http://kotaku.com/the-state-of-the-wii-u-in-2015-1747521865
Another part of their 2015 State of series. Threads for the other consoles:
XBO,
PS4.
your quote sucks (I mean I know it was from the article)...
"Wii U sucks as a console. I mean they had the best exclusives out this year, but it still sucks as a console"
I know that was a way harsher paraphrase than the quote.. but really, Kotaku's Year in Reviews seem to all be along this line EXCEPT the XBONE review. "Such and such console had this great stuff this year, but really we shouldn't be too excited because after all things still aren't great for the console"
Yet XBONE was "things aren't great for the console, yet it's undeniable that MS has really had an amazing year for it."
Comparing that to the PS4 article was... well whatever. But Wii U... I mean this was THE MOST SUCCESSFUL year the Wii U has had for software, no exception. Not only that, but among ALL THREE consoles, arguably Wii U had THE strongest releases this year (Super Mario Maker, Splatoon, Xenoblade, and tons of Smash content). This deserves to be celebrated. Did sales still end up rough? No more rough than the system has always been. Is NX on the horizon? Of course.. but no one bitched about PS3 or 360 in 2013 because of those new systems. No one bitched about DS in 2011. New systems are a thing.. and it shouldn't be held against the prior system because of it, ESPECIALLY when you have the quality that Nintendo has put out as a publisher this year.
These Kotaku articles... ugh..