I'm not going to get into the power argument, but the fact that Ubi excludes Wii U from 'current gen' in its statement is telling. Whatever technicalities there are, Wii U is 'different' to develop for, and probably takes more time and effort for the developers to get it looking as good on Wii U as it might on PS4/X1, plus all the extra features it has to develop for the gamepad. It's just not worth the effort for the install base. I believe that's one of the main reasons why 3rd parties have turned away, and that's Nintendo's fault.
It goes back to the complete balls-up of the marketing and launch of the console. Nintendo like to innovate, but this time the innovation has bitten them in the backside. Not that I'm suggesting that Nintendo should abandon their innovative line and follow the sheep, but if they're going to stand out and be different, they've got to get developers as well as consumers to understand what they have, to make it work.
It's a crying shame, for what the Wii U could have been. But I hope they've learned their lesson.
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