People have more than 1 console and buy the better version. Nintendo fans preffer exclusives, etc... because all your points are negated by games on PS3 that suffered the same problems but sold good.

How do you justify CoD on Wii selling so much less than other platforms if not by prejudice of the fanbase against 3rd parties, dev or things like that? Best CoD on Wii sold 2.4M (almost like PSP version, that is certainly a lot more gimped) and on WiiU it sold between 250-300k against their counterparts best sold on X360 14.5M and PS4 6.5M how much was it lacking to sell 1/7 and 1/20 of the other platform?

so we can conclude that ps3 users weren't bothered by the crappy suport from 3rd party

They bought the game they wanted to play, complained about problems but didn't made the dev lose money... although I haven't support much os 3rd parties myself.

Thats the thing though, the wiiU had the worst versions in one way or another. Whether it be by performance issues or missing DLC, for majority of the third party games, it was the worst version

And cod on the wii was the worst version... So it makes sense as to why it sold the least

There is no denying that Nintendo fan's buy Nintendo consoles for Nintendo exclusives but I highly doubt that the third party's gimped versions weren't the causes for the bad sales as well...

PS versions were a lot worst than Xbox on begin of last gen... Bayoneta was basically unplayable on launch.. they still sold on par... not 1/20 on basically the same game but worst graphic, that we are supposed to believe it doesn't matter.

Hmm, that is true... Maybe 160rmf is right, Sony fans do/can settle for less

That's the thing tho, the casual adience isn't simply content with sequels, they want new experiences and Nintendo stopped providing that in the last few years of the previous generation and has barely provided that during this generation. People don't want to spend $300 on a console for Wii Fit 3 or Wii Sports Remastered.

When was the last time they made a casual focused new ip with a strong advertising push? Tomodachi Life is really the only big one they have done this generation and it's on track to sell over 5 million. Splatoon has potential and it's seems like it might end up doing well but it's probably a case of too little, too late. If games like Splatoon & Mario Maker were launch titles with a strong advertising campaign, a more mass market launch price and a solid first year release schedule of traditional Nintendo franchises and new ip than we could very well be looking at a different picture when it comes to Wii U.

Stop trying to split the blame. Only Nintendo is bad. If you try to blame anyone else even remotely then you must be blind. Now go buy Mass Effect 3 with no idea what happens in the first two games.

In all seriousness though, I think Curl summed up my thoughts best. I'm not a charity, if you want me to purchase your product, make sure it's appealing to me. I'm not going to throw $60 at a company for a poorly optimized or supported game I'm not interested in solely in the hopes that the developer will someday maybe make a game I do want. It is sad that a lot of good games sold poorly despite a solid effort being put into them...but for a huge chunk of these games, the Wii U was clearly an afterthought. It's a really bad situation...for sure, but to blame one side and not the other makes absolutely zero sense...which really why the majority of the responses in this thread baffle me.

im not. least not with you

to be fair, COD on Wii..sucked at least compared to the other versions, sure you can get away with that initially but eventually people will wise up and start to play the versions their friends are playing and the one that doesnt suck. I got nothing for PSP that was a different game. I think eventually people equated COD on Wii  with gimp, not that that was on 3rd parties only so much you can do with that tech.