I notice a lot of people mentioning Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games as an example of how successful third parties can be on the Wii. It has friggin Mario in the title and most people buying it likely don't realize that Nintendo didn't make the game.

It's kind of funny that the Wii's most successful third party game is one that most people probably thought was a Nintendo produced game.

So, what is his point?

Except for the third party games that sold well, third party games haven't sold well?

The problem with trying to frame it this way is it only works when the console in question is not the market leader. Which makes me wonder where all of IGN's doom-and-gloom articles about how the PSP can't sell anything at all, first or third party. I mean, The GameCube had to put up with editorials like that from fay one and the N64 even had to deal with one its first year.

Where is the outrage about Sony's 2nd-place also-ran handheld going nowhere in the market and mainly being bought by hackers?

Edit: and YES, if you don't risk anything, you do not get any reward. Suda 51's problems with No More Heroes is frustrating, yes, but he might want to consider that Killer 7 wasn't exactly a screaming success on the GC or PS2. In fact, third parties should probably consider that third party games flopped on PS2 all the time. And unfortunately for the complaining third parties, their veto power over Nintendo's market share is now gone. They don't wanna make DS games? That's ok, have fun making games for a market that is insistent on not buying any of them. They don't wanna make Wii games? Sure. Roll the dice on the 360 and the PS3. Just don't complain that costs are too high.

It sounds arrogant, yes. But it's also the reality. Their lack of adaptation to the new market is not Nintendo's problem. Their lack of effort and consideration of the Wii as a substandard platform only fit for shovelware is not Nintendo's problem either. Their schizophrenic refusal to support the market leader based on self-fulfilling prophecies like demographics isn't either. Their reluctance to support the Wii and the DS initially only gives Nintendo more money and thus more power. They only have themselves to blame now.

dude DQS sold very well on the wii in japan  but Chocobo Wii Flop Hard in japan also

they are  currently at one win / one lose situation

Plus since DQ sells mostly come from japan it's going to bomb in US and EU

EX: DQ VIII  only sold over 400k in US on PS2 but Millions in japan

Meanwhile, Dragon Quest VIII has sold over four million copies worldwide, including over 400,000 copies of the game in North America.

http://www.galbadiax.com/article/2006-01-30/dq-yangus

and let's look at tales games

The figure accounts for sales of 20 titles, including fan disks and "gaiden" side-stories, since the original Tales of Fantasia on the Super Famicom. Not surprisingly, Japan gets the bulk of the sales at 87%. America comes in second at 8%, with Europe lagging at 3% and the rest of Asia at 2%.

http://games.ign.com/articles/840/840723p1.html?RSSwhen2007-12-11_061300&RSSid=840723

Why would anyone, especially non-gamers dismiss a game just because it's not made by Nintendo? Most buyers can't tell the difference between a first party and a third party game.