Self destructive graphics arms race is wiping out game devs.

[Rab]

BraLoD said:

Rab said:

Yeah they do, Nintendo have a developer program which provides software (like Unity) and middleware to developers, allows developers to self-publish, and set their own price for their games in the Nintendo eShop. The dev kits are also free to 3rd parties

Many 3rd parties have had their start on Nintendo systems like shovel knight, sales particulay in the Wii era have seen some amazing sales, it can often depend on the genre 

 

Shovel Knight was a kickstarter project and was available day one on PC.

You focused on one small point of the whole message, what about the rest?

SK did do very well on the Wii U anyway, launching on Wii U and PC at the same time (it was a console exclusive), and as for kickstarters Wii U was included in many 

Wii had even greater success with 3rd partys, this sites software sales have ample evidence of that, but again that can often depend on genre   

You originally wanted to know if Nintendo helped 3rd parties, the answer is they did, and many smaller 3rd parties took advantage of that help, just check Wii U's indie scene ( http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1172907 ), and Wii's software sales in some of it's core genres on this site