Can the Wii U Survive Against the PS4 and Xbox One?

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Now that both Sony (http://games.slashdot.org/story/13/02/20/2353229/sony-announces-the-ps4) and Microsoft (http://games.slashdot.org/story/13/05/21/1739209/microsoft-unveils-xbox-one) have announced their next-gen consoles, and we've gotten solid information about their hardware, technology, and features, Eurogamer asks whether Nintendo's struggling Wii U will be able to hold its own (http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2013-05-25-wii-u-wii-u-wii-u-is-it-time-to-call-an-ambulance-for-nintendos-console) once the new competition arrives. 'Wii U has tanked — there's no other way to put it — with even the release of traditional big-hitters like Dragon Quest 10 failing to make a dent in the Japanese market. If you believe certain analysts, April saw things getting even worse in the U.S. with the Wii U shifting under 40,000 units, easily outsold by the 360 and PS3 — and, even more embarrassingly, the Wii.' If the Wii U doesn't see a miraculous turnaround, Nintendo may be left with the difficult choice of whether to port its software to competing consoles (http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2013-05-17-nintendo-wii-u-death-by-apathy). It'll also serve as a bellwether to see if the big gamer complaint about the new Sony and Microsoft consoles — that they're only partly about games — is honest. 'At a time when the goal of its competitors is to own the living room, the extent of Nintendo's ambition is simply to be in it — a dedicated games console, and no more.'"

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