Sucks for some of us fans, but it pays off for Nintendo.

Third Party games only matter if they sell hardware, and not many third party games do that. A first party games job is to move hardware to provide an ecosystem for the thirds to hitch onto and hopefully thrive.

Third Party games monopolizing spots on Sony and M$'s 'lists' isn't a particularly good thing for them (Sony/M$). Because thirds are not loyal in the least. Sony learned the hard way this past gen how loyal thirds can be. And if any other corporate conglomerate with deep pockets decides to enter console gaming thirds would latch on to them as well.

Sony's first party was forced to improve because thirds went multiplatform for survival.

Reliance on third parties for support is dangerous.

Nintendo's fault that third party studios avoid them, the last years with Wii & Wii U they always release a console much more inferior hardware wise from the competition so they don't make it any easier for big studios like ACTIVISION & EA to release their games there as their games become more & more realistic every year they cant concentrate to make inferior visually games just for 1 console because Nintendo refuse to move forward.

All I see in the OP is proof that Nintendo is the most successful publisher in the history of video games.

Those stats have nothing to do with third-party support. They only show how strong first-party sales are.

Well, I'm pretty sure the NES and SNES had great 3rd party support, but they don't have to be the best selling games for a console to do well.

can't agree more