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How do you know that GTA and Resident Evil would sell awesome on the Wii? There hasn't been a main series RE on it yet so that's impossible to know (RE4: Wii Edition has sold quite well but considerably less than RE5 on either HD console on a much higher install base. Yes, its a port but still), Chinatown wars hasn't exactly staggered the world with its sales on DS with its roughly 810k in two months (compare it to the usual GTA launches) near holidays on a 117 million userbase and games like No More Heroes, Madworld and not to mention The Conduit (which was highly hyped online) and their rather lukewarm sales is a telltale sign that certain types of games might not be the best idea to publish on the Wii.
And with games like MW2 moving 15-16 million across three platforms in less than a month its not hard to see why most 3rd parties are willing to bet on that trio.
You also have to consider the standings when the last generation "ended", or have you all forgotten the previous two?