If you look at how third party support for the Wii changed from September 2006 to September 2007 (moving from 'no support' to plentiful but poor support) and how it has changed from September 2007 to today (plentiful support with many adequate and good games) I think its fair to say that if the Wii's support continues to improve at a similar pace it will be better than the PS3/XBox 360 by this time next year.

 I didn't like the control in Super Mario Sunshine but SMG controls fine.  SSBB plays fine, and you know, it offers more controller options than any game on PS3 or 360.

DS has 3rd party support than PS3 or 360 and it doesn't have a dozen buttons.  It does offer very good control on same games and not so good control on others.  However, Wii has various control options and offers much better control than the PS3 or 360.  Chances are, the next Sony and MS consoles will not match the Wii in control. 

Bioware designer: OK, chief. The budget rises from 20million to 60...

EA exec: Oh, don't worry, money is nothing to us; what we care about is the experience the consumer gets.

All but one started on the PC and the PC was the main platform.

 Though i partially agree with what you say, those things you listed are not exactly next gen, those feature you i have bolded were available last gen and even longer when it comes to PC gaming. What i consider next gen, are games that do something completely new and revolutionary, thats not to say it always boils down to controls, for example during the 64/ps1 days, i considered zelda OOT a next gen game, it did something better and newer than any game of that time, during the PS2 days i would call GTA III a next gen game. There really isn't a game that has been released this gen that has wowed me to call it next gen they seemed like just improved version of previous games, though i would like to say Wii sports is the next gen game though i would rather like call it the  foundation of this Gens new next gen game (hope i haven't confused you LOL).

I'm not sure what you are trying to say since this is a contradiction.  Do you mean Silence of the Lambs is not better because it's on Bluray, and games are not better with better graphics?  Or do you mean Silence of the Lambs is better because it's on Bluray, and games are better with better graphics?

Yes and no.

Yes more support but its not the type most of you want.

You wont get the likes of End war or Assassins Creed, you can forget any huge main FF title or a GTA.

Its all due to demographics, 3rd party's know damn well who buys the wii and what sales. They wont waste their big "real" games on the wii, they will make more casual and mini game type stuff for it.

Looking at COD4 or Assassins sales, why the hell would they not make it a PS3/360 game ?

Maybe,but I´m more curious to find out what kind of games most 3rd parties will be releasing....only if,or when,I see many "big" 3rd party titles coming out for this system will I say Nintendo has truly gone back to the NES/SNES days.

Im saying that the movie is the same...but it is considered the next step because it looks better. Therefore a game that looks better should be considered the next step too no? Guitar Hero 3 looks better on ps360 than Wii...is it not a better game experience?

@ Bornfirst

I don't know...I know what you are saying but I don't know how much new game design ideas we will see at this point.  There is so much out there that can be tweeked and adjusted to provide a new expereience now that I don't think a revolutionary idea is needed this generation. Xbox live/PSN was next gen for consoles this generation.  Also universal 720p support was next gen for consoles too. Xbox did 720p on 5% of games last gen. PS2/GC did it on 0%. DLC was next gen. COD4 online play is something not possible on consoles before this gen so that should be considered next gen.  In game achievements...next gen. Wii mote is next gen too, well an idea for next gen that developers have yet to fully adopt as next gen...too bad its on a piece of hardware that doesn't support any of the previously listed next gen ideas. Its much easier to add motion controls to PS360 than add the rest to wii...

The thread asked about quantity of 3rd party support not percieved quality support by gamers.
PS3 and XBOX supporters tend to equate 3rd party support to hardcore mature games, but that is no measure of 3rd party support, just the type of games being developed by 3rd parties.
It is obvious that at this point the PS3 and XBOX have better support in terms of Mature titles, because that is their demographic strength, and publishers just want to make as much money as possible.

I think the support will increase but I don't feel it will be dominating until maybe the final year of the Wii. Developers on the whole really lost a lot of oppurtunities to get something substantial out for the Wii. I don't feel like they'll be able to play catch up until the Wii's final year, maybe 18 months. I do however expect Nintendo's next home console to receive a large amount of support from the get go. One problem I see is that the 360, PC and PS3 can share releases made by the same team to create identical experiences, and until the Wii passes the hardware sales of the 360 and PS3 combined, very many titles will still be created for them, including many high profile ones. On top of that, Sony and Microsoft both have a tendency to put money in developers' faces to ensure games stay with them, and as far as we know Nintendo is not into those practices. Long story short, what you see now will only get marginally better year in and year out until Wii takes a commanding lead.