 An executive for Frontline Studios stated that major publishers were wary of releasing exclusive titles for the Wii , due to the perception that third @-@ party companies were not strongly supported by consumers . In his blog , 1UP.com editor Jeremy Parish stated that Nintendo was the biggest disappointment for him in 2007 . Commenting on the lack of quality third @-@ party support , he stated that " the Wii landscape is bleak . Worse than it was on N64 . Worse than on GameCube ... the resulting third @-@ party content is overwhelmingly bargain @-@ bin trash . " The Globe and Mail and Forbes noted that the Wii had few successful third @-@ party titles compared to its rivals ( due , in part , to its weaker hardware ) . Third @-@ party developers often skipped the Wii instead of making games for all three consoles simultaneously ( " blockbusters like the Call of Duty franchise either never arrive on Nintendo hardware or show up in neutered form " ) . Forbes observed that of the most successful games of 2011 ( The Elder Scrolls V : Skyrim , Mass Effect 3 , Portal 2 , L.A. Noire , Battlefield 3 , Call of Duty : Modern Warfare 3 ) , although all were released for PC , Xbox 360 , and PlayStation 3 , only Modern Warfare 3 received a Wii version which was also the least positively received port of the game . The lack of third @-@ party games may be exacerbated in the future , as Nintendo faces the " dilemma of having fallen out of sync with its rivals in the console cycle " ; Microsoft and Sony would design their consoles to be more powerful than the Wii U. Strong third @-@ party titles are seen as a key sign of a gaming console 's health . 
