Good marketing is connecting quality products with people who WANT to buy them, if only they knew about them. Sales has a negative connotation but when done right, both parties should go away happier; the customer with something they didn't know they needed and you with the knowledge you've helped them.

As I type this out on my WII U, I can't help but agree. The Wii ruined Nintendo's reputation.

I can certainly see the logic there, and we do all have that anecdote (in my case, my grandmother, who never bought a single piece of software for the thing between when she bought it and when she gave it to me to sell when she was terminal, going off of Wii Sports and NSMBWii bundled), however the sustained software sales in casual or semi-casual fields (like how Lego Batman DC Superheroes did great on Wii, even well after Nintendo's abandonment) show that quite a few of them also latched on.

Fist of all you have no right to criticize my sales skills without actually being there for the entire interaction. What I gave was a breif overview of the conversation.

You don't think I brought them over to the Wii games and have them point out to me which games they had then ask them why they haven't bought X or Y?  Whenever I pointed out games like MK, Donky Kong, Sonic Colors, or Zelda mom would say " they don't like those games" and I would ask " how do you know if they havent played them?" to which her stupid response was "because i'm their mother". So i Grabbed Sonic Colors because it was only like $15 and asked the kids if they would want to play it. The boy said yes but the girl said no. The girl just wanted more Disney games but the mother kept saying that it isn't worth buying them games she doesn't see them liking blah blah blah.

So look I don't just ask people if they want to buy stuff and leave. If they just want a game i go with them to the say PS3 games aisle and ask them what games they like and recommend games of that nature. If they are looking into systems you always ask if this is there first system, what games they enjoy, and who is the main user going to be. Then you bring them to the demo unit of the console that suites their needs the most, give them the rundown on what features the system has, and let them play it first hand. Lastly you show them what games are offerd on the system of their choice and what accessories would help make the system more enjoyable. 

So as you can see I do in fact help people and give them an experience that they can't get with just buying online or ESPECIALLY going to Gamestop. Ohhh the mess Gamestop can cause. They had a guy convinced that the Wii U Gamepad could be played anywhere even in the car.

Ok but will those people who are still buying the Wii buy the Wii U? Or will they be turned off because after a while they will be bored of the Wii and not see value in purchasing a Wii U.  Remember these are people who buy a system because of 1 or 2 games and not people who actually play games regularly like everyone on this site.

Thank you, and yes I agree that most people shouldn't be working as a salesman unless they are passionate about what they are selling. Most people apply to Gamestop and even Best Buy because they think it's "cool" or just need a job at all costs without actually liking the product they are trying to sell.

Of course they will!! You would be very suprised at how stupid the average consumer can be. They WILL buy a product blindly without second thought. I've seen people buy things like 3D TV with smart apps thinking they will use it but never even get a 3D blu-ray player or have wi-fi! 

I used to work for Eb games back in the day, was in management and I discovered the people we hired that really had no interest in games were the better sales people because they weren't instilling their bias on the customer and didn't try to force them one way or the other. Even I had a problem when talking to customers not trying to get them to play games I liked instead of finding out what games THEY liked.

I learned more on beaing a good salesperson from the non-gamer employees.

Remember, it's easier to teach a good salesperson product knowledge than teach a gamer how to be a salesperson.

huh never thought of it that way but now that you point it out it makes sense. If you can't let go of you own preferences then you could never be a great  salesperson but I think if you can like I had to do then its just as good if not better. I had to swallow my PlayStation pride and see that not everyone will like PlayStation. Not only has it made me a better salesman but also a better gamer. 

The curse of the casuals. Casuals can't be relied upon for multiple generations.

I figured the "I've got a Wii already" would keep a lot of the Wii owners away from Wii U. But I didn't think it would also be "and no one plays it."