Why has Japanese 3rd party support almost completely ceased for the Wii?

[joeorc]

Wyrdness said:

milkyjoe said:
Do Microsoft and Sony really promote third party games themselves? I was always under the impression that those commercials for third party games with 'available on 360/PS3' stuck at the end were run by the developer/publisher themselves, and Sony/MS had merely paid for the bit at the end... I mean, you can immediately tell the difference between a Sony ad for a first party exclusive and an ad for a third party game on a Sony console...

You're right they are from publishers themselves, MS/Sony pay to have their console mentioned specifically unless it's a first/second party in which case they would be the publisher. If you look at FFXIII ads they have the available on 360 bit tagged on to give people the impression that they need a 360 for FFXIII, MS pay SE for this.

promote by Collins

1. 1) verb, to further or encourage the progress or existence of
2. 2) verb, to raise to a higher rank, status, degree, etc
3. 3) verb, to advance (a pupil or student) to a higher course, class, etc
4. 4) verb, to urge the adoption of; work for
5. 5) verb, to encourage the sale of (a product) by advertising or securing financial support
6. 6) verb, chess to exchange (a pawn) for any piece other than a king when the pawn reaches the 8th rank

so to Help with Cost's do you think 3rd party developer's need Cash to help sell their Software?

If you want me to make a Game for your system, would you think that 3rd party's are more likely to make a game if your company is willing to help off set the cost's in promotion of the 3rd party's software?

Sony an Microsoft do that.

but

do you See Nintendo doing that as much as Sony or Microsoft does?

Now if Nintendo is less likely to put promotion Money into the 3rd party's project while both Sony and Microsoft are what do you think would happen?