At the moment my money would be on the Wii U as people will see Nintendo's prime IPs in HD for the first time. However, it depends what is in store for Vita in the second half of the year. I wouldn't discount Sony's handheld just yet. I know a lot of people who are interested in Vita but as much as they were happy with AC3: Liberation etc. the future release schedule was just too dry for them to want to go for it. Especially at the current price.

Thanks for that, totally forgot about that month with the 3DS pre-price drop.

Makes much more sense.

Let's be honest, most of the games coming out early in the year for the Wii U will barely give the hardware a bump. Titles like Bayonetta 2 and The Wonderful 101 will probably be critical successes but few people are going to buy a console for them. Likewise most of what is releasing for the Vita in the west, though after a full year the library is building up nicely.

However, the Wii U will surge over the holidays. All they need is one big Mario game. A certain segment is conditioned to buying Mario because it's the game they know and are familiar with. It's like how everyone will go to McDonalds if they have to stop in a small town, even though the locally owned burger joint might be a lot tastier. No, I'm not saying Mario is like mediocre fast food, I'm saying that comfort and familiarity sell, especially to parents picking out Christmas presents. It's an exceedingly safe choice.

ew I hate Miccy D's, but then again I hate all fast food.  Subway (which I don't count) is where I'll go or maybe sheets if I'm feeling like junk food.

Wendy's, Popeye's and Charley's (a Philly steak chain) are the only fast food places I can bear to eat at. 

Still, I do see the analogy. 

Your right we don't lol. The Wii U sold more in 3 months than Vita's first 10 months or so, so yes we believe when the games come Wii U will sell more.

I have a Vita and I agree with this.

The Vita's Japanese sales are going to be doing most of the systems heavy lifting this year. Competition with the 3DS there, along with the Western market running out of fucks to give for dedicated handhelds in general, means that the Vita has far more going against it even if the price is cut globally. The rather barren software line-up doesn't help; I can only think of 3 games this entire year that I know I want to pick up for the Vita (Muramasa, Tearaway, Killzone), with another few I'm only kind of considering.

The Wii U has a much bigger groundswell of potential buyers that Nintendo can tap into come Christmastime.

I go with Vita. I just don't believe Wii U will get all those heavy hitters you talk about. Nintendo has proven to be uncapable of handling HD games and I think they just won't make it in time. I mean, when are we going to get Pikmin 3? All the games announced or hinted will come, but nobody knows when and I think they will come too late to allow Wii U to catch up to what Vita is doing right now and what will hopefully do in the future.

That's why I said "and maybe."

No confirmed launch date for those, however I am reading from comments that Mario Kart 8 and Super Mario Universe are confirmed for 2013. If this is true, then Wii U by a Universe.

No, I believe Wii U will flop very hard and sell 5 Million units at best. Sony will introduce Price Cuts worldwide for Vita along with some heavy hitters. It's all or nothing this year for Vita I believe, so Sony will pull out the big guns. On Nintendos side, I'm pretty sure many big First Party titles will be delayed until 2014. Besides, the release of the PS4 will also have a small impact. It makes the Wii U less attractive and because of all the buzz for Sony, will make people look at Vita. Maybe there will be even a bundle with PS4 and Vita, but I doubt it.