@BMaker11
Just remember that NO ONE believed the Wii would sell, the drums were beating that Ninty should stop making consoles and just publish software. So there were no AAA 3rd party games in development. We are just starting to see few now, mostly everything to come out has been a rush to get games to the market. After E3 we will see how things are starting to line up though.
"And if Sony or M$ was anything like Nintendo, then what?" Easy. They would be more profitable.
"Who would be winning the "exclusivity war" if every hardware maker made all the games for the system too?"
1: Ninty DOESN't make ALL the games. Of course they led the way with the Wii, because they believed in the system. Almost no one else did. No one wanted make games for the loser in the last 2 gen's console wars, it's a big risk. The same thing happened with the DS, Ninty put out out most of the games the first 18 months to 2 years, everyone thought PSP & PSDomination would kill Ninty's handheld business off. It's 2008 and the PSP is JUST NOW starting to get a few punches in. And PSP had incredible third party support early in it's life. They all went back to DS when it became the monster it has been the last few years. Now that the PSP is selling, they need to get games sales up, that will bring better 3rd party support back.
2. And if Sony or M$ could put out first party games with the same return Ninty has, they would. Why did M$ buy RARE? To get Ninty quality titles on XBox consoles (which hasn't worked out so well for them). They both have some great 1st party games, but they would love to have the profit center Ninty has built.
Plus with 1st Party the games can't leave your console to go to another (ie: Final Fantasy leaving Ninty for Sony, Monster Hunter 3 leaving PS CONSOLE to go to Wii, and GTA leaving Sony to go multiplatform. !st party stays with your console, the end. Good quality 1st party games = good business.
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