[Electric Turahk]

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Originally Posted by Sentai

The Third is my favorite. IV is just a little to over the top for me.

So I recently read a story where a former Nintendo exec said that the dismal sales, and declining sales, of the Wii U are because of the name. .. Really? It's not because of the weird DS controller or your game lineup? YOu could call a system Kitten Murder Death Machine and if the controller was solid and the games were good people'd still buy it by the millions.

No that's a very solid argument. You'd probably be surprised then at the number of people, mostly parents, who don't believe it's a new thing, separate from the Wii. They "don't see the point in buying it" if it's just the same -- to them. (I had a talk with my aunt about it last year around Christmas since my cousins weren't able to explain it well enough. The confusion is out there.)

At least with other console successors, like PS2, PS3, hell even Xbox One and 360.... The number makes it clear it's different. It's new.

WiiU is one... A pretty dumb name. Two, doesn't really convey it's new.

That said, it really is only a part of the problems with the console, that's true.