Will the XB1 be able to outsell the Wii U from this point on?

[Zanten]

I am of... mixed opinions, bit on the fence about it.

On the one hand, Nintendo is in a unique position as kind of being 'separate' from the whole Xbox One and PS4 debacle, in terms of content and titles and such; while Sony and Microsoft grapple over exclusive bits and pieces, Nintendo's off doing its own Nintendo thing. If you own an Xbox One or a PS4 and are considering a second console, in terms of pure Number-Of-New-Titles getting a Wii U would be far more reasonable than just buying the 'other Sony/Microsoft machine.' Nintendo also largely has the market cornered when it comes to fun, local co-op multiplayer titles, as when I have friends over for a night of gaming, ten percent might be spent with 'Oooo, lookit this new game I got for my PS3' and 90% is spent hurling red shells at each other in Mario Kart. In other words, generally speaking a gamer is only going to pick a PS4 AND Xbox One over a PS4/Xbox One AND WiiU if they have absolutely zilch interest in Nintendo's offerings

This makes them, in my opinion, a bit of a wild card, with the potential to enjoy a success all their own. If enough Playstation-only owners, and Xbox-only owners, eventually get a WiiU to flesh out their gaming library, then it could definitely bump the Wii U to second place. Again, this is if. (The reason I don't believe this same thing would give the WiiU first place is, quite simply, Nintendo's studios can't match the volume of titles that the third party studios on Xbox One and PS4 will be delivering to those two consoles alone.)

It also boils down to just how big the sales difference between the PS4 and Xbox One end up being; obviously, the more the Xbox One is able to recover from its previous, er, obstacles, the larger a challenge it will pose to the WiiU to maintain its lead. But if the PS4 grossly overshadows the Xbox One, AND many of those PS4 gamers choose to make the WiiU their second console as opposed to the Xbox One... combined with the Xbox One owners who also make WiiU their second console, and folks who only own a WiiU, it's certainly not impossible.

Once again, all ifs, and I can't even begin to guess how likely any of it is, which is why I'm on the fence. That and, frankly, sales data up until now don't really support it happening in the forseeable future; just have to wait and see how things progress.