Review your own console(s)! (hardware not games)

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WiiU

Asthetics: 8.5
Nothing special to it's look, but nothing ugly either. A bigger Wii is what most would say. I think it looks solid when standing upright.

Price: 8.5
The WiiU is the cheapest console of the 8th gen. For $100 less there is still plenty to enjoy over the competition.

Power: 7.0/10
The WiiU is not much more powerful than the 7th gen console. This may be a problem for some people. Don't get me wrong, games are what define a platform and with that said, Nintendo has done a solid job thus far. All said, the WiiU can be defined as a solid 720p machine. This may pose a problem to developers as we have seen third party support being pulled. However, it's good to know that the WiiU has modern shaders and an equivalent API to DX11.x/OpenGL4.x. Reportedly, there isn't much to the GPU (shaders:tmu:rop), but it does feature at least one custom feature and that is the eDRAM to make up for lacking DDR3 RAM. I'd guess that it's both the size and bandwidth of the main RAM that is pushing long term third parties away.

Features: 7.5/10
I know it's a gaming console, but Nintendo seems to have delivered a console with mixed messages for being part of the media room. The gamepad can actually serve as a TV remote, and control other things in the media room, but that's about it. If you do a lot of watching on video services, then you won't complain much. But for me, I would have wished it had a bu-ray drive as I would have made the WiiU as the main console for all watching.
Other feature, which is a big luxury for most of us is the backwards compatibility; you can play all Wii software granted you keep your Wiimotes around. The downside is that Wii software is not upscaled.
Another thing to mention is the storage memory. The WiiU only packs 32gb of flash; that is much less than the competition which features higher capacity mechanical drives.

User Interface: 7.0/10
Very simple and a bit restricted felt. The squares will execute what you want to do, but the menus seem clunky to navigate. As far as loading, it has been fixed with updates. My most major complaint is that my WiiU runs out of battery and can't be used because the gamepad ran out of battery.

Online: 7.0/10
Doesn't feel as open or fast like the competition. But when it comes to playing games online, you should be able to do so. In other words, it works but that's it. The store can only be navigated by the gamepad which is annoying.

Controller: 8.0/10
The gamepad feels and looks great. It works for some of the titles but not to well for other, in my case. For example, Arkham City felt uncomfortable for me. Most of the time I find myself reaching for the Pro controller (supported by most games), which is great in feel and look. Sometimes it felt unresponsive controller in Kirby's Adventure, which is a VC game. I'm not sure if it's the same case with other VC games.

Overall (average): 7.6

Too lazy to do PS4: 8.5