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I don't think the name was the problem, so much as Nintendo's marketing. Calling the Wii 2 or something similar to that might have helped a little, but if it had received the same treatment as the WiiU the name would have amounted to very little. PS is the only home console brand that actually uses a progressing number system with their home console names. "WiiU" is no small a change from the Wii than Xbox One is to Xbox 360, but the X1 is doing fine.