It's not that they wanted to...  It's that the wii version is the furthest from completion and they can't afford to do all versions.  

Developers deserve to be left behind this generation if they couldn't figure out tthe Wii was going to be huge after E3 2006, oh well more money for Nintendo

Civilization? What game is?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civilization_(series)

I would agree - out of the planned versions the Wii did have the most question marks. Guarantee they'l come back to it next year though when the Wii's userbase is just too big to ignore.

By then it'll by too late.

That is fucking bullshit.

Civ is one of my favorite games. Wii + Civ would have been perfect. The Wiimote would make it so much easier to play a turn based game like that. It aint gonna sell ish on ps360. Just because its pretty is fucking stupid.

That's it. I'm not buying a Firaxis game until a Wii version comes. ps360 should have been scrapped and full focus should have been on wii/ds as their inputs/controls are better suited for the game.

First of all the Wii version has been put on hold, not cancelled. There is a difference. Secondly it says they are dependent on the success of the others but let's face it, if money is the main importance if it does well on the other platforms it'll go to Wii for more money. if it doesn't do well on the other platforms it'll still go to Wii for cheaper development costs and less risk. It's pretty much going to go to the Wii sooner or later if its about money.

Do you guys think, in addition to the pointer, that motion sensing can be used for commands in RTS games? Maybe flicking my wrist will issue an attack command?

I really don't see a point in playing a such game on any console. Not a big loss for Wii. Not a loss at all I'd say. I doubt that the ps3/360 versions will have a decent quality anyway. But this is just me.