Hard Numbers

As previously mentioned, you have to wonder who benefits from Wii success other than Nintendo and lame developers who do not push technology:

In Japan, Nintendo has sold more than 21 million units of DS games -- the second-biggest DS software supplier has moved only 2 million units. - The Street

Third parties had better hope that PS3 vs. XB360 can prove to be a repeat of Genesis vs. SNES (remember the days when buying a Nintendo console meant more than just buying Nintendo games?). The temptation is going to be there to cash in on how easy it will be to port current generation games to what is really current generation hardware, and then throw in some feature that requires you to wave your arms around like a retard. If this attempts work, you can forget about third parties investing in worthwhile, technology pushing, fun to play "video games" and expect a slew of complete shit non-games. If these attempts do not work, than maybe publishers will come to realize which platforms are providing them with the opportunities to build up fan bases. What was the last third party game to sell 8 million units on a Nintendo console in the U.S.? I'm not even sure, and you'd most likely have to look back to the SNES days to find it.