Firstly, i have to agree with most that the US is not necessarily a good benchmark of third party success. It is like using Japan's figures to state that absolutely noone in the world wants the Xbox.
What would be interesting though is to see this chart world wide which is corrected for investment. We are comparing games that cost 4 millions to make to games that cost over 60 million to make and market. i bet the return on investment is higher for most wii games on xbox360 games. And definitely compared to the PS3.
Considering the Wii not only has the biggest fan base, but it is also the cheapest machine to develop, there will be immense pressure from company executives to switch over to the Wii or at least increase focus to the Wii in terms of game development. I believe that exclusive titles for the PS3 and X360 will disappear, with the only ones to come already in development. Why develop for only one when the target market for both consoles is identical and with a 20 percent increase in cost, you could double you revenue. Oh wait, this has happened already.
The Wii on the other had will become the new DS. Hundreds of games, mostly shovelware, with a few absolute gems inbetween, mostly though only slightly profitable, with first party games selling for years on end.
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