Well 3rd parties can't in theory dislike the Wii it has a crazily huge install base , crazy sales , crazily low development costs so theoreticaly all is well.
However when it comes to interpreting the Wii and what the Wii customer wants 3rd parties seem to have alot of trouble , when they try the traditional formula for the new platform (e.g COD:WaW which might still have good legs though) titles seem to perform poorly. When 3rd parties try to release something like the De blob they also miss.
So now alot of 3rd parties must be thinking "WTF we give them traditional games and they don't buy em , we give them innovative games and they don't buy em " But them games like Carnival games are able to sell 2.41 Million copies. I think this dilemma leaves 3rd parties really confused and unwilling to dedicate their best I.P's to the Wii even on a multiplatform release GTA IV , DMC4 etc ( obviously it couldn't be ported to the Wii as is but it could still exist as some form of the originals.)
Seems only certain companies like Nintendo have truly been able to take advantage of the console. The top selling 10 Nintendo games is dominated by Nintendo , According to my count there are only 15 3rd party games that have ever sold more than a million on the Wii Vs Around 45 XBOX 360 3rd parties that have broken the million mark.
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