Here's a question for you, the Wii Dev Kits are said to be under £2000 so everybody is saying that the Wii is cheap to develop for in comparison to other consoles. But other than the cost of creating a game, is that it? Is there no pay Nintendo to test it and then stamp it with their 'Seal of Quality' or whatever?
To publish a game on a console you generally pay a licence fee which is several dollars per copy. In practice, you submit the code to Nintendo they actually manufacture the disks which you buy from them at a premium price (probably $8-$10 or so).