Wii "inhospitable platform for third-party publishers"

[Squilliam]

Garcian Smith said:

ToastyJaguar said:

 

yeah maybe but i'm looking at the million sellers on the Wii and only 13 out of 28 are developed by third parties.

and most of those barely made a million.

If you look at the PS3 or 360 it's like the exact oposite

 

 

And the survey says?

*BRRRRRRRRRRRRT!!*

 

MILLION SELLERS ON WII: 28

First/Second-Party Developed: 12 I would call it 15 (Anything with the name Mario in it belongs with Nintendo)

Third-Party Developed: 16 [SSBB, Mario Party 8, and Mario Strikers Charged were published by Nintendo, but developed by third parties] 13

Average Sales Numbers: 4.28 Million (1.83 for third parties or 1.53 excluding Mario+Sonic)

 

MILLION SELLERS ON 360: 42

First/Second-Party Developed: 4

Third-Party Developed: 38

Average Sales Numbers: 2.26 Million (2.1 Million for third parties) Also the love is spread to 3* the number of titles.

 

MILLION SELLERS ON PS3: 16

First/Second-Party Developed: 5

Third-Party Developed: 11

Average Sales Numbers: 2.20 Million

 

So, as you can see, the Wii has significantly more third-party million-sellers than the PS3. And, while the 360 beats the Wii in that department, that's more a testament to Microsoft's weakness in first-party development (and their success in attracting PC ports to the 360 platform) than any weakness on the Wii's or Nintendo's part. And finally, million sellers on the Wii actually sell much, much more than those on the HD consoles, on average.

You = fail.

Furthermore - if you take the publishers perspectives into account there are many more titles which crack 1 million+ when you merge the PS3/Xbox 360 sales charts.