chainmychomp

Community Opinion. Always has been, always will be.
 
I think the rate of sales and game selection speak for itself. The Wii U isn't a console geared towards the gamer market. I still don't even know who the console is supposed to target. As I said before, the Wii U was allegedly going to target both the people who game a lot and the people who are more or less casual.
 
They haven't managed either. All they've done is cater to the biggest minority they could: Nintendo fans. Which sucks because that group has undoubtedly shrunk over the years, at least on the console front.
 
And because the console doesn't even know who it's supposed to be playing for, it doesn't have reach. Reach is necessary to make gamers who don't like it into gamers who do like it. If you can't change a person's perspective of your console, then they will keep thinking it isn't a real console. Throw into the mix piss poor marketing, yet another unconventional controller, and a bunch of half games, and what you get is a generally poor reception.
 
You don't even have to look that far to know that people aren't taking it seriously. Take Michael Pachter for example. We all hate his prediction rate, but I'm pretty sure he's stated before he loves the 3DS. To say things like Nintendo going third party is more or less a problem caused by the Wii U. He's not that stupid, he's probably just pissed off. Then there's that article that got linked this morning about Mario Kart 8 being a saving grace. Retailers are struggling to get the Wii U out there because it's so niche. They are banking on a single title to sell. They aren't even banking on the likes of Bayo 2 or X because guess what? They're gonna get little to no marketing because Nintendo are still unsure how to not go down Mario/Zelda Rainbow Field.
 
The perception of the Wii U is cracked into the dust heavily. The only people who actually know and want the console are those who already have it. Then you have things like Wii Party U, a party title that managed to sell the most Wii U units, or at least a more than anticipated influx, over in Japan last year. That just leads people to think that the Wii U is even more of a casual system.
 
The reason why people don't think the Wii U is a serious console is because they just keep hearing the silliest shenanigans about it. From titles, marketing, investor meetings, sales, the controller, hardware etc. People will find the tiniest thing to chew on. And since most people interested in the Wii U are more than likely finding their information online, they are chewing on the likes of doom threads abundant.
 
Honestly, Nintendo needs to up the game. This was never about power or titles; at was always going to be about reception, the whole shebang. If they even remotely promote Bayo 2 and X, I will give Chaotix another $10 worth the minis.