For me, the issue is games. Like the 3DS when it came out, there just aren't a ton of games that interest me. It's been out for over a year, but the main games they pushed out have been games that I feel like I've basically played before. New Super Mario Bros. U (or New Super Luigi U)? I've played the original NSMB on the DS, NSMB Wii, and the one for the 3DS. Kinda burnt out now. Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate? That's on my 3DS. Not a fan of DK games, so the upcoming DKC game isn't on my radar.
What I do want are Super Mario 3D World (for multiplayer with my sis), Mario Kart 8 (again, for multiplayer), Smash Bros U. (yeah, I'd buy that and the 3DS version), and of course the next X game from Monolith. But aside from those, the Wii U basically suffers the same meme that infected the PS3 for much of its early life: it has no games. More accurately, it has no games I want to play. Contrast this with my 3DS library (12 and counting, Bravely Default shall soon be 13). The 3DS is coming up on 3 years now (and I've have mine for like 2 and a half), and I've already bought more games for it in that time span than most of the other consoles I've owned.
Nintendo and 3rd Party devs are pushing all the right buttons for me on the 3DS, but for me and the games I like, the Wii U has nothing. It's quite figuratively like comparing a dry well to an open fire hydrant. But that's just me.
What I do want are Super Mario 3D World (for multiplayer with my sis), Mario Kart 8 (again, for multiplayer), Smash Bros U. (yeah, I'd buy that and the 3DS version), and of course the next X game from Monolith. But aside from those, the Wii U basically suffers the same meme that infected the PS3 for much of its early life: it has no games. More accurately, it has no games I want to play. Contrast this with my 3DS library (12 and counting, Bravely Default shall soon be 13). The 3DS is coming up on 3 years now (and I've have mine for like 2 and a half), and I've already bought more games for it in that time span than most of the other consoles I've owned.
Nintendo and 3rd Party devs are pushing all the right buttons for me on the 3DS, but for me and the games I like, the Wii U has nothing. It's quite figuratively like comparing a dry well to an open fire hydrant. But that's just me.