The Wii generation. History will judge the 3rd parties

[peachbuggy]

Although developers do seem to be lazy and reticent when it comes to Wii games, i do have sympathy for some of them. A few companies have tried to put fairly large, big budget games on the Wii and they have flopped miserably. They say they are trying to "get" the Wii's userbase. This is probably true. It does seem to be a bit of a conundrum to me. I think it's unfair to say the userbase is completely "casual". It seems to be a very diverse audience and difficult to find a "typical" demographic to aim at. It's also unfair to say the Wii only sells to "kids, moms and grandparents". I think it's a much wider appeal than that. Ironically the Third parties seem to have worse problems with selling their games on Wii in Japan, where they are shifting support over to Wii. In the West, where the devs have been slower to commit their best efforts to Wii, they seem to have less trouble selling software. Strange, really.