Why isn't the WiiU part of the next-gen console wars?

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fleischr said:

OttoniBastos said:
It's simple:

The console war have 3 parts:

- The Specs battle - Where people compare the console's hardware and Software performance;
- The Sales battle - Where people compare the hardware and software sales;
- The Library Battle - Where people compare the number of third party,second party and,specially,first party games or exclusive content for each console.


WiiU is way weaker than Xone/PS4 so Specs battle is pointless;

WiiU is selling sub-40k/week right now and the only software that sells well on that machine is the nintendo one, so Sales battle is pointless too;

WiiU lacks of third party support and the second/first party support is lower than it should right now.So unless nintendo announce a lot o things at E3 for hollyday 2014/early 2015,Library battles are pointless too².

You're talking about where Wii U has been -- not where it can go. 2 and 3 could turnaround through Mario Kart 8 alone. If Fire TV takes off, that could make your first point irrelevant. It's arguably already irrelevant given how popular tablet and mobile gaming is. Specs matter to only a small number of buyers. Developers will put games on any platform that it can sell well on.

Where the Wii U can go is nowhere good. After MK8 week, sales might average out to 50-60k a week, but that's it till SSB and the holidays, then it will stabalize to 40-50k a week after that. Mario Kart will not help 3rd parties come back.

Specs DO matter. Why do you think most games on the Wii U are closer to 7th gen then 8th gen? Why do you think most 8th gen games are not on the Wii U? It can't handle it because of it's specs. Sure, there is the small user base, but it's curently 2nd in sales. It's ahead of the One, yet that is getting the same games the PS4 gets, albeit lower quality, but still the same games. Why is that? Because of the specs.

The Wii U's future won't change, and it will never get rid of the stigma it has collected from the hardcore and mainstream markets.