Who says 3rd party games don't sell well on Nintendo plats?

Okay, stupid topic title, everyone does, but anyway, I'm just going to prove it's wrong.

These numbers are from VGchartz. They might not be 100% accurate, but they're the best I can find. If you find any better, I'll switch to them :)

Okay, but on to my real point.

Combined software sales for Wii and DS pr 15th december - worldwide - about 7.2 million. Nintendo sold 4.2 million games. This means that there were 3 million games sold, that were 3rd party, combined for DS and Wii.

The combined software for PsP,Ps3 and Ps2 isis 4 million. Sony has sold 776k games. Which means that they have 3,25 million 3rd party game sales.

Microsoft has with the X360 sold 2,7 million games the last week. 700k of those are from Microsoft. That means 2 million are from 3rd parties.

In total, on all the main platforms the companies have, Nintendo beats Microsoft, but comes second to Sony.

If we divide it by the number of platforms, we get 1,1 mill pr Sony gaming machine, 1,5 pr Nintendo gaming machine and 2 million pr Microsoft machine.

That means, that Nintendo platforms sell aboutas many 3rd party games as Sony and Microsoft ones.

I'm sure I'm going to get wall of text'd here - so don't bother. By doing that you're confirming the fact that you're not really intrested in statistics, and therefore you have no reason to answer.

If you read whole the post, please put an + in front of you're reply.

1. The proportion Nintendo/3rd Party is frightening.

2. Most 3rd Party games that sell are ridiculous.

There's still a lot to improve there.

Your data isnt logical
Over half of Nintendo's sales are first party. Thats ridiculous becouse Nintendo only makes so many games compared to all the 3rd party publishers. Nintendo has like 10 games out total while 3rd party still has probably over a hundred. Despite that, Nintendo still manages to outsell its all the other non-nintendo games. If you look at Xbox and PS, they 3rd party dominates first party, which it should because of the ammount of games released.

Looking down this list the first 3rd party game thats on the Wii is Guitar heros III which is in 30th place (there are 6 nintendo games above it alone),

The same game sold almost twice as many to PS2 users and a decent proportion more to 360 users. What does that tell you

Isnt this just symptomatic of a console that appeals to the casual gamer?

I may have been a little unclear. The point that making 3rd party for Wii is meaningless, is wrong. I am aware that in % 3rd party has less sales on Nintendo platforms, I'm not stupid. And yes, with Guitar hero you are correct - Guitar hero sold 50 %more on X360 and twice on Ps2. (half on Ps3 though) but you can't judge a library by just one book.

Multiplats don't tend to sell good on Wii

The Wii is following the same pattern as the DS and that's a very good thing.

The DS' library was so fueled with Nintendo titles that 3 out of every 4 games sold were made by Nintendo. Since they had the best handle on their system it just makes sense. What they saw from one year to the next was 3rd party titles growing in quality and they were able to challenge Nintendo by almost a 1 to 1 margin. From there 3rd party titles have grown even more on the DS.

The Wii has had stronger support from third party devs right from the start and more devs are jumping on board sooner then the DS. Just as with the DS though you're seeing more and more third party titles purchased for the Wi.

The Wii is the best hardware this gen and there's room for everyone to make money on it. If the Wii's numbers were 5 or 6 million units worldwide by now you could make the argument that there are factors pushing away 3rd party devs. That's not the case though, the Wii has many many more sales and a wider maket for all devs (Nintendo and 3rd party)