@Squiliam: You brought out some valid points. But i'd like to point out few things that you didn't take into account:
2. Minigame collections/party games aren't the only games that sell on the system. SMG, Paper Mario, Twilight Princess, Brawl are also in the top sellers. There's also two things to notice, which are that the core buys blue ocean games and party games and that Wii is supposed to reach families, which gives Wii a bigger userbase than the competition with the same amount of consoles sold.
4. People propably buy Carnival Games for reasons that everyone knows how fun carnival/funfair is and the game was budget priced since release. Sure it may sell due word of mouth, but the word of mouth haven't reached Carnival Games: Minigolf.
About the conclusion, it takes us to the point 2, reaching larger audience per console. Of course, this was just my estimation.
Personally, i don't have really anything against any kind of games, except the ones that are made as cash-ins. I have both Brain Trainings, Wii Fit, Nintendogs, SMG, NSMB, Twilight Princess, Phantom Hourglass, Metroid Prime 3, REUC, Mario Party 8, Starfox Command, 42 All-time Classics, to name a few. And planning on buying more games from different genres.
@BornFirst: I wouldn't say Nintendo planned it, they just were prepared. This isn't the first time this happens to Nintendo. They had quite an uphill battle with NES and they watched how 3rd parties tried to avoid PSX a little more than decade ago.
So Iwatas statement actually is telling (the investors) that they know their industry.
Ei Kiinasti.
Eikä Japanisti.
Vaan pannaan jalalla koreasti.
Nintendo games sell only on Nintendo system.
