superchunk on 18 January 2015
The benefit to Nintendo keeping a very low powered system is that they can put the entirety of the WiiU on a single chip in their next system. Meaning, that for a very low cost per console, (probably sub-$50) they can keep full backwards compatibility.
Based on the other consoles selling for $350 to $400 without much resistance, Nintendo could put a machine out without a gamepad-like device (but compatible with one) that hits a significant power jump and the WiiU chip relatively easily.
