@LordThenightKnight
I'm not disagreeing with you that third parties generally don't make things easy for themselves by producing a lot of shoddy titles, but the breadth (and generally strength) of Nintendo's library is a big factor in their relative lack of success on the Wii. I'm not sure it was quite the same in the SNES and NES days. In the NES days, Nintendo was as much a newcomer as anyone else and was in the process of building the reputation of its IPs (of which there were obviously fewer than there are on the Wii) - a reputation that was pretty much established by the end of the SNES' run (and probably a bit before). Now it is different - Mario isn't just a side-scrolling platform character, he's at the forefront of 2D platformers, 3D ones, a racing game, a series of sports games, an RPG series... and that's just one character. Many people might buy an Xbox at launch because they want to play Halo and are open to whatever else comes along - similarly people might be buying a PlayStation because they're Gran Turismo fans and that is the only game they've absolutely decided they're getting. With such customers, third parties have a lot of the pie to go for. But lots of people picking up a Wii who are as game-oriented as HD owners might have mentally committed to picking up all Mario platformers and any Zeldas, Mario Karts, Smash Bros, Mario sports games, Metroids etc. that appear, giving the third parties less of the pie to go for. As for the more casual Wii gamers - well, they're introduced to the Wii series out of the box, and are enticed to a couple of other Wii ____ games with the offer of a 'free' Wiimote. And being casual gamers, they are more likely to be drawn into a purchase by TV adverts than a metacritic score - and I very rarely see adverts for third party Wii games.
Sorry, I've rambled a bit there.
