Some WiiWare devs were not being paid.

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SJGohan3972 said:

vonboysp said:
wow, never heard of this, and it sounds a little scary. i was hoping i could maybe one day make a small game for that service or one like it [a dream, really] and this could really keep me away from trying to do that.

if your looking to break in the easiest way is probably Microsoft's XNA Game Studio, with which you can make games for Windows and/or XBox Live, i've worked on 2 games that we were gonna get on Live - although I would love to make a game for a Nintendo system its just not that easy to do.

 

That's not entirely true. Some developers have already commented that the required qaulity required for to release on Live is really high and that MS likes to have a hand in developement. This can cause games to pass planned developement times. Small companies maynot be able to afford opperation costs past a few months of their estimation. MS has been reported to be more draconian in their requirements. WiiWare is more viable for small developers, but that 5k limit seems questionable.