The Wii U Name Isn’t the Issue, Says Nintendo

<p>When you think of the problems Nintendo and the Wii U have to face&comma; what comes to mind&quest; The lack of games&quest; The Wii U name itself&quest; Well&comma; if those were the only two things you thought of&comma; you&&num;8217&semi;d be half in-sync with Nintendo&comma; because they don&&num;8217&semi;t think the name is a problem at all&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Speaking to <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;kotaku&period;com&sol;nintendo-says-wii-us-name-not-responsible-for-wi-us-p-1221242513">Kotaku<&sol;a>&comma; Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime stated that the Wii U&&num;8217&semi;s problems are not &&num;8220&semi;issues of the name&period; The issue is the lack of a steady rate of software launches to motivate the consumer to drive buzz and engagement and to highlight the wide variety of uses of the GamePad&period; That&&num;8217&semi;s the issue&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Fils-Aime also acknowledged the fact that Wii U sales are only at 1&period;5 million&comma; which is almost half of what its predecessor did in the same amount of time&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;It&&num;8217&semi;s critical that the consumer see for themselves the range and breadth of compelling software for the system&comma;&&num;8221&semi; he later added&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Wii U will see a price drop in September that brings it down to &dollar;299&comma; as well as a Wii U&sol; <em>Zelda Wind Waker HD<&sol;em> bundle&period; Other titles like <em>The Wonderful 101<&sol;em> &lpar;Sept 15th&rpar; and <em>Super Mario 3D World<&sol;em> &lpar;November 22nd&rpar; are also scheduled to release throughout the year&comma; so maybe&comma; just maybe&comma; the Wii U will see a nice turn around and get the consumer buzz it needs&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;