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I read the op. Many of us have observations and it is not factual. A general rule is demand determines supply for stores. People discuss "no ads" but if you tune in to channels like Disney Junior you will find commercial carpet bombing. Basically pointing out what the Wii U offers and emphasizing it is a distinct/upgraded system.
That is the target audience. True, stores do not feature the Wii U and the games are presented with Wii games. Most stores I go to are set up this way. Trailers are displayed if there is a display unit. Also, the demo unit is tucked away out of site. I went to Wal-Mart and saw a tv with chairs and a ps3!!! Prominently featured in the center of the electronics department. Behind the register. One way to think of it is demand. Nintendo pushes Wii still, sticks Wii mini now, and why buy a game on a $300 system when you have a Wii and the game seems the same except a "U" in the name?
I love my Wii U. I accept it is another GameCube though.
I do believe there is ground though to much of what I have observed, and also the fact that since after the SNES, it has become common for the media to dig it's claws into Nintendo before it has even released its system. Now a days it is common for the media to bash on Nintendo for not conforming to the current trends established by other companies. In times when attempts at innovation are met with despotism, you know it's a bad sign.
Mind you, I know that Sony and Microsoft get their fare share of bad wrap too, but not to the degree that Nintendo does. No matter what, Microsoft and Sony products are never discussed as the end of the companies, but as a, which of these two systems will win the console wars, Nintendo never seems to be seriously included in that conversation, nor do I feel it should be honestly, Nintendo is Nintendo, I wish Sony was Sony, and Microsoft was Microsoft like Sega used to be Sega, but this is not so. The differences between Microsoft and Sony systems are are par with the differences between Nvidia and AMD GFX chip sets. They do more or less the same thing, one has a few strengths where the other does not and vice versa, but in the end they do pretty much the same thing. The Wii and especially the Wii U, though based upon established technologies within our main stream, do indeed come together to form a unique and quite entertaining entertainment piece that fits like hand and glove like no other. Never has a touch screen tablet been so much fun for me. It's nice to have a perfect controller built into the tablet, and I can not say enough about the way it interfaces with the TV. It's like having a DSi on crack, but with Deus Ex to boot!
As for the Wii U only being marketed on kids channels and what not, I honestly would not know. I do not subscribe to internet, I just use it where I can. I do not order Cable TV or even watch local access, only what I grab what I can when I can off the net. I don't keep a cell phone, and I don't read the news, or bother with the junk mail that comes courtesy of my local utility companies, despite me telling them clearly I did NOT want SPAM in my physical mail box, but company policy holds say over individual will once more.
So anyhow, on to the subject of supply and demand. Well in today's world of created aka prefabricated demand (again study Edward Bernays "amongst others", are a bit about marketing science), the word demand kind of looses the meaning it had, especially in comparison to the great depression and before. The very fact that the store you walked into had chairs, a TV, and a PS3 set up to entice customers was further proof of this. They could have easily have done the same exact thing with The Wii, or the XBOX for that matter, but instead chose the PS3 for what ever reason.
It's called persuasion, a common tool used in politics and marketing. A means to implant ideas and opinions into ones mind, and to induce acceptance of said assumptions, without the natural will of resistance and personal research. Propaganda, marketing, public relations, opinion making, omission of detail and fact, call it what you will, it's all the same. How else do they get young kids to sign up for a war in a place they know nothing about. Or how is it that over night, everyone starts where the same shirt, or the same shoes, or saying the same mindless slogan I.E. "who's your daddy", or vote for a bill that promises rights, but in actuality, revokes rights and liberties. Just as some examples.
Sorry, not to get long winded, it's really not an important topic in the grand scheme of things anyhow, but I do think there is some merit to my observations.
Anyhow, yes, I agree, the Wii U is the new Gamecube, and though this time, unlike the Gamecube, I did not torture my self with the regret of waiting till the system was on it's way out to give it a try. I was AMAZED when I first laid hands on a Gamecube controller, and the games! Though they were few, they were amongst the best I have ever played. My XBOX received more love than it deserved and for far too long.