Sony did it, what should Microsoft (Xbone) and Nintendo (WiiU) do to make a comeback?

[Kai_Mao]

At this point, Nintendo could only do so much on their own supporting both 3DS and Wii U. We have witnessed how difficult it has been for them in these past few years. Nintendo has pretty done whatever it could with Wii U, releasing its biggest franchises (with Zelda coming next year), supporting indies, and creating new experiences (Splatoon, Mario Maker, Nintendo Land, Wonderful 101, etc.). But alas, third parties never came back after a year with the Wii U as sales were down, lack of titles on a consistent basis (besides indies and small-budget games), and not wanting to take on the task of porting on a console that is different from the other two consoles that are similar in design and more advanced than Wii U. Thus, 3.5 to 4 years is probably all Nintendo could do in terms of fully supporting Wii U. They've hired more people over the last few years and increased their employment, but they are still considered a smaller company than Sony or Microsoft, thus the quantity of games is low, especially when 3DS is getting its share of games from Nintendo per year. NX is their new focus for now and I cannot really blame them. A price drop might help, but they might as well gain as much profit as they can with what they have for now and just bundle games like Splatoon and Smash Bros., their two hottest commodities along with Mario Kart 8 and Mario Maker.

As for Xbone, they can still do better even as they improved a bit in terms of their management and business direction. However, they are not able to get a share of the games that are coming to PS4 like SFV (due to Sony paying for development), the JRPGs that are coming (since Xbone is basically minuscule in Japan), and others. So, they are getting the short end of the stick in terms of multiplats. They could try to make more first-party games like what Phil Spencer suggested. However, I am not sure what kind of game could really help them if Halo 5 was not able to really take off like it needed to. I don't know, maybe I'm wrong since I haven't caught up with Microsoft too much lately. I mean in the end, they are doing better, but, of course, there is the PS4..