I don't even agree there's "nothing to play".
New Super Mario Bros. U, Nintendo Land, Zombi U, Scribblenauts, are all new games and Sonic All-Stars Racing Transformed, Call of Duty: Black Ops 2, and Assassin's Creed 3 are all basically new games (the latter two being the two biggest third party games of the year).
People who are whining that there's no Pikmin 3 yet .... Pikmin 3 wouldn't have changed anything about how the launch went.
The problem is deeper than software and even marketing. It's the product itself is a flawed design by Nintendo ... no one wants another PS3/360 with a touchscreen controller, that doesn't excite anyone even if the games are decent (the PS3/360 have hundreds of games, many great ones that are easily available for $20-$30 a pop).
