Great post Biggerboat . 

EA's fiscal Q2 2008 data

Madden was the difference there.   Madden did much better on the 360 and PS2 than the Wii, PS3, or anything else.  EA also had many big 360 releases around then.

I can't find Capcom's breakdown of systems in their report, but this is their statement:

"Resident Evil 4 Wii edition" (for Wii) made a strong showing, especially in overseas markets, exceeding our projections. "Apollo Justice Ace Attorney" (for Nintendo DS) increased its sales steadily, and "Monster Hunter Freedom 2" (for PlayStation Portable), which was a huge hit in the previous term, also continued to grow. Consumer game software is one of our core business segments, and the favorable performance of this segment played a leading role in overall sales growth.

Since they saw fit to only mention RE4 among home console games surely it was a fairly successful showing for the company.

strange??

RRR Wii - 1.01m

RRR 360 - 0.07m 

Conclusion 3rd party sales suck on 360. See I can be selective with data and go on a bubble bursting rampage too.  

For Christ's sakes Legend grow up and look at more than just the data you want to see.  The only games Ubisoft released from launch all the way up through the rest of the fiscal year were Cosmic Family, Driver, and a PoP: Two Thrones.  Wow, I wonder why they made globs of money on their two original IPs but very little on 3 (bad) PS2 game ports.  

Revenue is meaningless anyway. I can spend 100 million on a game and take in 80 million in revenue, or I can spend 5 million on a game and take in 10 million in revenue. But the first game did not do 8 times better than the second.

Ugh, I think everyone here is being a bit unfair.

Legend is absolutely correct that 3rd parties have made more money on the 360 by a fairly wide margin in the last year, even if the above charts may suggest otherwise.

Naznatips (and others) are correct to point out that this is largely due to the quality of support: the Wii has largely gotten shovelware, the 360 has gotten solid, well funded games on top of the shovelware, which naturally favors the 360 in that case.

But the original point of this topic is: "Third parties are doing quite well on the Wii, even in comparison to the 360," and the the response to that is "that's not entirely true." Even if the reason it's not entirely true is that the Wii has gotten terrible support. In short, it must be mentioned that the 360's support has been much stronger from the aforementioned companies; at the same time, Legend is absolutely correct that these companies have made substantially more money off their 360 ventures than their Wii ones -- again, even if the reason for that disparity is crappy games on the Wii.

Okay? Is that fair?

It still doesn't explain the other companies.  EA for example had one flop after another on the Wii.  Anyways I'm done arguing because it's pretty obvious that the Wii isn't the 3rd party darling some people are hoping it is.  The PS2 and 360 are basically what's keeping many third parties going.