Are third parties skipping Nintendo out of spite?

[NightDragon83]

3rd parties are skipping out on Nintendo because...

- The Wii U is selling poorly, and...
- Nintendo's audience doesn't support 3rd party efforts unless it's a dancing or party game.

Two of the biggest 3rd party franchises received installments on the Wii U this past holiday season... COD Ghosts and ACIV.

Here is what COD Ghosts sold across all platforms...

1	Call of Duty: Ghosts	X360	2013	Shooter	Activision	5.57	2.19	0.03	0.65	8.44
2	Call of Duty: Ghosts	PS3	2013	Shooter	Activision	3.23	2.84	0.37	1.29	7.73
3	Call of Duty: Ghosts	PS4	2013	Shooter	Activision	1.13	0.75	0.03	0.18	2.08
4	Call of Duty: Ghosts	XOne	2013	Shooter	Activision	1.18	0.40	0.00	0.09	1.67
5	Call of Duty: Ghosts	PC	2013	Shooter	Activision	0.15	0.29	0.00	0.08	0.53
6	Call of Duty: Ghosts	WiiU	2013	Shooter	Activision	0.10	0.02	0.01	0.01	0.15

And here's what AC IV sold across all platforms...

1	Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag	PS3	2013	Action	Ubisoft	0.89	1.27	0.11	0.54	2.81
2	Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag	X360	2013	Action	Ubisoft	1.34	0.90	0.00	0.21	2.46
3	Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag	PS4	2013	Action	Ubisoft	0.68	0.68	0.03	0.14	1.53
4	Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag	XOne	2013	Action	Ubisoft	0.49	0.21	0.00	0.04	0.74
5	Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag	PC	2013	Action	Ubisoft	0.12	0.23	0.00	0.06	0.41
6	Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag	WiiU	2013	Action	Ubisoft	0.10	0.05	0.00	0.01	0.16

No matter how you slice it, those are absolutely pathetic numbers.  And these aren't watered down ports... the Wii U versions have all the same features as their PS360 counterparts, and were released the same time as the other versions, which are two things that Nintendo fans complain most about 3rd party efforts.

These developers and others take a look at the numbers and then say to themselves "why bother?"  It's just not worth the effort for them.  And I guarantee you if GTAV was on the Wii U it would have sold just as poorly as those two games, which would have been the ultimate black eye for Nintendo.  Luckily Rockstar and Take Two spared them the humiliation.