Miyamotoo said:
OmegaRed421 said:
Marketing really was a small problem. As others have stated most of my friends thought it was a cool console but nothing really made anyone I know want to buy it until more recently and plenty more still have no desire for the console at the price it still is. Most people that came into my Gamestop had no idea that the WiiU existed until we talked it up to them. Even after that few wanted it due to its price compared to the 360/PS3/Wii. I love the WiiU but barely play it compared to my Xbone. I think the more core gamers would have been more apt to purchase it had Nintendo released a Zelda, Metroid, Mario(64,Galaxy,Sunshine type) or even the Starfox game with it. The casuals and parents would have been more likely to purchase it had it been cheaper...If Nintendo gives it a 199.99 price this holiday with bundled games I think they could get a lot more people on board. |
You said yourself, how marketing is a small problem when you have some people didn't know that Wii U exist and some other people that thought that Wii U was an addon for Wii!?
Marketing, with high price compared to 360/PS3 and bad launch titles are biggest Wii U problems, that lead to terrible sales that lead to 3rd party abandoned them.
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3rd parties were going to bail out eventually anyway, the Wii U wasn't built to compete as a core gaming device, the XB1 and PS4 are way more powerful and would easily have won that horse race (and they did), even with multiplats, the excuse would then be "well the Wii U version looks worse".
They needed the casual audience, that is the heart of the Wii brand, Nintendo failed to keep that audience and subsequently, they could have named it Wii 2, Wii Q, Wii Super Duper, ... whatever. Wouldn't have made a difference.
