thing is - I genuinly think a lot of it is panic, Wii haters always felt that the wii would fade and die and the ps360 would own this market. We now have - after 18 months the Wii still outselling it's rivals and being the leading console and the Wii has survived the Halo 3 period, the blu ray victory, GT5P, 360 price cut and several new ps3 sku's.
I now think it's beginning to dawn that the Wii's not going anywhere anytime soon and with Nintendo's buzzword this year seeming to be online with Wiiware, DS demo channel rolling out globally, announcement of pay to play to support MMO, first 2 nintendo games (SSBB and MKWii) having huge online components and we know we're getting Animal Crossing annnouncement this year (wouldn't be at all suprised if Pikmin 3 has an online mode also) - it's this year the Wii will break out in terms of 3rd party support and cement it's place as the market leader.
These saying "the Wii is just like any other Nintendo console with no 3rd party support" must surely know that was always gonna be the case as it was shunned before and during launch by nearly all third parties and it's first 6 months had a serious game droubt (there was only Activision and Ubisoft that actually released any games for the Wi at launch) - Nintendo had to carry the torch alone and make it a viable option and they did an amazing job of it too.
