is another question, but there's no doubt that they have been more active than before.  Not only that, but Nintendo, for the 3rd parties they DO reach out to, do work well with them.  The evidence is there, you just have to look at what some of them say about working with Nintendo.  Admittedly, most of the ones you will find are indie developers but it definitely is a start.  Given Nintendo doesn't have an all-too-bright past with 3rd party developers, it's only natural that a transitioning period will happen (and is what we're seeing right now).  It wont come all at once, and willingness has to come from both sides, not just Nintendo.

And I'm not arguing against the articles insight of Nintendo.  I'm arguing against it as a basis of what Nintendo is TODAY.  It is dated and proof is already there that Nintendo has been taking steps to changing.  Again, I wasn't trying to refute everything said or even make a comment about what is actually inside the article. I'm just pointing out that Nintendo has, indeed, been taking an active part in 3rd party relations (albeit limited).

I agree Nintendo it is their fault, but disagree as to how it's their fault. Most third party games simply can't compete with Nintendo's games (generally speaking). Some have even admitted this. Nintendo's natural ability to make quality games is a double edged sword..

I fail to see how Nintendo is difficult to work with.. This isn't the NES days.. Nintendo (As far as I know) has no restrictions on the amount of games a dev can release, has really loosened up on censorship lately, and have made every console since the N64 extremely easy to develop for. They have also become a big platform and supporter for indie devs. 

As a Wii-U owner I will say this. I don't NEED third party games, but I want them. 

Maybe its because Microsoft and Sony are publishing the game for their systems? Nintendo isn't willing to. Don't blame the devs. Blame Nintendo.

Lazy!!!!!!!!!!!
And if nintendo starts doing multiple gamepads....
Then this is HEAVEN!!!!

Minecraft would probably sell a lot on the Wii U seeing as how it's mainly aimed at kids and kids LOVE Minecraft.

However it is guaranteed to do well on the XBO and sell millions so that's why they are developing for it.