A possible reason why third parties prefer non Nintendo consoles

[Squilliam]

coolestguyever said:
Yeah that's great for last gen, but so far this gen Sony is a beast with its first party games. Top PS3 games published by Sony

1. Resistance - 3.59
2. Motorstorm - 3.48
3. GT5P - 3.02
4. Uncharted - 2.34
5. LBP - 2.19
6. Killzone 2 - 1.59
7. Resistance 2 - 1.54
8. Ratchet & Clank - 1.47
9. Heavenly Sword - 1.36
10. Singstar - 0.84

So far this gen, after only 2.5 years and only a 21 million userbase to work; with 9 of Sony's top 10 selling games are million sellers. Imagine what it will be after 9 years like the PS2 is almost at.

So while your arguement is great for a solution if it was last gen, it doesn't really count this gen... except for with the 360 which has 12 million sellers after 3.5 years and a 30 million userbase. Not much better than Sony.

Beast?

1.  Halo 9.61M
2. Gears 1 5.88M
3. Gears 2 4.88M
4. Forza 2 3.98M
5. Fable 2 2.72M
6. Mass Effect 2.04M
7. PGR4 1.68MM
8. Crackdown 1.49M
9. Viva Pinata 1.45M
10. PGR3 1.39M

Also there are no 5M sellers in the PS3 list and most of those PS3 games have had either a huge price cut or noticeable bundling whilst Forza 2 is the only heavily bunded game on the Xbox 360 in the top 5.