Hey, in my local Tesco they just have a "Nintendo" section. So games for 4 different systems are there.

But they have separate PS3 and 360 preorder spaces, despite the fact I've never seen anyone preorder a game from there.

Yes, this is exactly what im talking about.

Im glad someone else can see it as well. I myself dont have much trouble, aside from in the big supermarkets where things are laid out badly, but i can see where so many others will have extreme difficulty.

And there really is no excuse for mixing them in Online stores

Im guessing you didnt read my OP.

I wasnt talking about the console itself, i was talking about the way in which the games are displayed in a physical store. Which, im guessing, is mostly decided by the retailer. Though i guess Nintendo can provide more promotional material for them.

I've heard that EA sends people around to mess up the Nintendo displays.

Brand confusion can be a problem, but ultimately it's up to the manufacturer to resolve. Things like muddled displays will happen at the local level. It's inevitable. You have to make your product as resilient against that as possible.

The best I can offer is that, yes, that's definitely a contributing factor, but you can't ignore the ambiguous branding and lack of support.

Every store I go to has 2 cabinets for all consoles and everything is neat. But honestly, if people wanted the games they'd ask for them. I've worked retail before. Maybe people just don't want the games or the console for that matter. I'd put that on Nintendo.

This comment is hilariously ironic.  Basically you say the shared cabinet space with Wii is not hurting the Wii U because Vita doesn't have its own cabinet space and... you know... Vita is selling amazing.

OT:  Lack of dedicated space would hurt any product.  My experience in Canada is that Wii U has its own space.  Certainy at Walmart it usually has the best space in the games section. Little less good space at some Gamestops.  Of course it seems to sell OK here.

Hmm, that's a bit odd but I don't think this happens all over the place. My E.B. Games has them sectioned properly, and the people will stop you there and tell you that it's a different console and 3DS games won't work on the DS, etc.

I can't see why your store is doing it that way, unless they have some kind of payment thing and Nintendo didn't feel like paying up for a different shelf. At the end of the day, I imagine a store wants their stock to sell, not sit there, not moving due to consumer confusion.

This.  You guys sound like developers who say that used games are the reason they don't make money anymore, except you're fans trying to spin some new random reason why the 3DS isn't selling.  We see a new topic every week that the Wii U is going to start selling after Monster Hunter, then Lego City, then this, then that, etc, etc, etc, and you always go back to the "consumers  can't differntiate between Wii and Wii U."

The Wiii U was constantly on news reports throughout the world on release.  "Go buy a Wii U, blah blah blah, you can't find it anywhere" says Reggie.  The Wii U clearly has different labeling to differentiate it with the Wii.  Most retailers, all that I've been to, the Wii U and even the Vita have their own sections, although very very small compared to the others.  I was in Target the other day and it had a half row dedicated to it in comparison to the PS3 and 360 which both had a full row. 

Regardless if it was the first time someone saw the Wii U and games label.  They are very stupid if they can't differentiate it from the Wii.

Pictured above is a Wii U game, next to it your average Wii game.  Doesn't something in those photos just reach out and slap you in the face, especially when they're all placed next to each other?   Even if a store places Wii and Wii U together, they don't have them scrambled together.  They might have all Wii U titles first, then start filling the rest of the slots with Wii titles.  Places like Walmart and Target did the same with PS3/PS2, DS/3DS, PSP/Vita, and 360/Xbox.  This is common practice.

If that doesn't help your average customer.  Then there's this. 

If on the front of the box doesn't help see that it's a different console.  If the games themselves don't help.  The side of the box points out it's a new console, poiints out that it's 1080p, and that your games still have backwards compatibility.

You don't see Vita fans making excuses as on why it's not selling even close to we expected for a stupid reason such as this.  What ends you go to defending the consoles sales makes you look a bit pathetic honestly. 

silly argument as 3DS and software is selling fairly well, so people clearly aren't confused, Wii U boxes are distinct from Wii boxes even if they are put together, its just Nintendo's fault, the've made a console that's just not appealing to most people.

Its all on them to change the perception of the console.