The Wii wil never get the kind of third party support that the PS2 had.

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Viper1 said:

txrattlesnake said:

     One thing you hear the Nintendo execs and Nintendo fans say is that as this gen continues on sales of the Wii will ensure that the Wii receives humongous third party support that will bring a lot of core games to the system, but I don't really see it happening.

 

       There are a variety of factors that would argue against this happening.  The sales of core games on Wii haven't been that great and regardless of the fact that the Wii has sold 50 million units and almost doubled the marketshare of the other consoles, I still don't think the Wii is the darling of most developers.  I think in Japan that is still the PS3 and that very definitely in the West it is the 360.  And I feel we're too deep into this gen for there to be much of a change in that type of thinking.

     So, I don't think the Wii will ever enjoy the type of support from third parties that most leading consoles including the PS2 received during their gens and time in the spotlight.

If you're going to post something negative about Wii (as you always do), then at least provide better validations than what you posted. 

 

Here is why Wii 3rd party support will never match the PS2.

 

Strategy Analytics [Jul-05] (Worldwide Through 2012)
Sony PS3 - 121.8 million (61%)
Xbox 360 - 58.8 million (30%)
Nintendo Wii - 18 million (9%)
Total - 198.6 million

    (...)

UBS [May-07] (U.S. Through 2010)
Xbox 360 - 22 million (35.5%)
Sony PS3 - 21 million (33.9%)
Nintendo Wii - 19 million (30.6%)
Tolal - 62 million

 

 

Developers and publishers allocated thier resources and money based on these reports.  Back before PS2 launched these same reports had PS2 very high on marketshare so it received huge support well before the console even launched.  Now look at what happened to Wii before it even launched - analysts killed any hope of major 3rd party love.

 

The non-Nintendo core audience that has taken up the Wii is a result of the initial software provided which itself is a result of expectations based on these reports.

This last point is exactly why core orientated titles will mostly not sell high numbers on Wii. Third parties have created the problem themselves by not supporting Wii properly from the beginning. The fact that Wii is still getting on-rails versions of titles such as Resident Evil and Dead Space or not getting any support at all shows that third parties are not willing to try to correct it and to be honest, it's basically too late.