I realize this is a sensitive topic possibly not likely to be recieved well by some, and it's surely been discussed much, But I feel it's worth revisiting because PS4/X1 are basically out now so we have a final verdict.
The thing you'd hear a lot of Wii U supporters say, months ago, was basically that the Wii U, while weaker, would be "good enough" to get next gen ports. That the gap between Wii U/next gen would be much less than between Wii/current gen, etc.
Well, it's clearly not the case, proven now. Wii U is not getting next gen versions of games. BF4, NFS Rivals, COD Ghosts, NBA 2k14, etc etc etc.
Again, it's been beat to death I suppose, but Wii U didn't live up to the claims of some it's supporters, nor perhaps what Nintendo had planned (but apparantely not as it's clearly PS360 level). Xbox One is what you want, maybe less powerful but still gets all the ports. Wii U isn't close to that.
I think one of the real killers was RAM. There was a time when most speculation centered on 2GB RAM for next gen consoles. 4GB was considered a stretch. Somehow, a collosall 8GB was enabled at both as they engaged in a RAM one-upmanship race. Nintendo couldn't have known that. That was really one of the key nails in Wii U next gen coffin (though the weak GPU/CPU is obviously huge too). Even with a large OS reserve, you ended up with 5GB in next gen vs 1GB in Wii U (for games) and that's just not overcomable.
