Part of the issue no one is talking about is how much the market has changed in the last generation. Games now take years to develop, and this has forced gamers to become patient. With patience comes time to think and better decisions as a whole. Gamers are not only willing to not buy that shiny new console out the gate, but they're willing to wait a year just to see if it is a good idea. I know I am.
Now compare that to the last few generations and you'll see the difference. Last generation had three consoles which ran on hype and therefore sold respectably. This generation the Wii U and XBox One faceplanted out the gate while the PS4 exploded.
The difference between the three consoles is not actually that big. 90%+ of the titles for the PS4 will wind up available for the X1, and Nintendo has its own exclusives. The difference is that more gamers this go-round were paying attention to the differences and thought more about what they were doing. As a natural result, more of them agreed on what the correct answer was.
I'm still not sure what I will do for next gen; I will likely make that decision up when we get there. But I'm not calling the Wii U done, yet. When Hyrule Warriors, Bayonetta 2, Smash, and Zelda U are all out and the Wii U is still selling 50K a week? That's when to call it toast.
The X1, however...it's not toast (yet) but it is much closer than the Wii U because it is in such direct competition with the PS4. The Wii U can do its own thing, but the X1 consistently losing NA to the PS4 is shaping into a death sentence for the X1.
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