"You think these companies have an endless supply of funds they could throw around?"
If they didn't have the funds to support the HD systems and the Wii... that explains their financial problems this generation.
But refusing to try based on what they already spent is part of the sunken cost fallacy (and no, that isn't around just because a certain blogger wrote about it).
"3rd parties are evil, they hate Ninty"
No, I'm "third parties, Sony, Microsoft, and even now Nintendo, are full of the need to show off, and they need to fucking stop, as history has shown games sell best when the players show off". Their problems with the Wii are based on that, but it doesn't make that attitude any less asinine.
A flashy-first game is awesome when it comes out. A great-first game is awesome forever.
Plus, just for the hell of it: Kelly Brook at the 2008 BAFTAs
