Which third party company is simply going to miss the Wii boat?

[mike_intellivision]

The risk was for developers to be making games at launch. Only Ubisoft could see Wii's potential for success.

Most people everywhere thought it was Nintendo's last gasp. How many "Nintendo should get out of the console market and make games for other systems and sell handhelds" threads were there on the Internet 18 months ago.

Now, people are playing catch-up. There is a mixed bag out there. Some are good, some are entertaining, some are garbage.

If you look at it, Capcom is providing good games. EA is trying and introducing new IPs (just not always good ones). Sega has made decent Sonic games (more than it has for other systems). 2K is giving some goodies (and the more that I play other collections, the better that game gets). Activision did release GH3 and now may be ready to do more. Namco, SE, Konami and Techmo have done things. Midway has tried (and failed -- they can't even do skiball animals smoothly in Game Party and their own Crusn' trailer looks bad). And Ubisoft continues to support.

There will be MORE third-party support as long as there are more consoles. Everyone thought the Wii would fall of the end of the earth, not orbit it in sales. Plans will -- and are -- changing.

Now to the question at hand. Konami needs to pea or get off the pot. Activision, Namco and Techmo need to do more. SE needs to stop insulting the system. And Midway needs to close.

Mike from Morgantown