First off: The name was really confusing. When I first saw the wii u I thought it was just a gamepad add on and I think that is why alot of people havent bought it yet. If it was called Nintendo HD and designed to look like the nes but more modern or just called it Nintendo Hd and had the same design as the wii u, I think it would have sold more. I still see people go out to gamestop and return a wii u game and say the game doesnt work on the wii. This just shows that the marketing was terrible. I really did not see any marketing on television exept for mario kart. If nintendo had foucused on telling us this would be able to play HD games and a little less on gamepad, also having a different name, I think nintendo should have been 10m+ by now.( Plus, the launch was not that good. I mean it had NSMBU, but if it had 3d world or Mario kart people would have bought it more) I think nintendo is trying to atract their casuals, and it just totally confused the casuals because it was marketed wrong. Also, casuals don't watch E3 and stuff, so they had no idea about the wii u until the release date. Hell I saw some people commenting on other sites saying that when they told there friends that there was a wii u (this was in MK8 release) there friends had not known until then. Bad marketing=bad start. Sure, they have gotten slightly better boost, but its nothing compared to what would it have been if it were called something different, or better marketing.
What do you think? And if you agree with the different name, what would your different name have been?
hope 4 majora remake :D
