i dont think its that they dont know it exists i think its mostly they dont realize its a new system and just think its like a Slim ps3 a revision,  my thinking of this comes from the shit tons of WiiU games we get from peaple who say they dont play on thier Wii's at the store i work at.  each time we have to explain its a whole new system and then some of them get mad saying we should tell them that.

They put a 4 at the end of its name? I'm sold.

I'm a PlayStation fan, I own a Wii U and I've never said WiiU is done. Therefore your comment is invalid and you shouldn't generalise.

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ha, tell that to all the people that say "Nintendo is kiddy"

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Lol you should ask why some of them own a 3DS and why Mario, Pokemon and Zelda continue to sell as well as they do :p

i do, the most common response is "casual games sell better than hardcore games despite being trash"

what's funny is that most of those guys who say this keep on chanting "the casuals have moved on, Nintendo is doomed"

You really think it's about putting a 4 or "One" at the end of it's name?  I realize I am fighting a losing battle here because Nintendo fans on this site will fight tooth and nail for their console and that's great. But no matter how big of a Nintendo fan anyone is, there's no denying the Big N dropped the ball on Wii U marketing this past year. To call people who didn't even know a Wii U exist not serious gamers is laughable. Nintendo came on Jimmy Fallon a year ago and had to correct him on the messaging because he said it was a Wii "add on"  People can close their eyes to NPD numbers or ww sales numbers all they want but in 2013 Nintendo failed with the WIi U. Will they fail 2014?  who knows. I hope not but we'll see. 

Keep on attacking the "marketing" line I said people, good job!   Your on a video game sales site people, take off the blinders...

lol

i stand erected... err corrected :P