They simply cant. Even if there was a theoritical situation where the U was 2x as powerful as PS4, things would be relatively the same. People would see it and say "I cant see the difference between the 1080p/60fps of the U and the (less framerate/resoultion) visuals on my X1/PS4." Then they would say its all about the games which I know Sony/MS will deliver. I dont want to play Mario for the x100000 time. I cant wait for Halo 5 and Uncharted 4 and God of War 4. I think the main gaming core is established in either the MS or Sony camp and Nintendo cannot do anything(including making games better than the Sony/MS regulars) to change that.
The only way they can win is find something that captures pop cultures eye, like the Wii did. Even a console in that situation would suffer the same fate as Wii and move consoles but not a ton of 3rd party software. Wii U is not doing poorly because of lack of 3rd party support, its because the core gaming group has a mostly unwavering loyalty to one brand or another that is not Nintendo.
Getting an XBOX One for me is like being in a bad relationship but staying together because we have kids. XBone we have 20000+ achievement points, 2+ years of XBL Gold and 20000+ MS points. I think its best we stay together if only for the MS points.
Nintendo Treehouse is what happens when a publisher is confident and proud of its games and doesn't need to show CGI lies for five minutes.
-Jim Sterling
