| Landguy said: I still think the average consumer thinks "WiiWho?". They think that it is the original Wii with a new controller, so why get it. This brand confusion is killing the WiiU and it won't change unless Nintendo does an incredible marketing and demonstration push to get the word out. |
Beyond that, do people even *want* another Wii? Just because you bought Monopoly doesn't mean you're going to buy Monopoly New York Edition or whatever. Just because you bought a Britney Spears album six years ago doesn't mean you're going to line up and buy every new album she releases.
People may have just gotten their fill of Wii with the .... Wii.
Casual gamers are not like core gamers that accept linear upgrades all the time.
I've had casual gaming friends over who bought the Wii 4-6 years ago and had them even play Wii U and explained the controller and everything to them and while they've all had fun with it, none of them has gone out and bought one, whereas with the Wii some of them were willing to wait in a lineup for 2 hours to get one and were constantly asking me where to find a Wii.
