Should Nintendo really be proud of third parties success on Wii?

[Joelcool7]

.jayderyu said:
During the NES/SNES days Nintendo was not top dog of their own system. Nintendo was only 20% of their own market. Though admitidly they were the only company to have 20% of solid software sales. The total of 3rd party was 80%. The at the height of Nintendo consoles Nintendo was NOT TOP DOG. Anything else is myth and comes from the poor conception that Nintendo was and should be based on when 3rd parties abondended them.

I'd also like to see a link to prove that statement. I mean Nintendo didn't even let publishers release more then five games a year, if I recall and sales of Mario , Donkey Kong , Zelda, etc....etc... couldn't possibly be only 20% of the market. Nintendo did extremely well as a first party publisher and on the N64/GameCube most million sellers were Nintendo's own. These sales showed just how successful Nintendo is as a games publisher!

I remember when Iwata said , we don't need third parties to succeed with the Wii. (TGS 2005). I was really happy, Nintendo has always been my favorite games publisher and I loved all the hardcore support on the N64/GameCube. Then Nintendo gives us a fall lineup of Animal Crossing and WiiMusic among other weak holiday's. The only thing that makes sense is that Nintendo threw in the towel to bulster third party sales!

And as someone else pointed out. The strong selling third party titles make a mockery of the platform. I mean come on Carnival Games being put in the same sales margins as a last gen mario game! I think Nintendo should be ashamed that third party titles are reaching the million mark 2:1. Nintendo should be dominating the market at least 2:1 if not 3:1 considering most of the stuff on Wii is cheap shovelware!