Looking at this amount of sold 3rd party games on Wii and as we know a large majority were basically low budget it will be interesting to see where these 3rd parties now will have such an opportunity of low effort and high return, since smartphone games while cheap don´t generate as much revenue. Also if we are honest and to name the most apparent example in the beginning of last gen, it weren´t games like Carneval to make the system successful, in fact it was the other way around, Wiis popularity and novelty made even such low budget games very successful and helped funding their other projects. Seeing how many studios and publishers failed/shutdown/closed this gen it is completely stupid in my opinion to actually be happy about even less opportunities.

Why did you even bother clicking the link? That´s actually what they are after (clicks=money). They are saying the same things for a decade. 

Just a bunch of incompetents who have never been right about anything in their life and probably never will. Even the simplest concepts like killer apps or comparative installed based are beyond their understanding abilities. I'm laughing even louder at their blatant stupidity.

@gum. TV is a killer app, that was funny.

It's my understanding that the sales of 3rd party games on the Wii increased dramatically _after_ Nintendo secured a successful launch thanks primarily to 1st party titles. It is my understanding that 3rd party titles are not needed to push a Nintendo console in its early years.

Here is the yearly breakdown of Wii SW sales. I'm not sure how to get the breakdown by publisher anymore, but here is a start

If I could subtract the amount Nintendo sold per year, that would help us complete the analysis, but it is my strong understanding that 3rd party games did not push the Wii's success in the early years (2006 to 2009).

RolStoppable did make a good point. Some, if not many, made a lot of Money on Wii titles and that certainly helped their finances - and consequently, made financing PS3 and Xbox 360 games easier and less riskier.
Overall, i think it`s safe to assume that money earned on Wii and DS created a cushion for some 3rd parties.

What they said about Wii U isn`t 100% true, but it`s not 100% false either.
It`s true that Wii U is in a bad shape right now but doesn`t mean it`s game over. PS3 and 3DS are proof that you can turn things around even if it takes some time to do it.

I don`t understand how the most importante point on that show was simply ignored: PS4 and Xbox 720 are going head to head. And that never happened on this industry! Yet, they and everyone, treat it as something meaningless.
Not only that, it`s like PS3 and Xbox 360 lineu-up, library and prices just won`t matter to them but somehow it`s meaningful to Wii U`s success.

What i don`t get is how Skype is awesome and will be good for MS, yet Wii U`s vídeo chat isn`t even worth mentioning.

I guess you must have missed when Square Enix mentioned that mobile was their lone bright spot in their terrible earnings report that cost the CEO his job...or missed how EA generated 23 million dollars in sales from the Simpsons tapped out last quarter when the game is free to consumers...or maybe its take two and them selling 1+ million copies of GTA3 for the ios and andriod platforms at $4.99 and those are successes from the big boys.  You have smaller companies like rovio who created their following on the ios and andriod and now has one of the top selling 3DS game in NA.  Angry Birds did not start from consoles/dedicated handhelds but it showed it can invade them and be successful.

EDIT: After a little investigation, I can say that Angry Birds Trilogy is the best selling 3rd party game in the West for dedicated handhelds($40 dollars Activision).

...and then there's Steam.

The mobile space is not in a downturn, as the market continues to mature and expand, these developers will continue to find ways to utilize their brands to make money in the space. that with the continued selling of 3rd parties games on the PS360 (both retail and through their online shops), it should be more than enough to fill the gap Nintendo left behind.

yeah nintendo should exit the game industry... oh wait they are the only exclusive game company out of 3....
and since microsoft and sony have so much to offer, we dont need nintendo...
i mean look at the top 10 best selling games on both consoles.... they are so different to each other!!!

Honestly, they didn't say anything wrong actually.

Their marketing sucks, 3rd party games have shown zero commitment after the launch software numbers and bailed aside from those paid to stay, the online infrastructure is years behind, hardware is obviously effectively last gen much like the Wii, and the saving grace of the Wii U, the first party games that justify buying a new console, are still non existent.

This whole first year is proving to be a huge waste of time and money both for the consumers and retailers for the benefit solely of Nintendo.

The real Wii U launch is at the end of the year, and until then, we don't have a reason to be proud of them.

@pezus, on indies. We've already gone over that, there are reasons to believe that, and saying "just no" doesn't magically make you any more correct.

@bold. The problem is they reject that as a factor and are rejecting the U regardless of what 1st party support it gets. That's because they have pre-decided that the U will have cube-like success no matter what arguments brought to them. It's called bias and it's wrong, and causes people to say wrong (read "incorrect") things.

free dev kits, nintendo web framework, you don't need a official office anymore, unity support, treating indie's good as reported, they are doing a fine job. seriously. maybe i was a bit too fast with my statement, but they aren't behind microsoft and sony anymore, that's for sure ;)

why would they put DVD playback in? Nintendo makes GAMING consoles not dvd players that play games lol. Also how many dvd players does one need in the house?