Nintendo fans: We don't need no stinking 3rd party games, we've got the best 1st party games out there!

Nintendo fans 2 seconds later: Why aren't 3rd parties supporting Nintendo consoles as much as the others?

If the Wii U can't get GTA, might as well stick a fork in it, because it's done as far as the hardcore gamers go.

This, i wish some would make up their minds

Why is a good question, and one that no-one has answered to any satisfaction. No, Nintendo doesn't need them, but it would be good if they had them.

If the Wii U can't get GTA, might as well stick a fork in it, because it's done as far as the hardcore gamers go.

Right, and 2K/Rockstar would be at fault for that, because it then means they lose a viable platform to put games on for the next five years, or they could invest in the ground floor, still make money now, with the opportunity to make more money later.

Again, the question is not answered to satisfaction, except that third parties are dumb, petty, and hateful.

"I know people who are playing Smash Bros. Brawl competitively today. They’re playing hours on that game. People are playing hours on New Super Mario Bros.”

This is exactly the point with Nintendo this generation. Brawl could have greatly benefited from stability updates and maybe some DLC. I'm sure there are still people playing it competitively and having a great time. But just because it's functional doesn't mean it couldn't have been a lot better if Nintendo had put some more effort in.

They could have put more time into making their first-party games have more lasting experiences too. Mario Kart Wii was great and all, Brawl to an extent, and Mario Strikers. But come on. Conduit received fuck all support from Nintendo (I know it's third party, but still) when they could easily have hyped it up/ helped with development more to at least have said "Well we've got a decent exclusive FPS experience".

And I mean, where was the stuff to compliment the games they have? Where was F-Zero with an online mode? Why was Excitebots not released outside the USA? Why did it take so much effort to get the Operation Rainfall games released outside Japan?

I'm not saying it didn't hurt that Nintendo got so little third-party support - of course it did - but they could have filled in a lot of the gaps themselves with some more effort.

"We don't need no stinking western 3rd party games, we've got the best 1st party games out there!"
fixed and true

Nintendo fans 2 seconds later: "Why aren't 3rd parties supporting Nintendo consoles as much as the others?"
maybe because we want Nintendo to sell as much as possible?

All they mean is the lack of third party support, Reggie knows this

Man this is getting old nintendo sure is taking a lot of heat lately

Um, what? 

just read the previous comments dude