Nintendo lying about third party dominance?

[Kenny]

Viper1 said:

mike_intellivision said:
Is it not interesting how the argument has changed from "Third-party games can't sell on Wii because of Nintendo's strong first-party lineup" to "You have to analyze the data this way to get the right result."

Both Nintendo and Microsoft presented matters in a way most favorable to them. The only real issue is the Destructoid piece not realizing what Nintendo said (and didn't say). But then again, there are people out there who feel they lose if Nintendo wins.

Mike from Morgantown

I've learned with each refutation comes a new varation of the fallacy.  It's a cycle that has no end because you can always add more details to the assertion.

1. Wii games don't sell.

2. 3rd party Will games don't sell.

3. Good 3rd party Wii games don't sell.

4. Good 3rd party Wii games don't sell as much as X.

5. Good 3rd part Wii games don't sell as much as X at Y price.

 

 

Actually, it's much simpler than that.  If third party games don't sell, then there's no reason to develop for the Wii.  If third party games DO sell, then it proves that developers don't have to put in effort to succeed, which means they should just dump shovelware onto the Wii.  Either way, there's no reason to take the Wii seriously.  A simple, all-encompassing no-win argument against the Wii in two points.

Seriously, though, I gotta agree with you.  I've been watching the goalposts get moved since December 2006, and they've moved so far from where they originally were, I don't think we're even in the stadium anymore.