Believe it or not the NES also was widely shunned by Third Parties (mostly western) early on in its life. All of the words you are hearing now about Wii being a fad and having outdated tech, and being for kids etc. is all really just a bunch of deja vu for those old enough to remember or those interested in doing research about history. But in any event, the NES TP support picked up towards the end of its life because many publishers were either losing money on the gaming centric PC's or just getting a lot of heat from shareholders as to why they are leaving so much money on the table with not developing for the NES.
You do have to wonder why installed base alone was not enough to woo third parties en masse like it did the PS1 and more recently the DS. I dont believe it is as simple as "technologically limiting" we've all heard that crap before.
Bet between Slimbeast and Arius Dion about Wii sales 2009:
If the Wii sells less than 20 million in 2009 (as defined by VGC sales between week ending 3d Jan 2009 to week ending 4th Jan 2010) Slimebeast wins and get to control Arius Dion's sig for 1 month.
If the Wii sells more than 20 million in 2009 (as defined above) Arius Dion wins and gets to control Slimebeast's sig for 1 month.
