The runaway success of the Nintendo Wii cannot continue, as third-party developers have yet to show they can make money on the consoles, according to Xbox-maker Microsoft.
"Clearly, we have a competitor where they win and no one else wins," Bell told Reuters in reference to the overwhelming popularity of first-party games on Nintendo platforms. "That is not sustainable, it's never been sustainable," he said.
Third-party publishers have struggled in past years to compete with Nintendo-made games given their critically acclaimed quality and loyal following.
However, Nintendo says times have changed. Earlier this week, Nintendo president Reggie Fils-Aime told Reuters that 60 percent of Wii game sales came from outside publishers in November.
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chinito said: maybe if third party games were not as bad as they are maybe i would buy them just because the wii is outselling the competition does not mean they can make horrible games and expect them to sell well START MAKING GOOD GAMES1
Josh said: To be honest i think Microsoft are jealous They have no fans that love their own created games like Nintendo does I see what they mean by Nintendo fans prefering Nintendo games to any others but who cares
Joanne said: If the third party developers actually put some effort into creating games then they might actually sell Porting ropey old ps2 games wont win them any fans no matter what platform it appears on