IGN has info on a survey conducted by Famitsu regarding the next gen.From the article:
"Will you develop for each console?
Revolution
0.0% - We are already developing.
23.1% - We will develop.
17.9% - We will consider development.
10.3% - We will not develop.
48.7% - No opinion/unknown."
That 0.0% is pretty, um, not good. Nintendo has said that they feel that the huge post-launch game drought on the Cube hurt them a lot. In order to avoid that on the Rev third parties need to have dev kits sooner and these results suggest that Nintendo hasn't sent anything out yet. Though Square Enix supposedly is working on something so I don't where they fit in here. It's possible that due to NDA's and such that no one is allowed to confirm they're developing and they might fall into the no opinion/unknown category.
On the plus side 23.1% confirmed support is better than I was expecting. I was seriously worried the Rev was going to get almost nothing since the Cube scared off most third parties.
One one hand only 10.3% not developing isn't TOO terrible but it's much higher than the other two consoles. The Xbox 360 has NO developers that will not develop and it has a higher is developing/will develop percentage. That's unacceptable. The Xbox was a complete flop in Japan. This survey predicts MS as last place in Japan for this gen. Therefore the Xbox 360 should NOT have better Japanese third party support than the Rev. Better Japanese support is one of the few advantages the Cube had over the Xbox. That advantage must remain, no excuses.
Nintendo has to get those kits out NOW or we'll get a repeat of the Cube post-launch. That killed the Cube and it would kill the Rev. I think Nintendo has to stop being all "OMG DON'T STEAL MY IDEAS" and get that 23.1% working on games.
One thing I like though is this:
"Which next-generation console will be the market leader?
Consumers
PlayStation 3: 52.8%
Revolution: 29.9%
Xbox 360: 17.3%"
These numbers are for more pro-Rev than that of the devs or retailers. Since consumers are ultimately who makes or breaks a console I'm happy to see that consumers are the most interested in the Rev.