What I mean by that, is leaving a 6-month gap in their release schedule. April 27th-October 21st (around there) without anything worthwhile for the Wii.

I understand they might want to give 3rd parties a chance to sell or something, but it's not like those 3rd arties can say "well, Nintendo isn't releasing anything, let's make a game in 4 months and have it released by September!"

Now that I think about it, not Nintendo, but the Wii itself cannot be allowed to have that gap. Things with Party in the title do not spur hardware sales. The point I'm  trying to make is look at how this software gap has affected HW sales in Japan.

I would say 3rd parties should be held responsible too, but that would contradict my argument. So to put it shortly:
The Wii should not have half-year gaps without worthwhile releases. At most, 3 months. That way, it is Seasonal.

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Hmmm, I have to agree, but the problem doesn't affect Japanese gamers, it affects American ones. Let me explain it better, Nintendo of Japan is seeing low Wii sales, but not because of the lack of 1st party games, but because of the lack of 3rd party games, main franchises and core games overall. Still, the core Nintendo fan is pretty well attended and considered, with all of the 1st party titles released so far there and like 15 more games announced.

On the other hand, Nintendo of America is seeing record Wii sales, but the gamers and core Nintendo fans are the ones that feel left aside by them. Casual gamers are having a feast right now, but core gamers and Nintendo fans, not so much. Nintendo of America hasn't released or doesn't have planned many of the 1st party Wii games, such as Disaster, Fatal Frame 4, Captain Rainbow, Eyeshield 21 (Though that's a really Japanese game), TV Show King, Family Jockey, etc and NoA hasn't announced any of the games that Nintendo showcased at their conference, save for Punch-Out and Sin & Punishment 2.
What Wii gamers can look after for before June 09 is Wii Sports Resort, Animal Crossing Wii and maybe the GC ports, though they will probably get released Christmas next year at earliest.
Nintendo of America needs to get their act together and start considering the core gamers and longtime Nintendo fans again in the Americas. I know they are delighted with the sales and the money the casual market is generating, but ignoring the core audience is just stupid and releasing 1 1st party game every 3 months is very worrying, as it may seem that NoA is willing to depend solely on the casuals and 3rd parties. Thanks Reggie, not.

Now that I think about it, not Nintendo, but the Wii itself cannot be allowed to have that gap. Things with Party in the title do not spur hardware sales. The point I'm  trying to make is look at how this software gap has affected HW sales in Japan.

I would say 3rd parties should be held responsible too, but that would contradict my argument. So to put it shortly:
The Wii should not have half-year gaps without worthwhile releases. At most, 3 months. That way, it is Seasonal.

You just agreed with trestres' post which was nearly exclusively talking about Wii games for America, but previously you said that you are talking about Japan only. But he explained your reasoning a little bit better?

The main problem in this thread is that nobody really knows what it is about and that includes the OP!

EDIT: Where do you get it from that people wanted to call you an elitist? The thread was derailed early on and the majority of posts didn't deal with the topic at all.

But Japan doesn't really work as an example, because we have weekly hardware sales numbers displayed here on VGC. The other regions had software droughts as well, yet the Wii kept selling steady. It's really only Japan that is affected, but as oyvoyvoyv pointed out, it's normal for that country to have low hardware sales all around at this time of the year (the PS2 sold at similar patterns).

Furthermore you have to consider that the quality of third party support for the Wii is increasing, so it's less likely that the Wii will face a similar problem next year (which wasn't a problem in America and Europe anyway).

Regarding the worthwile releases: If you make a blanket statement like "no worthwile releases for six months" while there have been some good games, you have to expect people to call you out on that, because what you said is only an opinion and not a fact.