Wow, that quote is epic. Really well done Bod.

The Bod quote says enough.

Third parties can't compete because they don't know how, but that's universal. It doesn't matter who develops for the Wii, it wouldn't matter if Rockstar developed exclusively for the Wii and every GTA game from now until the end of time was released on a Nintendo platform, it would still give the impression that Nintendo overshadows the competition on its own platform. It's just how it goes. The big N just dominates that much because they know how to play the game.

That's cheating. That's the post that made me think of putting up this post.

shiggy

becasue its always been that way...

Nintendo hardware = Nintendo software domination.

2 reasons
1. The gaming media says that 3rd party games don't sell on Nintendo consoles.
2. 3rd party publishers believe it and make terrible games.

Although Bod is 100% correct when it comes to the demographic targeting, I do think there is another issue at play ...

Most third party publishers and developers have a herd mentality, and they constantly chase someone else’s success. As a result of this they’re never as innovative or unique as the companies they’re following, and their games never receive the sales or the notoriety of the games they’re copying.

With the Wii Nintendo created a blank slate for anyone who wanted to could produce something new and unique; and Nintendo was quite successful at producing many new experiences for gamers. Unfortunately, most third party publishers don’t have a clue what to do with the Wii and would rather develop a Wii Sports, Wii Play or Wii Fit clone than to try something new.

I dk, firstly Nintendo advertise like a mutha fuba. This i believe is the no.1 problem affecting Wii 3rd sales. This fits in with game marketing and audience.

Secondly, assuming what works for Nintendo works for them and then they don't even develop a quality product anyway. They don't bother to really compete.

Thirdly, They don't try and change the image like they should be doing. Fine Leave Nintendo to make casual but it is, in Reggie's words, time to step up and put the best games on Wii. The more core titles the better the sales momentum towards that market. Eventually duel console owners will choose to dust off their Wii's.

Why can't the others get these sales? Because PS360 don't make games for everyone. They can try, but their image is just as tarnished with blood and violence as Nintendo's is with flowers and bunny rabbits.

Exclusive Nintendo problem? its not a problem, but 20 yrs of experience in making games fun for everyone has taught it something.

I like that final point you make. Why compete right? Especially against so many other third party companies. Especially for the same core market. Well i think its because that core market buys shit loads of games frequently.

I disagree that penetration of the PS360 is easy though. Look at non big studio releases, they don't make money. New ip's don't make money.

im finished

THIS

EDIT: even the gamecube's best selling was 1st party,super smah broz...

I think its just a catchy phrase that just oozes "Bull Shit"

The bottomline is, Nintendo is very much synonomous with quality, you cannot shit out crappy ports and non sense and expect that to compete with Nintendo's top quality stuff. Many third party A-list teams have trouble competing (quality wise) with Nintendo. Most 3rd parties have 2 or 3rd string teams working on the Wii and expect it to compete? Good luck.