I'm assuming this is old (and I apologize in advance) but I'll post it for those who haven't seen it.
Kojima's thoughts on Wii U. He says Wii U is a unique situation:
http://www.shacknews.com/article/72928/kojima-says-wii-u-a-special-case-requires-unique-software
At this point I expected developers could come with more original excuses.