He's hit the nail on the head, actually. Wii "core" games are having trouble even succeeding in an effective market vacuum (i.e. very little same-platform competition).
Its only the most astoundingly popular 3rd party core franchises and genres which can even hope to hold a candle to their PS360 competition (like CoD:WaW, RE4, RE:UC, etc.). Basically, everything else which succeeds on the Wii is casually oriented.
Until proven otherwise, he is stating the facts, no matter how ugly they are. Making a core game on the Wii is a huge gamble, and there's not much evidence to the contrary.
Bring on The Conduit! Last chance for hardcore gas, in the eyes of the 3rd party publishers, I think. If it succeeds (in a return-on-investment fashion), that could turn the boat around.
...I still think the JRPGs will come, and sell well. They're "casual" in Japan, and they are niche here, but have enough fanbase to warrant NTSC ports, I think.
