Its really hard to take the question seriously when Wii software absolutely spanked the competition last year in sales.

Thats the name of the game gentlemen, Nintendo wanted to sell and they did.

it's funny how when asked how their experience is with the Wii they refer to how well Nintendo is doing as a business, that's not the point of the thread if I read it correctly. It's about your perception as a consumer , not a business analyst .

it's funny how when asked how their experience is with the Wii they refer to how well Nintendo is doing as a business, that's not the point of the thread if I read it correctly. It's about your perception as a consumer , not a business analyst .

Oh, well, I enjoyed the Wii last year, question answered on both fronts. 

Nintendo can be faulted for:

1. Underestimating hardware sales potential

2. Overestimating third-party willingness to accept the Wii

3. Front-loading its first-party release schedule

4. Having essentially a year-long period of limited first-party releases

Looking at this, no one expected #1 -- not even Nintendo. That is probably why #3 occurred.

Then when promises (Red Steel) turned into reality (Imagine Petz), the problem with #2 arose. And #2 -- along with the development cycle delay for WM+ -- led almost directly to #4 (the time for third parties to shine).

Let's revisit E3 last year -- what did Nintendo lead with -- a salute to its third party games. Everyone talks about how terrible it is for third parties and Nintendo and it leads the (one of its most) important trade show presentation of the season with the software of other companies (remember Shaun White). I would not doubt that when it started to contemplate this presentation months before that it was hoping/thinking/feeling/guessing that there would be much more impressive things to show than SW:CW.

(And all Animal Crossing has done is get played like crazy. And all Wii Music has done is outsold every version of Rock Band, all but six versions of Guitar Hero (GH III on PS2, 360, Wii, GH II on PS2, GH on DS, and GH WT on Wii).

Mike from Morgantown

I don't mean to shoot fish in a barrel complaining about Ubisoft. Except for its reluctance to do a Wii version of BG&E II, I cannot complain too much about them. The Imagine and Petz games are niche -- and help the company make money. That's what business is about. Unfortunately, too many "hardsnobcore" gamers see games not meant for them and think they should not be on the shelf.

It was a solid lineup kart+brawl are enough for me,then again there are people that play more games than I do.

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Why would I, as a consumer, be upset about the 2008 lineup? I get SSBB, MK Wii and Wii Fit all in one year plus a Wario game. I'm actually pretty happy about it.

^happy with 4 games in a whole year, my my times have changed (or "gamers")...and that's exactly why third parties are not happy about it, people just buying Nintendo games.

Well, SSBB and MK were the only Wii games I enjoyed last year, so on one hand it was a disappointment as far as I´m concerned...on the other hand, MK has been to this day a blast to play and ever since May last year, me and 5 friends of mine get together once a week for MK sessions, so it´s really a case of an almost everlasting title.

Behold teh powah of teh PPC Broadway!!!

@The: Considering attach rates between the three, there seems to be no significant difference on how much games each consoles owners buy. In fact, Wiis installbase makes it pretty much the software king.
Then again, unless 3rd parties start to release games that have been put effort into, Wii owners keep buying Nintendos games.