| Gilgamesh said: Nintendo gamers are more hardcore then we thought, that's why third party is practically non existent on the Wii. Let me explain. For the last two generation (N64, Gamecube) Nintendo gamers have been playing nothing but the best games on them systems which consist of mostly Nintendo's first party games, since all the 3rd party games were going to the PSOne and PS2. So there just doing what they have been doing for the last two generations, they know that Nintendo's first party games are nothing but the best for them so they know they wont be disappointed. They're just hesitant to jump into the pool of 3rd party games when first party is all they've been playing for the last 15 years. Thats my hypothesis. |
There's actually a sub niche within the "core" niche on the Wii, or any Nintendo console. It's essentially those who are the biggest fans of Nintendo IPs, going all the way back to the 80s. When someone follows a franchise for that long, that's going to result in a pretty hard core following.
If Nintendo IPs are your favorites, naturally your first and last words in gaming will be Nintendo and whatever consoles they are currently supporting.
And like you said, just as Nintendo fans gravitate towards Nintendo consoles for 1st party games, there really hasn't been a huge reason to use the Wii as the primary platform for 3rd party games, unless you're either that tickled by the Wii Remote or you don't have any other gaming platforms.
The Wii just isn't the best platform for the vast majority of 3rd party IPs out there. That's more or less been the case since the transition from the Super NES to the N64.
