Eighth generation of video game consoles
The eighth generation of video game consoles began in 2012, and consists of four home video game consoles: the Wii U released in 2012, the PlayStation 4 family in 2013, the Xbox One family in 2013, and the Nintendo Switch family in 2017.
Nvidia Shield Portable
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The Wii U is a home video game console developed by Nintendo as the successor to the Wii. Released in late 2012, it is the first eighth-generation video game console and competed with Microsoft's Xbox One and Sony's PlayStation 4.
The Wii U GamePad prototype originally shown at E3 2011, referred to as the "New Controller" at the time
The black Wii U console, with 32 GB of internal storage
The Wii U Pro Controller, a more conventional controller compared to the Gamepad