Sounds like he's still disappointed for his game bombing in Japan. =/
I would call the casual audience of the Wii in Japan more of an issue with Japan than an issue with Nintendo. There's plenty of "hardcore" games available in Japan, but they simply aren't selling too well on any system. Therefore he probably has a point as far as Japan is concerned, but serious "gamer's games" on the Wii do very well in the West.
As for third party sales in general, very few third parties have managed to invest a considerable amount of resources on the Wii, but the few far sighted ones have been very succesful. I suppose not realising this is understandable if you don't know where to find accurate sales data. =P







