As someone mentioned the Wii U hasn`t seen the level of advertising Wii saw. TV wise, here in Portugal, Wii U commercials ran at late hours and there was no mall tour like they did with Wii prior to launch.
Personally i think Wii U`s problems started with name and design. People still think it´s an add-on to the Wii and the system resembles too much the Wii.
The thing that is more concerning to me is not the sales of the hardware but the SW sales. It seems that only titles selling well are those not present on other consoles which kinda leads me to think that these early adopters are PS3/Xbox 360 owners and purchased the big Wii U games already (BO2, AC 3, Batman, ME 3, etc.).
For example, Scribblenauts Unlimited is very close to BO2 in sales, despite being released only in the States.
Let`s see if things will improve when the Wii U gets more games that are exclusive or released at the same time as other versions.
I think that with better advertisement and with a good release schedule things will improve.
Maybe things will become clearer after the next Nintendo Direct.
