Wii U, a marketing problem or are the masses just not interested?

[Psyberius]

The sales problem is explained by one simple question: Why?

Why own one?
Why spend the extra money for an hd box?
Why rush out to buy one when there's no risk that you won't be able to buy one a week down the road when you decide you gotta gotta have one?
Why buy one when the games are lack lustre at best?


There's just no hype...no rah rah I gotta own this...

There's a real thing that I believe people are not considering here. We saw exponential growth last generation with sales on the WII. A lot of people don't even play with the WII they bought, why would they buy another?

If you take brand loyalty out of the mix, why would you pay over $100 more for an hd box?

A ton of us on this site bought one because we just have to own one of everything but when I put myself in the mindset of your average joe looking to buy a new console...I see WiiU as something i'm not going to be able to play online with my friends, I see a console with few new games, I see a console with potentially confusing technology, I see a console I can't trade games between friends or rent from stores.

Nintendo was BRILLIANT with the WII...absolutely mind blowingly BRILLIANT. They brought tens of millions of new customers to the console market. People need to stop expecting that THOSE customers are going to act in the same manner as the existing console customers which tend to be a little more hardcore and a little more bent towards buying a new console just because.

Maybe i'm a little off but I just don't see a whole lot of reasons for people to own a WiiU...yet.:)