I prefer Nintendo Network, simply because I don't really play online. That said, I never had Xbox Live Gold, as I never bothered to pay a fee for playing online If I only do it like once or twice a month anyway. I can't say how much better Xbox Live is when it comes to online play features, the only thing I know is that I only fire up my Xbox 360 to play games, while my Wii U, in addition to playing games of course, serves as a Miiverse/Internet browsing machine, so Nintendo Network offers more value to me.
Also, holy shit is the eShop (on Wii U first and foremost, but also on 3DS) better to navigate than whatever Microsoft's Xbox Store is called. Or the PlayStation Store for that matter.
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