Just kinda curious, what if Nintendo had gone a different route with the Wii U design philosophy and just made the system basically a standard "next-gen" machine, just first to market?
No touchscreen controller in the box. No super low power requirement. 1.5 TFLOP DX11 equivalent GPU + 2GB GDDR5 RAM + 2GB cheapo DDR3 RAM + quad-core CPU. USB 3.0 ports for high speed HDDs. Classic Controller Pro in the box, still functional with the Wiimote though.
$349.99 basic pack, $399.99 deluxe. Maybe you could still have the touchscreen controller, but as a seperate accessory like the Wii Fit model ($99.99 bundled with Nintendo Land).
1 year headstart. Hands down the best version of BLOPS2 and other multiplats for a year (1080p, DX11 style effects, etc.).
Microsoft would probably be OK, but Sony would be in serious trouble of being irrelevant if this happened IMO.
