I need to change my vote to both. But mostly execution.

I don't think it is a great concept; I think it has very limited appeal to people 35ish and younger. (Which granted is most of gaming.) Older eyes just can't switch back an forth, and I think that was a big part of their Wii Fit and Casual market.

But the small screen, poor implementation, single screens (so far), refusal to upscale Wii games, and no or few 'must have' games. It just seems like a Wii+ and should have been released in 2010 at the latest.

Plus I absolutely hate the name. I despise the trend of inventing fake word that aren't needed in any way. Especially ones that sound like other ones. Before I got one I never called a wii a 'Wee.' I called it a 'double you, eye, eye.' I still do that much of the time. They just made it worse by slapping a capital U at the end.

They call it a WiiU, cause you take one look at it and U turn around.

kinda both. A) nintendo did drop the ball with lack of true gamepad support. B)The concept is great, but now matter what nintendo did, 3rd party's weren't going to jump aboard. It kinda reminds me of the balance board. My first thought was "man they can do so much with that" but instead it got 2 full fledged games. wii fit and monkey ball something or other. the gamepad has a HUGE amount of potential, but really it was doomed to be viewed as just another wii perephrial from the get-go. No matter how big and innovative, nintendo can't do it alone.

Hit the nail right on the head, you did. I simply don't understand what thought process led the idea to come about.

it was never an issue because most major retailers have Wii U stations and have had them since launch.

OT a bit of both. THe tablet thing just isnt as popular as the Wiimote, the lack of unique software isnt helping.

Both...first it did away with the main reason why the Wii was a success...the easily accessible motion controls and the marketing was shit. I still know people who can't tell the difference between the Wii and Wii U. A lot think that the latter is a Wii add on rather than a new console

Probably both. But especially concept. I don't know why no one seems to think concept is at fault (according to the poll). I think it's a really hard sale no matter how you advertise it.

The gamepad is not appealing or needed and even Nintendo struggle to come up with any neat ideas with it. On top of that it makes the console much more expensive. Plus, Nintendo's strategy to try and regain the ¨core¨ was a failure and it was obvious 3rd parties were not gonna give a shit.

So concept, mostly. A good concept doesn't need much to sell itself anyway.

I guess the severity of this issue is regional. The only Wii U station that I have seen so far was at GameStop (not even our greatest local supermarket has Wii U stations, and they used to have a Gamecube and Xbox stations back in the day), and all that was available was New Super Mario Bros. U. In other words, they did a useless job showcasing the GamePad/assymetrical gameplay concept.

Still, the bottom line is that the concept issue, while certainly there, is minor compared to the execution. Games are required to truly explore and showcase the concept, after all.

Regional? what region, every Gamestop, Walmart, Target, Best Buy that has game stations has a WIi U. Those are large chains ive seen them in rural PA and NYC. but you are dead on about Mario that is a TERRIBLE game to showcase the pad, they really need Nintyland their , guess they figured hey they love to play 2d Mario, guess they figured wrong.

Execution.

neither..


wii u is..


*looks at feet* forget it