In the end, who won? Wii U or PS Vita?

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Wman1996 said:

I have to say Wii U "won" even if Vita's reported figures by some sources hit over 15 million units.
Wii U had some iconic titles like Super Mario 3D World, Mario Kart 8, and The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (cross-gen, but still).
What exclusives did Vita have from any publisher that competes with that?
Sony abandoned the handheld space because of Vita. Nintendo went hybrid with Switch and some of Wii U is in the DNA. Admittedly, Nintendo has never made another piece of hardware that's a home console only (not even any versions of Switch or Switch 2) after Wii U which is significant.
Both lost pretty thoroughly. Wii U was annihilated by Sony and Microsoft, and 3DS destroyed Vita as well.

Yeah, I think this nails it. I’m a proud owner of both systems, so I don’t like to dunk on either of them, but I feel like Vita is the “loser” here. WiiU, for all its failures, gave us a handful of the best games ever made. And several series or sub-series that debuted on WiiU — namely Splatoon, Super Mario Maker, and Hyrule Warriors — continue to be successful. Also, the system’s DNA endures in the Switch family.

The Vita, conversely, was a technological dead end for Sony. And while the system supported a ton of indie games and some very interesting AA Japanese games, its library was largely devoid of game-of-the-year contenders.