Poor little Nintendo... Such victims. :'(

Nintendo had plenty of powerfull console before the Wii and it didn' really help with the 3rd party games at all. That support just kept sliding like their sales.

It's kinda like the fat girl who's convinced herself men are evil and no man will ever like her ... honey if you actually lost the 200 pounds you're overweight in and changed your wardrobe, your chances of finding a guy would increase 20 fold. 

Anyone who thinks the lack of power on the Wii and Wii U didn't impact third party support is lying to themselves. 

The Wii would've gotten pretty much every third party game that gen (yes, GTAIV, Final Fantasy XIII, BioShock, Resident Evil 5/6, Street Fighter IV, etc.), if it was powerful enough to actually run the same games, even at just at 480p (1/3 the resolution). 

The Wii U even with its crappy sales probably would still be getting some support if Nintendo had chosen a sensible GPU like a AMD 4850, which was available to them in 2010 and would be able to run most current games. 

RolStoppable said:

Guys, you are free to believe that Bethesda would bring their best to Nintendo if only the specs were right, but I am free to laugh at you. If a pro-Nintendo bias verifiably exists among certain third parties, then it isn't a stretch at all to say that anti-Nintendo bias exists as well.

You could call it politics. What the major third party publishers demand is marketing support, plus their games getting bundled with the hardware. Either Nintendo joins the bidding wars or they'll be left out altogether. The reason why Nintendo will continue to refuse to obey is that it doesn't benefit their own business to pay for and advertise multiplatform games; if they cannot realistically expect a notable beneficial effect on their hardware sales, it simply does not make sense to pay for support.

Sony and Microsoft have the same motive (beneficial effect on hardware sales) when considering which games they'll pay for, but unlike Nintendo, these two companies have a long history of multiplatform third party software having a positive effect on their hardware sales, so it makes sense for them to do it. In Nintendo's sales history, it's first and foremost exclusive third party software that fulfills the requirements for investment, so that's what Nintendo primarily targets. Going exclusive, however, is something that is usually not up for consideration for the major third party publishers, so in the majority of cases such an option isn't on the table to begin with. EA shopping around a new IP like Titanfall is a rare exception.

Super Mario Run is not hitting the panic button. It's a part of Nintendo's strategy to leverage smart devices to increase the popularity and sales of Nintendo hardware and premium software. Pokémon Go made the 3DS win July NPD; likewise, sales of 3DS hardware and various Nintendo titles increased all around the world. We already have the irrefutable evidence that Nintendo's strategy works. The best part of it is that Nintendo's new way to market their premium products will be paid for by consumers. While Sony and Microsoft are going to spend hundreds of millions on marketing, Nintendo's marketing will positively contribute to their bottom line.

Combine the above with Nintendo's cash reserves and it should be pretty obvious that Nintendo is nowhere close to seeing the end of their run as a hardware manufacturer. Whether or not they'll get the major third parties on board won't matter. If the five year old 3DS can beat the PS4 and Xbox One on the back of games that are two years old, then it's undeniable that nothing is as valuable as Nintendo first party software. NX will have first party software, so the games part is already covered.