One of the funniest things ive read

[Steve Badguy]

Actually, Nintendo lowered their liscensing fees earlier this year, making them competitive with Sony's and Microsoft's (if not lower). Hence the $40 price tag for Billy Hatcher, Viewtiful Joe, etc. Additionally, Nintendo is spending a lot of money supporting third parties through marketing efforts. And they just introduced a $19.99 line-up of Player's Choice titles.

So they haven't always been the most friendly company when it comes to third-parties, but things are definitely changing.

[salmonax]

Gee, and it only took Nintendo until the ass end of 2003 to figure that out? I love 'em, but they deserve to end up like Sega.