At this point in time the Wii-U has gotten itself stuck into a position where neither a price cut or a huge advertising campaign will save the system.
The problem is that right now when you are buying a Wii-U you are getting a system with last-gen capabilities and a tablet controller included for mostly just navigating menus. It runs very few games available at retail, with very few to look forward to. Its sandwiched between the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 which are cheaper and have lots more games, and the Xbox One and Playstation 4 which are pricier but have capabilities far beyond it. The only semi-advantage you get with a Wii-U is that you get to play Mario games on it, and even thats a trade-off for next to no third party support.
In Europe, Nintendo hardly ever talk to the press or developers, and adverts for their games are usually relegated to late nights on free-to-air channels. Nintendo have relegated their "advertising" to Nintendo Direct broadcasts, which are only really watched by hardcore Nintendo fans, and not by mainstream gamers. Sony and Microsoft on the other hand show ads on TV all the time, even at peak times, and talk to the press and developers openly.
An advertising boost wouldn't work as they are still selling a system that's compromised by design and has very few third party games to come. A price drop wouldn't work as it will still be compared negatively to the PS3/X360 on Price and functionality. Nintendo have got themselves in the position SEGA found themselves in with the Saturn, where they couldn't sell the system after annoying Consumers, Developers, and Retailers.
Of the two choices though, i'm going to opt for "Price Drop". Because honestly the only way they can sell any more Wii-Us is if they cut the price stupidly low to undercut the PS3 and X360 - think Ouya/Fire TV pricing.
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