I think the people pressing the issue that people think the Wii U isn't even a different console are just looking to make excuses for the lack of sales.
As much as major local broadcast news stations have covered the Wii U, signs that are plastered in every Gamestop, Walmart, Target, etc, and if that by some chance isn't enough, there is the Wii U logo on every game plain as day, just like the PS3, Xbox 360, Wii, 3DS, DS, Vita, and PSP are displayed at the top or side of the box. There are very few people wiho lack the common sense to tell that the Wii U is a new console. There's been enough media cover and advertising around to point people that the Wii U is not just a Wii accessory.
This is the same as when the 3DS wasn't selling as much as people assumed it would. Nintendo fans were clamoring that people just assumed it was the same as the DS, but once the price drop hit and the 3DS started selling by the truckload, people stopped using that excuse. I guess people magically found out the 3DS was a different system as soon as that price drop hit. Well maybe the Wii U needs a price drop to make that sink in.







