well vita was the leader system for everyone before release, it's the same now with ps4. Let's look how that ends.
Right now wiiU has the best gamelibrary of all next generaton systems.

An excellent point. Each of the factors I mentioned are easily swept away by that single vague phrase. I guess that is why recent casual games like Animal Crossing: New Leaf and Tomodatchi Collection: New Life have bombed on the 3DS, while even the once-great Wii Sports only sold 700,000 copies this year despite merely being released a bit over half a decade ago. That would also explain why Just Dance 4 only sold 6.5 million on the Wii alone in under a year. The casual market is obviously gone forever. Especially since games like Grand Theft Auto, Call of Duty, and sports games are never played casually.

Thank you for enlightening me.

Don`t know if Nintendo has the money to promote 2 (including 3DS) consoles for so many months. Better use your resources wisely and apply them at the right time to build momentum.

And you don`t need to just go after consumers through TV. campaingns like the Olympics one will attract media attention.

Nintendo was fully decking out a train in Chicago sponsoring a race in France ( the tour) and having WiiU campaigns in Disney. The Wonderful 101 even got an ad campaign on youtube and appeared in the movie theater time slots. Infact they've showed up at every single convention they could go to this year.

Are you all daft? Are television commercials all you see? That the be all end all for you people?

Snap back to reality you lot, down with the hyperbole.  You'll see the thing plastered everywhere come holiday time.

Television is best best medium of promoting your product bar none. Maybe Nintendo should not have bothered with the tour or "all the conventions" as you stated.

Looking at what the Wonderful 101 sold and the wii u's poor sales overall the "hyperbole" would have every right to say it didn't bloody work.

Drop all that crap and go back to the television. That's the big rectangular thing in the living room ( maybe bedroom) that every gamer, sports fan, kid and people in general look it.

First off, Club Nintendo is nothing compared to PS Plus or Game for Gold. You don't get any discounts and the only games they offer you can get cheap off the VC.

2nd, there is no "bulk" of software that appeals to the masses, otherwise it wouldn't be selling the way it is now.

3rd, people need extra storage if they want DLC or to download multiple games from the E-shop. You can't just gloss over that, 8-32 GB just isn't enough space in today's gaming world.

4th, like it or not graphics are a selling point and it will prove itself next month. The Wii U just doesn't have that "wow" factor (whether it be updated graphics or some other kind of interesting tech like the wiimote) to appeal to the core and/or casuals that the new consoles will have this holiday.

BTW, I haven't seen anything yet that would leave me to believe that the Wii U graphics are that much better than current gen, we'll see in future games.

I'm not blind at all, hell if anyone's blind it's you. Making up excuses and refusing to see console's flaws for what they are. And lol bring up Indie titles. As if that'll sell systems, or as if the next gen consoles won't have any.

I may be an anomaly since I can acutally afford more than one console, (I'll be picking up the PS4 next month and Xbox One next year) and that I'm such a huge fan of gaming across 3 different companies. (MS, Sony, and Nintendo)

There are things it doesnt have yes. No you dont get discounts, you get free games you actually get to keep. Nintendo doesnt lock shit up behind a pay wall. If you want a discount you can use your digital deluxe promotion.

Im not making excuses for anyone, but for the general consumer/gamers who like to play actual videogames , everything you listed is a non issue.

Infact I consider some of it to be a more elegant solution. Nintendo and Sony/MS have different focuses it leads to different types of machines.

This is a simple case of the negatives outweighing the benefits. I tell you this as someone who's observed this.

People only buy a system when it gets pass a certain threshold of software, that software is coming, so you can expect many different types of people buying a console. But in general there is a shitload of competition this year.

It has plenty of games now, great bundles, a cheap price, and the Wii is dead in two areas from what I hear on Twitter. The Wii U is going to do very well this holiday I think. But it is the same story. Has to keep the games coming in order to stay strong.

But has the casual market shown even the slightest bit of interest in the Wii U?  Does it even understand the Wii U?

Right now, the casual market is elsewhere: smart-phones, browser games, and the 3DS.  Even the Wii is probably still selling to the casual market.

Does that mean the Wii U can't tap that market?  No, of course not, it's always possible.  However, we've had no indications of such.  The game-pad is not drawing them in on its own and neither is the software released thus far.  Will Wii Party U do the trick?  Perhaps, though I doubt it.  Personally, I don't see any of the 2013 software bringing in anyone except people who were already Nintendo fans and were really just waiting for the library to build before buying in.  I think there will be minimal hype for the Wii U and that it will win very few new customers--by which I mean the people who are sitting back and saying, "impress me."

2014 is a different story.  I see the Wii U pulling nice numbers over Christmas '14 after the release of a few big guns and the expected release of a few more.  But the 2013 holiday season?  It's going to be more about holding the line than about advancing their position.