Why don't the people who buy a PS4/Xbone buy a Wii U instead?

[Locknuts]

I've said it before: It's a simple matter of mindshare.

Nintendo has great games but only a relatively small marketing budget. Only those who seek out review scores and are constantly active on gaming websites will likely seek out a Wii U for its quality games.

Now before people question the 'relatively small marketing budget', I am talking about a marketing budget relative to the other players. Take the Playstation or Xbox marketing budget and then add Activision's, EA's, Ubisoft's, Square Enix's, Take Two's, Warner Bros's. Nintendo gets almost no mindshare after these companies have bombarded semi-core gamers with their advertising.

Then of course there's the 'baby factor'. From the ages of around 13-18 I wouldn't have touched a game that looked like Wind Waker or 3D World, and forget about those woolly Yoshi and Kirby games. I wanted as much blood and guts as possible back in those days. Until I 'matured' lol.

I'm thinking about starting a thread about the mindshare thing just to see what other people think because it seems so obvious to me, but of course I could be wrong.