Why can't the U just be a late bloomer?

[torok]

PS3 had massive 3rd party support and horsepower. It had good legs too. And I've been recently playing on the U and it really has some serious issues and shortcomings so I will give my opinion.

The controller ergonomy is pretty bad and it suffers from terrible battery life. The public today is way into shooters, action/adventure games, sports, etc. People were critical of the DS3 for its bad triggers. The gamepad doesn't have triggers at all (they are digital!!), the sticks are tiny and don't feel good for these kind of games and the general design of the controller isn't good. The DS3 and X360 controllers were both great, with some flaws, and the Wii U gamepad doesn't feel anywhere close to their level. The DS4 and X1 controller are considerably better than their predecessors and we have a massive gap in controller quality. One thing I hate on DS4 is that we have only 9 hours of battery, while the DS3 would give me 14-16h. It's a pain. The 5h of the gamepad simply aren't acceptable and I hate cables.

The power difference really cuts its legs. It isn't a big jump from PS360 and the years will only make it look worse compared to PS4/X1. Even early games show a massive gap. I've played MK8 and you can't simply compare it to KZ:SF or Infamous SS. Art style simply doesn't matter because the PS4 games have way more lightning sources, more advanced lightning, tesselation and so on.

I think it lacks some features that are too basic. The share features on PS4 and X1 really allow a more social gaming experience. In a lot of aspects, specially social gaming and online features, the Wii U looks an answer to PS360 while X1 is an evolution of PS360 and an answer to PS4 (that is an answer to X1). It looks to be an entire gen behind. Nintendo really needs to stop doing what they want because they are out of touch with the market, like Sony was during the PS3 era. They are in a point where they need to start looking at what their competitors are doing and improve their game to compete with them.

Just to end my points, the comparison between X1 and Wii U sales are useful, but don't take it so seriously. Consoles usually sell more in the 2nd year than on its 1st and so on until the peak (mid-gen). X1 will improve. It doesn't matter if the U is outselling it right now, it is simply a more healthy platform with 3rd party support and power to give it some legs.