People said the same thing when XBone and PS4 had meh launch lineups and Wii U had the critical darling Super Mario 3D World. Did it matter? You are looking at exclusives only as if that matters. Games like Destiny and Far Cry 4 and the annual sports and CoD games will be huge for Sony and MS just like they were when the systems launched. There is almost ZERO chance of Wii U outselling MS/Sony this holiday.
While 3D World was critically successful, it received basically no non-gaming media attention. Mario Kart's already been on the news thanks to the Luigi death stare. Most of the problems from last years came from Nintendo not distinguishing the Wii U enough from the Wii and having people confused about what it really is.
3rd-party might be huge for other systems but for those who already own them. I don't see a lot of people running to the stores for Madded 15 because, if they like those games, they already bought last year's version.