Power is not all important. Software is. I wish people would remember how poorly PS360 did at the start of this generation. I wish people would remember that it was kinect and not high end graphics that pulled 360 into the mainstream. I wish people would remember that it was Wii Sports, Wii Fit, and Mario Kart and not HD resolutions that rocketed the Wii into stardom. I wish people would realize that most consumers aren't going to set the 360 and Wii U next to each other and compare them directly, they're going to be attracted to software that's unique to each system. I wish the people who clamor on and on about how a lack of a large graphical leap hinders sales potential would think about why Wii has sold 95+ million units world wide. I wish people would understand that while lack of third party support is tangentially related to a lack of power in the Wii, it's impossible for the cause of Wii's decline to be contingent on support that was never present during its rise, and that the drop off in 2011 correlates directly with the drop in software support by nintendo themselves. These are arguable points insofar as the spherical shape of the earth is an arguable point.
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