The reason why Microsoft would have a harder time with Nintendo than with Sony is the same reason they have a hard time with Apple.
Nintendo software is exclusive to Nintendo hardware.
Remember that whole skitch on 3rd parties not wanting to develop for the Wii because Nintendo's games are too damn good? They mean that Nintendo's games claim the highest % of share, it's actually insane that the sum of 3rd party sales barely beat out just Nintendos'. It could be understood if 3rd parties were making less games than Nintendo, but they aren't to that extent. There are at least 10 3rd party games to every 1 Nintendo game on that platform.
That being said, Nintendo still has signifigant share when you add in 3rd party sales on the HD platforms versus Nintendo. Without Nintendo the drop in software share would be around 12% (Wii only).
That is insane.
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