It got a lot more attention, too bad most of the 3rd party titles were awful party games though. 

As i said before, they're either biased or stupid, in that if they're not stupid, they're pretty damn biased, and that if they're not biased, pretty stupid.

Vicious cycle.

3rd party developers wait to see sales on Nintendo Platform -----> People who want core ports don't purchase Nintendo platform ----> 3rd party developers don't see any reason to port their games to Nintendo platform

Rinse & Repeat

None of your statements contradict what I've said. A better argument would be pointing out that the Wii U version of Aliens looks like it will be released after the other versions.

Also. I'm pretty confident that the problem with MKvDCU was the fact that it tried to combine the two vastly different franchises. Keeping them seperate is the righht way to go.

Nintendo is, as always, remaining tight-lipped. As for third-parties, I will reserve judgement until the major 2013 holiday games are announced. Should give a clear picture of where they stand on general.

Honestly, I'm with you that I thought GC got good first party support.  SSX; Timesplitters; Burnout etc.  All my favourite multi-plats from last gen were there.

But generally, Xbox got them too, plus Xbox got the 'more important' ones.  I put that in inverted commas because it's obviously debatable.  But games like Metal Gear Solid 2; Grand Theft Auto San Andreas; Star Wars Battlefront 2 etc.  were a big deal last gen and the sales showed it.

GC did get plenty of third-party exclusives last gen, such as the ones you listed, but Xbox got them too.  Dead or Alive; Doom; Morrowind; Project Gotham; Ninja Gaiden etc.  Unless you wanted to count every single game which one got and the other didn't, it's going to be hard to quantify.

I wouldn't say one had it better than the other personally, it just depends on your preference.

I said "reasonable," not "smart" :P

I think it is because I prefer japanese games I was naturally more attracted to gamecube. I think gamecube had the right balance between multiplats but as you say it missed out on some notable ones. If wii u can match gamecube it will be perfect for me. I never had a gripe with gc. Obviously there is always a game on another system which I look and think "why can't I have that?" but it is like that with every system. Obviously I don't expect wii u to be perfect but I would be surprised if the others are as flawless as people think.

I am actually wondering if nintendo have a proper contract with platinum to publish more of their games. Obviously they picked up bayonetta 2 but publishing 101 might mean they have more publishing agreements with them.

If Iwata said they are making sure I will believe him. They are definitely showing it in their actions right now. I can't remember a time when nintendo had a list like this in the first 4 months. Its very promising. I just wish they would at least show the rest of the launch lineup. If not games out by christmas. The whole way they have gone about these wii u announcements is weird.

Shovelware?

Also as I don't want to quote your other post, totally agree with your xbox list and xbox having a better lineup than GCN. GCN did have exotic fitles, hwoever they catered for neiche. Most the xbox titles you listed were mainstream at the time.

You have to love Mordin.

I don't know if it is fair to call all of those games shovelware. Some of them obviously were shovelware, but some were games which third parties usually do. Their own 'versions' of the games which sell on some system.

This might be the first time we agree on anything!