It's not so much the Wii U actually being universally hated as it is everyone criticizing Nintendo's current strategy and the bipolar design of the Wii U being labelled as "haters", "Nintendo haters" or "Wii U haters".
Personally, I don't hate either but I have been vocal about Nintendo's incredibly poor marketing strategy and the makeshift design philosophy behing the Wii U. There really is quite a lot to be discussed around the Wii U's general position and identity (or rather; lack thereof) but it's almost impossible to do it without being labelled as a mere hater.

Of course, a lot of Nintendo fans would still call me a "hater", regardless.

Haha yeah - trying to work, play games, reply to forums... probably shouldnt do that.

No I dont mean that. Man i am confusing myself now... 

It's mainly the Eurogamer thread thats kinda my point. People are slating PS4/XBO by saying that well Nintendo have much better rated games and a better library. I am saying Good games sell consoles, but what is a good game. It's not necessarily just a Metacritic or a review score. It's quantity, but more importantly a range and depth that people want to play. There are of course other factors, price and hardware power, 3rd party support, but thats the point I was trying to make (but badly...haha :)

The Wii U aplologists are the ones who actually own the system or have had a ton of experience with it. They can see what a good piece of kit it is, the benefits of the gamepad etc. A majority of Wii U haters are on the bandwagon and the closest they have got to the console is the picture of it on the doom article. Yes im aware that there are people that have owned Wii U and not got on with it, but a vast majority of people who own one are very happy with it.

i think you definition of wipe the floor is different than most. Wii < 40% (and shrinking) market share =/= wipe the floor

I see. Makes more sense this time around as well. :D

Personally I think PS4 and One are selling well now because of hype and a future. Most of the interesting games on those systems are avalible elsewhere, but the ones buying the systems KNOW that they'll always get the third party games. Can't say the same thing for Nintendo. If you like what Nintendo is offering though there's no reason not to buy, but seeing as Nintendo aren't tapping into the western market in a large degree, it's hurting sales. 

Add to that total confusion about what the system is (and the fact that no one knows about the systems existence), and you have a pretty hard time selling a system. I'm really hoping they'll sort it out though, Wii U really is an awesome system.

No, Wil U is not selling bad because of high quality games( I agree it has some good games which pleases most of them especially Nitendo fans but doesn't attract hardcore games of these days) and its because plays only Nintendo games mostly and few 3rd party title(but they are inferior products compared to PS4/Xbox one). Everyone these days buys Nintendo consoles only for their IP's only and they don't support 3rd party just like that(even nintendo made this harder  by giving a less powerful hardware and different architecture for 3rd party compared to others). You can see that everyone is waiting to get Wii U only when they have Mario kart, SSB, Zelda etc., but they never wish 3rd party games to play in that.

sorry duplicate post due to my internet

Because of the guarantee of much better support in the future. If you disagree kindly take a look at the number  of 80+ rated games of the Wii, 360 and PS4 according to metacritic. Don't forget the WiiU has a year headstart.

... you know I just said so right above your post right? :P

Sorry to burst your bubble but Mario as well as most other Nintendo franchises has been good most of the time. Mario may not be your type of game but its well put together and is loads of fun. Software sales mean nothing at this point since its launch and people are forced to buy broken and/or repetitive crap as bundles (Battlefield 4, COD Ghost, Killzone and Knack). Heck even the sales data on this site proves barely anyone bought PS4 or Xbox One games a week after they launched. If its reflected by its sales why the heck is Mario higher on the charts every week compared to Killzone and Kack....i mean Knack? Not only are reviewers calling those games crappy and boring but even the people that bought them are realizing this and are writing reviews. Broken or not Battlefield 4 is a kick in the balls to all Battlefield fans (EA pushing Dice to make the game more like COD for competition). Killzone has always been a subpar shooter franchise and to think this current installement is the worst rated and its about a 8 hour campaign makes me want to not even bother touching that game. I feel sorry for anyone that was forced to buy Knack as a bundle. Nintendo did a better job with their Nintendoland pack in.