One thing you hear the Nintendo execs and Nintendo fans say is that as this gen continues on sales of the Wii will ensure that the Wii receives humongous third party support that will bring a lot of core games to the system, but I don't really see it happening.

       There are a variety of factors that would argue against this happening.  The sales of core games on Wii haven't been that great and regardless of the fact that the Wii has sold 50 million units and almost doubled the marketshare of the other consoles, I still don't think the Wii is the darling of most developers.  I think in Japan that is still the PS3 and that very definitely in the West it is the 360.  And I feel we're too deep into this gen for there to be much of a change in that type of thinking.

     So, I don't think the Wii will ever enjoy the type of support from third parties that most leading consoles including the PS2 received during their gens and time in the spotlight.

*Keeps Opinion to himself*

Get ready for the embers...

Well if the Wii doesn't, its sequel will.

Money talks. If Nintendo is the market leader next generation like they were this generation, developers will come around. The Playstation was built on casuals much the same as the Wii. And if Zelda: Twilight Princess is any indication, core games can sell on the Wii.

I agree, but you really should include, you know, facts to back up your opinion. This is your thread after all.

Wow... im agreeing with a Rol post? Hell just froze over a little.

It's not because the games won't sell, it's because nobody wants to make games on outdated hardware. That's really all there is to it. The PS2 was less powerful than the competition, but it was powerful enough.

If that's true than the wii 2 is going to compete. Also when the wii 2 does get major 3rd party support. Nintendo will have tons of competion to beat those 3rd parties and have a war on its own system. Software sales FTW!

Its really hard, but i wouldnt say its impossible, there are core gamers in the Wii the most obvious prove its Resident Evil 4, it was a remake it it sold over a million copies, the problem is most of developers dont take the Wii seriously the third party core games on the wii are just average games on the other consoles (Conduit, Madworld..) developers expect to get great sales with not so good games, adn there is the problem. As soon as they decide to make real good games, the core gamers will pop out and the sales will improve, and thus third partieswill start making better games. end of the story ._.

i agree with you

Ahhhh, so that's why developers steer clear of the DS while opting for the superior PSP. Gotcha. I'll pretend DQIX never happened.