Battle of the 8th gen losers: Wii U vs Vita vs Xbox One

[Wman1996]

curl-6 said:

This is a tricky one for me; I didn't own an Xbox One or a Vita, but I have played a lot of the former's games on Switch and PS5.
I did own a Wii U, and while it did have some excellent games, the droughts between them were terrible.

Xbox One has more good games, by a country mile, just by virtue of having good third party support. On the other hand, it lacks worthwhile exclusives, so the PS4 made it feel kind of redundant. Wii U justified its existence somewhat with the likes of Mario Kart 8, Splatoon, Tropical Freeze, etc, but if you weren't into Nintendo games or wanted a primary console it was a poor choice.

The Vita never held much interest for me, as I'd rather play on the TV.

I'd say PlayStation TV but unfortunately many of Vita's true exclusives and even non-exclusives with unique features were never supported due to Sony not finding workarounds on DualShock 3 or 4 for Vita's touch screen and rear touch pad. 

And yes, Wii U droughts were ungodly since very few have the money or interest to buy every Nintendo release and a lot of third-party games (many of them digital-only on Wii U) were either meh or shovelware. 

Xbox One is often very redundant in the face of its competition and PC, not to mention Series X/S.