Fair enough, I respect your opinion based on your overall tastes.  

Reading now. I'm about three paragraphs in. Warframe is multiplat but it doesn't negate your point.

Finished reading it. Can't really complain. Good read!

Thanks!

The mention of Warframe was in reference to launch releases.  I know it is on X1 now and should have mentioned it was timed.  I will edit that part now.

2.) True, but the Wii U is this gen's Dreamcast. It was supposed to be a graphical leap over the competition but was shortly squashed thereafter, it has some of the most critically acclaimed games in history, and most people who own the Wii U love it to death. It even has a screen on the controller XD

3.) Pretty much, no stopping it now. If you console sells 300K the first couple of weeks after the holiday, you can't be stopped.

Well I compare the big 3 to game of thrones these days, SPOILERS until season 4

Nintendo is like the House of Baratheon and Stark, it's a well respected company which does it's own thing and in general doesn't want to care about the rest unless they are forced to. They once conquered the iron throne (console market), but also lost it. Kudos for the company which survives litteraly anything and does it with some flair.

Microsoft
Microsoft is like house Tyrell it is force to be reckoned with. But it just isn't the biggest force yet while being ambitious enough to be that. Microsoft has been a more recent entry (gen 6), but defenitly made is mark in the industry and has launched one of the most successful systems ever.

Sony
Well Sony are like the Lannisters it's a superpower and those who opposed Playstation sing a few pitches lower (Nintendo/Stark). But as The Lannisters Sony also have grown a bit arrogance and they payed a pretty penny for that. But they seemingly have all matters under control now and they don't seem to give that position up quickly. They are respected by most houses and have great connections for as long as everything goes well.

As for this gen Nintendo does it's own thing and is in generally liked for that by it's fans. Even though the fans of other houses see critical faults in their management, especially the cold relationship with EA, Ubisoft etc. seemingly needs to change for many to buy the NX.

Microsoft is doing fine really, even though all the doom theories they make profit and their roots in the gaming market are widening with W10 as we speak. This has been more appearant by releasing exclusives for PC and Xone, most of their games have good ratings and are liked by it's fanbase a solid good console with a good line-up even if it is a bit safe.

Sony is doing well as usual paying it's debts and finally bringing there promise to the gamers. Every fan of gaming can't denie the greatness of the 2016 line up (if most of the releases make the deadline). The domination of the PS4 luckily doesn't mean Sony is getting lazy as succes is necesary for investment, otherwise the system will be killed. Which is why we ought to be careful with VR.

This is actually a really good way of putting it.  Never noticed the similarities before lol.

IMO the Wii U is just the most underrated and there's more that went wrong with it than name and presentation.. If you want me to go in further detail let me know and I'll edit this later when I'm on a computer haha

Underrated how?  It lacks power to do too much more than the gen 7 consoles so it wouldn't be able to handle many of the games that the PS4 and X1 are producing without major cutbacks (speaking of current gen only titles like Witcher 3, Batman AK, and even The Division).  It has good games no doubt, but the fact that it has less to offer has a lot to do with Hardware limitations.

In my opinion the WiiU is doing pretty much as well as it can in the current situation.  Excellent side console, not a very good main console for MOST.  I look forward to reading your thoughts on how the WiiU is actually underrated as I am curious as to how it could be better without being a completely different console than what it is.

I can't give them an advantage in exclusive games either because for every exclusive title they have, there are 5 multiplat titles that they do not. 

You can't use multiplatform games to justify why a console doesn't have an advantage in exclusive games. That's cheating!