April NPD or Everyone Drinks except Nintendo

[Jonbo298]

It's a mixture of both I think. The problem, is that by releasing a title on a Nintendo console, you are competing with Nintendo on quality. Most Ninty games are really good (I said most, not all). So it's difficult to try and get up to that level. Hence why most developers don't try, because they realize people will wonder why get this when X related Nintendo game is better?

There are standout games people will buy. You have to advertise and convince people that it is worth it (along with word of mouth, which helped the Wii more then any advertising with Wii Sports).

[DeathsHand]

Originally Posted by Jonbo298

The problem, is that by releasing a title on a Nintendo console, you are competing with Nintendo on quality.

When you release a game on any console, you are competing with all the other Third, Second, and (even on PS3 and 360, the occasional) First Party games of high quality, with established names from established developers...

Originally Posted by Angrist

Now the interesting question is:

Don't 3rd party games sell on Nintendo consoles because there are too many great 1st party games?
Or don't they sell because Nintendo fans are way too loyal/stupid?

Probably both, and a few more... You also have to take into consideration the fact that, during the previous two generations, there had been significantly fewer Nintendo consoles in the hands of consumers then there were say, Playstations (Something like 6-to-1 last gen, 3-to-1 the gen before that)... So lower sales were to be expected to begin with...