What could Nintendo realistically do to get you to buy one of their systems.

[cbarroso09]

I don't understand why people say the Wii U is less powerful than Xbox360/PS3. From what I know the old games ports look as good as the others. There are no next gen games on the Wii U from which you can conclude that. Look at Need4Speed from Criterion, that is a next gen port, Is that not worth $350 (from games looking like that)? that game demonstrate how powerful the Wii U is.

Besides games, Wii U offer more variety and better online interactivity than both older consoles; Miiverse alone is a step on to next gen, background downloading, Nintendo TVii, the Internet Browser, the Gamepad itself does more than any other controller so far and will be for a long time, and the eshop is something different for you and developers at the same time.

The Gamepad has motion sensors, has a mic, surround speakers, touchscreen, and everything else other consoles have. The mic can be used in games so you don't have to buy an expensive headsets; the mic will be used on Monster Hunter Ultimate and it is used on Trine2. The problem is that developers don't want to use it for no reason. The off-TVplay is a nice feature. The Asymmetrical gameplay is just out of the ordinary, no PS4-Vita can do that, first because Nintendo patented it and second, because of the low latency effect. The Gamepad alone is a game changer.

The Wii U is a nice piece of technology software and hardware wise; that is doesn't have the raw power is another story but is nothing last gen. Although you can say there are no next gen game, you can't conclude is not next gen. People keep talking about the Wii U without experience it, why gamers don't you reserve your comments until you have try the system?. The demo station on retailers doesn't show anything the Wii U is capable. When I got it in my house it felt so different compared with the demo stations.

Gamers need to consider how expensive the Wii U is. Nintendo has been selling it at a loss meaning that it would probably cost $400. How much do you expect the PS4 to cost with all those hardware components? One of the clue we have, is that Gran Turismo will be released only on PS3. Sony said that is will be too expensive to develop for PS4 combined with low install base it won't worth. That does't make sense at all if you want your new console to pick up momentum quickly with your best franchise. In my opinion they are implying more than expensive to develop the fact that it will be expensive enough to keep people away from PS4 for a time.

I already have both the Wii U and 3DS XL. I will conclude the library of the 3DS make up for the lack of hardware compared to the Vita, but the lack of games is diminishing the beauties of the Wii U so far. Please, compare the Wonderful101 trailer from E32012 with the trailer from the NintendoDirect on January 23rd, you can have a better understanding how the graphics of these next gen games will look compared with the games on the last gen consoles, PS3/XBOX360.