In a rather bland article about the state of the gaming industry and the Wii in particular, the New York Times quotes Nintendo president Satoru Iwata as saying that the Wii's virtual console could become one of the most significant revenue streams for Nintendo.
The article goes on to say that the typical Wii game will cost about $7 million to develop, or about half what Xbox 360 and PS3 games cost to develop.
And with the cheap price tag comes greater developer interest, which leads to more games and, potentially a larger market share, which in turn leads to more developer interest.
It's sorta like the opposite of what happened with the GameCube.
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