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

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Leynos said:

curl-6 said:

Yeah the Wii U has a fair few excellent games now, but actually owning one during its time was constantly frustrating and consisted mostly of sitting around waiting through months of nothing for the next worthwhile release.

The fact that the Xbone had way, way more games makes me hypothesize that it would have been a better primary console. On the other hand, I can think of almost nothing on Xbox One that I'd consider worth playing that's not on PS4/Switch.

Really comes down to exclusives vs third party.

I would rather spend $300 bucks with some droughts and get 10 amazing games through 4 years than spend $500 in 2013 and, after a full generation, go to a Gamestop and just see a shelf of mediocrity.

I mean, I'd counter that there are quite a few good games on Xbone; Witcher 3, Nier Automata, Doom 2016 and Eternal, Monster Hunter World, Hellblade, It Takes Two, Ori and the Blind Forest/Will of the Wisps, RE7/8/2/3...

The only issue is, you can play those games on other platforms, so if you already owned a PS4, there was little reason to get an Xbone. Hell, even Switch got a lot of those titles.