"But in the end I believe this will be their downfall if they focus too much on the distant 2nd and 3rd place"
Wii market share < 50 %
AC2 - 5.7 million
MW2 - 14.9 million
GTA4 - 13.8 million
NMH - .47 million
MW - .4 million
Conduit - .38 million
...I don't think companies are worried looking at those numbers.
Rising dev increases? Yeah... maybe next gen but this gen they are lowering. Dev kits are lowering... engines are lowering... how much one person can do in a certain time period is increasing...
Spin... spin... spin... Many big named publishers have been riding the Wii lately... no matter what... losing support is not a positive thing... I love how when activision was hell bent on Ps3 price drop everyone was up in arms about it... just 1 developer bluffing to get more money... no one followed suit... But now that its the wii its okay?