The Wii U's Name Isn't The Problem

[UncleScrooge]

Mythmaker1 said:

spurgeonryan said:
It does not always take the confusion out because not all electronics workers know what what a Wi U is .

The employee might not know what it is, but all it takes is for them to see the price tag, or actually look a the box, to realize it's not an $80 peripheral.

UncleScrooge said:
Long story short: They think it's a peripheral and they don't intend to buy it because in their mind it'll only support a handful of games or "isn't needed to play". It's actually true. It was also true with the 3DS.

That's a good point, but I find myself asking if, in general, someone who didn't want to buy it for that reason would buy it if they knew the truth.  Afterall, this is a person who won't support it, with the presumption of a low price, unless it supports a significant portion of games. If it did support a significant portion of games, but cost 4x as much as they thought it would, would they still think it worthwhile?

I'm not saying someone wouldn't but I don't see the general consumer making that leap.

No one bought a PS Move yet plenty of people are interested in a $500 PS4. Does that answer your question?