lol this thread is so funny hahahahahahaha way better then the ps3 100%failure rate
Eplc W1n

maybe the empty bank accounts and the constant harassment calls from investors will help them see the light?

Western devs ignore the Wii because the Wii doesn't let them get away with graphics-are-everything. It's standard developer-baw.

Let's not forget Nintendo also rebuying the single console they sell to make it look like it's always in high demand. They did this for more than a year where it's always sold out.

Factor that in and you'll have Nintendo at around 2.47% market share.

      At bolded part:  It might be similar except for the fact that Wii is 13 million ahead of 360 in Western territories while PS3 is 10.5 million behind. 

And ? 95% of HD games are multiplatform anyway so they are sold to combined PS3 X360 and sometimes also PC userbase.

There is no "and".  He just made a misleading statement in a veiled manner like he usually throws in his posts that said Wii was performing about like PS3 in the West in comparison to 360.  I think being 13 million ahead is quite a dissimilar thing from being 10 million behind.

I'm a Nintendo fan first, but it doesn't really surprise me to see the HD consoles get the Western attention. Nor do I believe in crazy conspiracy theories like a lot of Wii fans. These are the reasons I see:

1. As pointed out in the West PS360, together has a higher install base than the Wii. In terms of game development, at this point for a third party the PS360 basically appear to be a single console with greater marketshare.

2. A large portion of the Wii install base aren't traditional gamers (I refuse to use the term "casual" because it is so meaningless). A developer can make a game for the PS360, and be at least reasonably confident it will sell because the market is better known. Sometimes, however, they miss the mark horrendously (*cough*bioniccommando*cough*). The Wii has a traditional base, but it is an unknown, but significantly smaller portion of the whole.

3. A significant portion of traditional gamers who own a Wii also own a 360, PS3 or both. The result of this is if devs make the Wii version of a game watered down, those people will likely buy the PS360 version.

This results in it basically being less effort to make a successful PS360 game. The non-traditional gamers that Nintendo has brought in still haven't been full figured out by the market, so most games targeted at them verge on shovelware both because of a general disdain and lack of respect for them ("lol, casuals love crappy games") and because companies are sort of probing to find out what sells. When a company does hit gold with an effort that's more than just half or quarter-assed, it sells very well, for a very long time (Mario + Sonic, EA Sports Active).

Basically, the TLDR is this: the PS360 are less risky. HD gamers are a better known quantity, and thus less risky.

Excellent point.

As long as Wii gives me my eastern game fix, I'm happy.  I have a PC for western games.

Just wanted to point out that Japan was relevant of the consoles war when PS3 was sold higher than the Wii, and now three months later you can dismiss it. Someone need to tell me if and when Japan sales are interesting or not.

The OP theory is interesting, but it can't explain everything. For me the main reason is that the western developpers put their main efforts in building HD games before the Wii was out. They believed people would buy the games that would look better and the consoles with the biggest known fanbase. Now they come bach step by step, but the biggest budget titles are still on HD consoles (not to waste the money already spent). Well, it's only my opinion, briefly explained in poor english.