Aiddon

1. That's a load of crap and you know it. Putting out one crappy title once in a blue moon is pathetic. That's not good business and that's just idiotic.

2. Ever wonder WHY people flock to Nintendo titles over 3rd party ones on Nintendo systems? Because Nintendo have a general perception as being of the highest quality. Furthermore, tons of 3rd parties have basically sabotaged their image on Nintendo consoles through lazy efforts. You forfeit the right to complain about sales on a Nintendo system when you don't even TRY.

3. Okay, THAT'S the biggest load of crap. Question, who forced devs to freaking make their budgets so absurd and thus risk themselves going out of business? The console manufacturers? No, they merely provided power, they never held a gun to devs' heads and demanded they spend $60 million on a game. Gamers? No, it's been repeatedly proven that customers don't really care about anything but gameplay. Publishers? I very much doubt that, because publishers would LOVE to cut costs and have lower budgets (you can make an argument about publishers doing obscene advertising campaigns, but that doesn't disprove the point I'm getting to). So whose fault is it that devs are in financial straits?

Simple: the devs themselves. They CHOSE to do all that crap. It's THEIR fault they're failing to make a profit, THEIR fault they can't sell anything, THEIR fault that no one with a brain wants to buy their lazy, half-hearted, boring efforts when something a lot better and more fulfilling is right around the corner. So you're telling me to feel sympathetic towards a bunch of spoiled brats who refuse to own up to their own mistakes and thus take it out on everyone else, not just Nintendo? No, I refuse. I do not reward laziness, sloppiness, and sure as hell don't reward self-entitled behavior from a bunch of idiots who need a time out. Third parties' incompetence and mistakes are on THEIR heads, not Nintendo's, not Sony's, not MS', not gamers'. It needs to stop. Nintendo gave them as much as they needed and it's not Nintendo's faults that 3rd parties have rendered themselves incapable of doing a simple porting job because they can't keep their finances in order.

Then that's the loss of 3rd parties. Can't exactly feel sorry for Western companies when they make such idiotic decisions and then demand the manufacturers clean up their messes and pay for their mistakes. The reason Western 3rd parties kept failing on Nintendo's handhelds is because they weren't putting proper effort in. Most of those companies treated handhelds like red-headed stepchildren and never, ever bother to make something decent for it. As such, they missed their chance, they failed to cultivate and audience, and their lack of effort was rewarded properly: with critical derision and low sales.