Wii U preorders benefit most from Gamescom despite Nintendo's not putting on a press event

It’s been a roller-coaster week for the Wii U, Nintendo’s innovative but troubled home console.

First, French game studio Ubisoft publicly stated that it’s no longer making mature-rated games for the system as they just don’t sell. Then Activision said it’s not bringing the latest installment in its best-selling Call of Duty first-person shooter series to Wii U. But away from these two huge losses, which will limit the appeal of the Wii U to a mature gaming audience, there’s a sliver of good news for Nintendo: Wii U games benefited the most from exposure at this year’s Gamescom, the largest game industry trade fair in Europe. That’s despite Nintendo being the only one of the three major console manufacturers not to have a stage show at the event.