@storm_of_swords:

Subscription services work for movies and music. Look how popular Netflix and Spotify are.

Why buy individual content at full price when you can subscribe monthly and get access to a catalog of millions of songs/movies? It's better value.

The power gap between Wii U and PS4 isn't as large as the gap between PS3 and Wii.

The original Wii was barely more powerful than a GameCube and didn't get any multiplatform games, but developers still supported it. People shouldn't expect Nintendo systems to get multiplatform games with the power they have. Developers can make games for any platform if they think outside the box. The original Wii proved that.

@charizard1605: The original Wii was severely underpowered compared to Xbox 360 and PS4 yet it didn't matter. Developers still made games for it.

This time around the power gap between Wii U and oher consoles isn't as large, but developers refuse to make games for it. The Wii U doesn't need multiplatform games, it just needs games period. Third parties won't even make unique games for the thing.

@charizard1605: The Wii U is more powerful than PS3 so wasn't that enough for it to get developer support? Being more powerful than previous gen hardware is what matters in the console market.

@GoldenElementXL: "History has proven that power means little to nothing when determining a winner."

Tell that to PS4

@charizard1605: And 3DS is barely more powerful than a PSP while Vita is further ahead. That didn't affect 3DS' success.

Wii U's lack of power lead to its downfall, but 3DS wasn't a big leap ahead of PSP either.

@charizard1605: PS3 got the same amount of games as Xbox 360 in the end.

Wii U's situation is very strange. It released before PS4, but PS4 hype overshadowed it and developers jumped ship to PS4.

So what matters more? Release timing, hype, third party relations?

@charizard1605:

When Wii U was released it was slightly more powerful than PS3, but PS4 hype killed it. PS2 was less powerful than Xbox but Xbox didn't generate enough hype to kill PS2.

So it all boils down to marketing and hype?

@charizard1605: Xbox was more powerful than PS2 yet it got less sales and support.

PS1 and N64 released 1 year apart, yet PS1 got more games.

@doomsdayplay: So it all boils down to marketing?

If the Wii U was marketed better it would have gotten more sales and therefore developer support? Even though it's less powerful than PS4?