The real reason why 3rd party games do not sell well on Nintendo hardware

[cyberninja45]

Soundwave said:

Top Third Party games by Generation (games on Nintendo platforms are bolded)

NES-Sega Master System Era:

Megaman 2 (NES exclusive)
Final Fantasy (NES exclusive)
Contra (NES exclusive)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (NES exclusive)
Wizards & Warriors (NES exclusive)
Metal Gear (NES specific)

SNES-Genesis Era:

Street Fighter II - Timed Exclusive to SNES
Contra III - Timed Exclusive to SNES
Final Fantasy VI - SNES Exclusive
Mortal Kombat - Multi-plat
NBA Jam - Multi-plat
Chrono Trigger - SNES Exclusive
Super Star Wars - SNES Exclusive

PS1-N64 Era:

Final Fantasy VII - Not on N64
Resident Evil - Not on N64
Resident Evil 2 - On N64 (2 years later)
Metal Gear Solid - Not on N64
Tekken 3 - Not on N64
Final Fantasy VIII - Not on N64
Tomb Raider - Not on N64

PS2-GCN-XBox Era

Grand Theft Auto III - Not on GameCube
Devil May Cry - Not on GameCube
Resident Evil 4 - Timed Exclusive to GameCube
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - Not on GameCube
Metal Gear Solid II - Not on GameCube
Tony Hawk Pro Skater - Multi-plat
Dragon Quest VIII - Not on GameCube
Final Fantasy X - Not on GameCube

Wii-360-PS3

Call of Duty - On Wii, but heavily downgraded
BioShock - Not on Wii
Metal Gear Solid 4 - Not on Wii
Battlefield 3 - Not on Wii
Skyrim - Not on Wii
Left 4 Dead - Not on Wii
Final Fantasy XIII - Not on Wii
Guitar Hero - Multi-plat

After the SNES, Nintendo's standing with third parties has completely fallen apart and they've become more of a speciality console manufacturer outside of the Wii craze from 2006-2010.

Actually this kinda backs my point. Look at the snes era where 3rd party offerings were of a very high quality on a nintendo system, and  to this day the highest selling Street fighter game is on the snes although the snes had a smaller userbase than the ps1 , ps2 and I think ps3.