Erik Aston on 31 January 2008
Who published it has EVERYTHING to do with it. Use common sense: no third party considers Mario Party 8 or Mario and Sonic a big breakthrough win for third parties. They are games made under special circumstances which we might call "second party," but which ultimately amount to first party competition for other third parties.
Here:
http://www.vgchartz.com/forum/thread.php?id=12994
"[Our former customers] are unable to find software which they WANT to play."
"The way to solve this problem lies in how to communicate what kind of games [they CAN play]."
Satoru Iwata, Nintendo President. Only slightly paraphrased.
