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jarrod on 23 April 2010
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Carl2291 said:
jarrod said:
Carl2291 said:

The Wii is selling mainly from Nintendo support. Not the 3rd party support like SNES, PSone, PS2...

With poor 3rd party support on Wii (when compared to other consoles), and with Nintendo focusing on N6, i can't see there being THAT much more interest in Wii for new buyers... As the next "Wii Sports", "Wii Fit", Mario... Will all be releasing on the next console.

Again, this thinking is almost entirely debunked by GBA.  That platform has worse 3rd party support than Wii does, and lived a healthy 3 years after DS launched on the back of Nintendo support almost single handedly.  Would you like me to repost the list I made for in that other thread Carl?

If you want to... But i really wouldn't care and probably wouldn't even read it.

Because the GBA isn't the Wii. And the audience that was on the GBA, isn't the same as the one that's on the Wii.

And yet, GBA still shows exactly how Nintendo likes to wind down a successful platform with shit 3rd party support, with big games coming for years after it's successor.  They did the same with SNES, and the same with NES, even though those were bursting with 3rd party support.  Hell, they even brought Game Boy back from the dead after Virtual Boy flopped, Nintendo, more than Sony even, seems to enjoy stretching out lifespans whenever possible.

Something tells me Wii won't be the magical exception to Nintendo's entire history.  And unlike PS3 or 360, it actually has the consumer support and confidence to last 10 years on shelves....