@Goddog: What actually lead M$ to the top player in OS world, was their business strategy with making their OS as a cross-platform standard (during the time, when the competition was between hardware, instead of software as it is today). They tried to use the same strategy in console world, without a success, since only Sega accepted Windows for their console. So, it's currently not possible for M$ to use the same strategy.
As for the generic parts, 360 has PPC processor, which means that direct porting from Windows isn't possible and 360 also uses DirectX, which means that direct porting from PSWii isn't possible due to the open source API:s. So, in the end, it's not as generic as you make it sound.
Nintendo haven't needed third parties for profit, but they're a developer themselves. If they design hardware, where their games can make profit (instead of profiting from royalties, leaving all the costs for 3rd parties to pay), it's pretty sure that a 3rd party developer can profit on the platform just as well.
Ei Kiinasti.
Eikä Japanisti.
Vaan pannaan jalalla koreasti.
Nintendo games sell only on Nintendo system.
