Amazon US April monthly bestsellers and general Amazon based discussion

[Tlozjb]

Nuvendil said:

Tlozjb said:
Is there even a reason for that weird Wii U rise? Confidence breathed into the console by the Direct? The Smash Ballot thing going viral and pushing awareness of it alongside 3DS? Or maybe people finally noticing it exists because of the overflooding NIntendo is doing with those amiibo commercials, that also advertize Wii U, Kirby and the Rainbow Curse, MK8, MP10, SSBU, Yoshi, Captain Toad, and New 3DS?

I think it's a snowball effect of a number of variables.  Nintendo's competitors - in terms of game developers, not just Sony and MS - stumbling with key releases while they have maintained relatively high consistency has probably helped put them in a positiive light.  The Direct probably helped counter the doom and gloom.  Smash got a decent ad campaign and of course has a lot of coverage around the net so it's no doubt raising awareness.  Smash Ballot is creating a lot of buzz.  The price on Amazon is stable at or below MSRP.  Word of mouth is pretty strong.  I know people are giving him a lot of flack right now, but even Angry Joe - despite being upset with Nintendo - has said numerous times that the Wii U is the most fun eighth gen console for him.  So yeah, I think the Wii U has just got a lot of positivity coming in from various factors. 

Well that's reasonable, and the most probable, though I would also add the flooding of amiibo commercials that are going, which promote the console, some of it's big games, and New 3DS.  If with that overflooding of commercias, people still do not know about Wii U, then there is nothing that will make them know about it.