If Wii U had a different name would sales be higher?

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kljesta64 on 22 May 2014

yes it would.

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NintendoPie on 22 May 2014

Possibly, but only in the beginning. Nothing could've saved the Wii U from itself at this point, not even a different name.

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RubberWhistleHistle on 22 May 2014

yes, it certainly would have. when i first heard that nintendo was calling it the wii u i was very very disappointed.

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sales2099 on 22 May 2014

Wii2 would have cleared up A LOT of casual consumer confusion as to whether it was a Wii accessory or not.

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Nintentacle on 22 May 2014

If it was called Wii 2, the holiday 2012 and 2013 would obviously be higher, but since there was a bad drought, January-October probably wouldn't be great.

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Twilord on 22 May 2014

If it were Nintendo Ultra... probably. If it were Ultra Nintendo Entertainment System... there aren't enough ways in the universe to say "Hell Yeah".

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PigPen on 22 May 2014

DarkRPGamer007 said:

Let's pretend the Wii U was called the "Nintendo Ultra." Would sales be a lot higher, a little higher, or the same? I highly doubt it could get any worse. I know too that sales wouldn't be that much higher but maybe it wouldn't of crossed the line in America and still be above the PS4 as of now? I don't know you guys tell me I honestly think it would have been selling more along the lines of the XBOX One if it had a different name.

Definitely! That just sounds powerful and the Wii U perception right now is its not.

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Never on 22 May 2014

By a small amount. There was so many things nintendo did wrong promoting the product, but not letting the wii go out with a bang or releasing a mass of quality wii u games near launch were probably the big issues.

People were afraid that the wii u would be as empty as the wii was during the end of it's life and Nintendo did little to counter that. Naming confusions would have been largely solved if the product was more talked about and games are the best way of doing that.