Topic: Wii U gets little 3rd party love.

[Gamejunkie]

One problem for the Wii U is that getting some of the same third party games as the other systems, while a good thing, is not a selling point for anyone with a PS3 or Xbox 360.  So the Wii U has Arkham City and ME3.  Big deal.  I can play those on my PS3.  The market for such games is entirely those that were Wii-only last gen.  And no PS360 owner is going to buy a Wii U for those third party games because it makes no sense to buy a new system to play a game you can already play on a system you own.  Only the exclusives will influence a purchase.

And even if the PS360 owner does buy a Wii U for Mario, will he buy Arkham City or did he already buy it when it was brand new?  Usually when a new system comes out, any multiplatform games it gets will be for the new generation.  So the Cube got something like Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 which had come out for the PS2 a few months earlier.  That was okay because the PS2 was new enough that a lot of Gamecube owners would not already own one.  Usually the new systems are all released close enough together that a early adopter's purchase would be their first and only console of that generation.  But the Wii U is sharing third party titles with consoles that have been around for an entire generation.  Being a few months late makes a huge difference because those other consoles are so widespread.

Any third party game that is not coming out the same day as it does on the other systems or is not an exclusive is pretty much doomed to weak sales.  The Wii U realistically is supposed to be the start of a new gen but thus far it's really being treated by third parties as a competitor to the PS360.  They should be kicking off their next gen of games on it, but they're not.  They're not really offering anything that deserves to sell well, so it won't, and they'll have an excuse to just not bother in the future.

Very well put and I agree entirely.

[Gamejunkie]

So let's break this down by publisher. I'll miss some publishers and titles, so help me fill it in.

Western:
EA - Mad that Nintendo didn't go exclusivley Orbis for online.
Ubisoft - Big on the Wii U, bringing good support so far.
Activision - They do COD and....?
THQ - Almost dead. Selling themselves on the street corner in hopes of surviving.
2K Games - GTA and...?

Eastern:
Capcom - What's their problem?
Konami - They do MGS and....?
Tecmo Koei- Tekken. Dynasty Warriors. what else?
Square Enix - FF and DQ. That's it.
Sega - Barely Alive. I am getting Aliens/Marines though!
 
I think the future is more and more indie devs with downloadable titles. Wii U has a decent start there. Look at a game like Trine 2. It may be an indie downloadable title, but it is an A grade game without a doubt. Polished, pretty and lots of content. Maybe even AA.

Tekken is developed and published by Namco.