COD is a poor example. The PS4 ONE are the natural progression for the user base. Not to mention Wii U never got the special edition or the limited one with the camera. Someone like myslef with multiple consoles who collects the COD limited versions will always go for where I can get them even if I would prefer to play on the gamepad against a mate in house.
Some of the exclusive I agree should have sold much better.
The issue here is last gen no developer expected Nintendo to win, so they invested all their money into the HD twins to build tool for them. Once that investment happened they stuck with it. Since the hardware wasn't good enough do a port it missed out as a full build takes more money. Effectively 3rd parties further alienated themselves from Nintendo console owners.
Then Wii U launched with games missing content etc.. and people said fuck this not buying any 3rd party, which in turn penalised the other guys who did try and made decent games.
3rd parties need to keep trying to build up a new userbase to gain ong term rewards or stop making games on Wii U if they care about short term gains.
Next gen Nintendo and 3rd parties need to work out their difference, and not that BS EA pulled with unprecedented support. Or they need to adopt and expand more studios and potentially have more collaborative efforts that they fund. New IPs also wouldn't hurt.
