I figured out why 3rd parties hesitate to put their best teams on Wii games

[Mr Khan]

Pristine20 said:
Another thing to note: regardless of profit or userbase, developers and publishers are free entities entitled to doing whatever they want. What if they're losing money? It's not your money. Wii fans who think that everyone should be forced to develop for nintendo really need to slow down. people have different motives for developing games and it's not about money for everyone. I'd voucher that for most devs, their salary is fixed regardless of the game's sales anyway so what if they're more in pursuit of a fanbase and critical acclaim from those who care enough to give it to them? What's it to you?

Last gen when the ps2 was running away with 70% marketshare, some devs like bethesda and lucas arts still released exclusive xbox games. Devs like to work with platforms they like and not everyone is miyamoto who can make games for others while having a true passion in music. Frankly, if I was a developer, I couldn't see myself being able to make a game I don't even have an interest in. It's just not possible for me.

That said, the whining about 3rd party offerings needs to slow down. Show love to the 3rd parties who actually made an effort on the wii by buying their games instead of buying only nintendo's games and claiming 3rd parties suck.

 

I don't think there is a lack of that. That helps cultivate all the SEGA love that's going around the Nintendo fan-community, and gratitude towards a good number of developers out there.