Nintendo means bad news for 3rd parties!

[Bodhesatva]

Shane said:
Nintendo did what was best for Nintendo, as Nintendo always does. They did not take into account how it would impact third parties because they don't care. This was probably the best move for them, but it did ensure they would have trouble getting any key franchises. Install base means nothing if 60-85% of all games sold are first party... unless that install base has the penetration of the DS, and even then it's iffy.

How often are you going to say this, Shane? Seriously, you say this constantly, no matter how much evidence we show you. I gave a link to an explicit, direct link of the third party games being developed exclusively for different consoles: while the numbers were approximately even at release, the Wii now has almost twice as many exclusives titles in development as the PS3 does. Several other people have linked data (Specifically and most especially Albionus) showing that the Wii is selling more third party software than the PS3 is, and that the gap is widening, not closing.

 

So, to repeat: the Wii has more exclusive third party titles in development than the PS3 does. The Wii has sold more third party software than the PS3 has. What data or evidence can you show to support your claims? Seriously, I've never seen you link to a single post, chart, or graph. Ever. Can you please provide any hard evidence -- at all -- to support your claims?

 

Just for a refresher, since you seem to constantly forget this:  http://www.gamingtarget.com/article.php?artid=6876&pg=2&comments=

 

The Wii currently has 69 announced exclusives (either released or unreleased). This is up from 53 upon release. The Playstation currently has 40 announced exclusives. This is DOWN from 46 upon release. When the systems came out, the Wii had a marginal lead in exclusive titles. Now, the lead is much larger, and within the month (assuming the trend continues which, given the sales figures from the March NPD, is extremely likely) will have twice as many exclusive titles as the PS3. 

 Again, I personally believe that Sony can still turn this around. It's possible. And you're right, it's not as if PS3 sales are so awful that companies have literally canceled big budget projects like Final Fantasy XIII or Metal Gear Solid (if the system had, say, 500,000 in sales, that could have happened. Seroiusly). But your outright insistence that Sony's poor performance thus far hasn't had a dramatic impact on the decisions of software developers is obtuse at best, and deliberately disengenuous at worst. The factual evidence is entirely against you.