This is the Problem(Main) of the Wii U

[Miyamotoo]

Soundwave said:

Miyamotoo said:

Let see facts for moment:

-When they first time showed Wii U, 90% of time it was gamepad, later they market only gamepad.

-They called new console Wii U, they had basically logo Wii with strange sign that looks like U.

-They launched console with NSMBU game that basically is HD port of Wii game.

Keep in mind that very good number of buyers of Nintendo products are parents that buy consoles for their kids and casuals, and big majority of them thought that Wii U is basically very priced gamepad addon for Wii that already have, even retailers were confuesed (look my previous post). Add to that high price of console espacily in comparison with PS3/Xbox360 on which same games worked and looked better than on Wii U, and weak launch titles. By time Nintendo figured out what is going around, they already had terible sales and all 3rd party abonden them.

Have any of you guys acutally played the system with casuals? I have casual gaming type friends that are over all the time. 

I explained the Wii U to them. Demoed it for them. We played Nintendo Land and Mario Kart 8 for a good 2 hours. So there's no way there could be any confusion.

They enjoyed it even.

Yet of like 8 or 9 different friends (casuals) I've done this with ... *zero* have gone on afterwards to purchase the system themselves, even though all but one of them own a Wii. 

There's a bigger problem here than just the marketing and name (though neither are great ... but what's so great about names like iPhone 6S or Surface 3 or Galaxy S5). 

3DS sounds a lot like DS, it looks like the same thing too, yet Nintendo has sold a reasonable 54 million of those and the marketing for the 3DS is just as bad, maybe even worse than the Wii U. 

Problem with casualy, espacily with parents who buys console for their kids, is that beacuse of marketing they didnt consider Wii U like new console at all, they thought that is a addon for Wii that they already have. High Wii U price certainly didn't help for them. That is a fact.

iPhone 6s is established name for better revision of that same product, Surface 3, Galaxy S5, PS4 or indicates that is new generation of product. U at Wii U name and branding indicate nothing, just made big confusion with Wii, simply Wii 2 would done much better.

3DS, sounds like DS but with 3D, also 3DS marketing was much better than Wii U marketing its not misunderstood in any sense.