A little off topic, but I'm still a little worried about 3rd parties. Considering that developing a (solid) game takes 1 year minimum, and we still hardly saw any big announcements...
My guess (and that EA spokesperson said something like that, too): It was Spring 2007 when 3rd party managers went "ZOMG teh Wii it works, quick we need some casual thingie, too!". These games are finished about now, and many of them are meh (cause they're still rushed) . So if developers realize they should place their big guns on the Wii right now, it will be 2009 until we see some of them. IF we do, for some developers may be too disappointed with their casual games' performance.
For the record, I don't say the Wii is facing a troubled future - I expect the very opposite, in fact. But I'm a little disappointed that 3rd parties seem to have missed another opportunity, and I'm sure Nintendo thinks the same way. In 2007, N gave 3rd parties a chance to sell their games. Or do you doubt that N could have made a Mario Golf or Tennis game, for example? Wii Sports leaves a lot to be desired, and that was done on purpose: It is a blueprint of games you can make on Wii.
3rd parties were too chicken-hearted, so now N goes "what the heck" and releases the first party motherload.
Currently playing: NSMB (Wii)
