well in my mind its just simple as this:
THEY AINT FUCKIN TRYING!!!
i swear the 3rd parties that i see are really trying are Capcom ,Sega and Ubisoft and some other not very well-known companies like ignition (muramasa) and Suda 51 (No More Heroes)
3rd Parties often whine that (A) their games aren't selling well because(B) Only nintendo is profiting from the wii with first party titles, cause people only buy their titles.
i would just like to say :
(A) have they ever stopped to think that the Games they're selling are CRAP!? titles like "Ninja BreadMan" or "Girlz Kart Racing" ARE DUMB. Just look at Sega for instance, they made money off of MadWorld and Samba de Amigo (its obvious that sonic is selling well even though black knight is crap). Ubisoft's Red Steel was pretty cool too.
(B) They Tried and they succeeded to use the wii right, of course you'd have to admit that they have the not-so-fair advantage of knowing the console more than any other developers.
besides, people didnt always only buy ninty's games. its because we have lost faith to most 3rd party developers.
true sega did bomb the conduit, and mad world can be a little repetitive after a while (its just kill kill kill kill). but Samba was great, dunno if it did well but it was fun, house of the dead was cool, and obviously sonic is enjoying the wii (dont count in SaTBK)
Capcom did SUPERBLY with Tatsunoko vs Capcom! even when compared with brawl, it still is EPIC . Brawl was great and it is WIDELY a different game from any other fighting games. that is why TvC did great, good ol capcom style fighting with lots of characters. and that is why that game is my 2nd fav capcom fighters after MvC2. havent tried svc chaos, heard its good. oh and the fact that they TRIED.
WiiWare titles are ok... it lacks some genres but its ok.
the Coolest Downloadable Content is of course Virtual Console.
if i both have the wii and the Xbox360 i would rather buy Genesis Games on VC rather than buy Sonic's Ultimate Genesis collection on 360.
With VC doing great... IM STILL WONDERING WHY NINTENDO WONT MAKE Virtual hand held for DSi
just think....GB, GBC, GBA, all those other hand helds like wonder swan games for download on the DSi. they'd make big bucks. and it will MORE than make up for the missing GBA slot!
anyways, the other problem is that 3rd Parties often underestimates the wii for its controls. just cause it has motion control (which is a lot of fun for sport games) doesn't mean that a game on Wii NEEDS to use it. sometimes i feel like playing with the Classic Controller or with the wiimote sideways ! they're probably thinking, why make a motion control-less wii game, and that they'd rather make that for the x360 or the ps3.
but this leaves an opportunity for 3rd parties! if they made Good Games for the wii without motion control, even if they can release it on 360 or ps3 there's a big chance that they will just be another adventure game for them or just another action game or something and it'd sell standardly, because of the Lack of Motion Control-less wii games (not wii ware or VC) there's a BIG chance that they'd sell well because of the Rareness of 3rd party Motion Control-less wii games.
just in case you don't feel like reading the text wall i just built :
IMO, most 3rd parties don't try , the ones that do (like Sega, Ubisoft, Capcom), sell good games and make decent sales.
motion control-less wii game might sell well on the wii because it lacks it.