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GameStop sure seems to be pushing the Xbone hard...
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TransTrender
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Wonder if this came from store/regional manager or if corporate gave the OK hoping to move more units.
None. Maybe 5 or 10 bucks tops. If not, no reason to get a bundle unless you really want those games.
highoffcoffee496
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At my GameStop we kept stock in the bathroom :/
Just think of how many Xbones are sitting there. Right now.
Those balance boards could be put to good use....
Wii Squat.
Speedy Blue Dude
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They have both sold over 2 million.
Now, would you rather have your console never be in stock except once ever week (if that), or always be available on demand?
This is exactly what Microsoft wanted. They want their system to be ready in any stores for people who didn't pre-order. You don't know their stock numbers, you don't know their sales number, aside from both selling millions and being the fastest selling systems we've seen so far. To take a guess saying it's overstocked, not selling, etc is very pessimistic.
IdreamofHIME
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Just think of how many Xbones are sitting there. Right now.
Nintendo finally making a gritty Mario plumber game.
of course not. but they have a lot in stock so the store has to move units.
whats worse is the used roll is lying there in the filth it absorbed....thats fucking nasty.
Makes me really tempted to go best buy with that 20% off the next 2 years
ShadowkillXNA
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Poster ignores important points made by other poster.
Poster sees only what he wants to see.
Retailer bundles are usually just there to get/force people to buy more stuff to go with their system since they usually don't make much on the system.
ChoklitCow
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It's contracts. Pure and simple. Just like all other advertising.
Having stock now is bad and is considered "overstocked" and "not selling" now, reading some of these posts.
Gamestop is pushing new hardware they want to sell, don't see what's so surprising.
Dont see anything like this in this thread.
CrackPebbles
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My best buy had some bake sale ass signs with shity penmanship saying "Don't worry we have xbones in stock!" It was kinda creepy going in the day after Christmas and seeing every isle empty or low stock while they had piles and piles of xbones, stocked from top to bottom like a green apocolypse.
You're just wasting your energy. Just wait until the December NPDs come out and the xbone sells more then there will be lots of crow eaten.
Well Gamestop pays MS, that's how retail works.
Hey cool, there's another reason not to buy from GameStop. Your brand new console had the potential to be in a toilet. Gee, thanks.
TC McQueen
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Sam's Club is also pushing the Xbone. My local one had a big display near the front door with Xbone boxes and games, plus some extra Xbones in their usual console storage locker.
I don't know which posts you've been reading, but most people have conceded that the Xbone will likely sell more units in the US in December. When manufacturing numbers are even remotely close and one console is available in nearly 4 times as many countries as the other...
PJV3
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I don't know, I'm trying to work out where female employees put their used tampons etc.
I'm hoping it isn't the bucket behind the WiiU Box.
My manager would take huge dumps, turn off the fan, crank up the heat and close the door. He'd leave that bitch on for hours in hopes one of us was foolish enough to enter. Yeah...meanwhile consoles baked in residual shit particles in high temperatures for quite a while.
I ain't kidding. This happened on a regular basis. None of this is bullshit
I ain't kidding. This happened on a regular basis. None of this is bullshit
ShadowkillXNA
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I am not sure if I want to take a dump in a room with a Kinect. Even if it is still boxed up.
Ricko Suave
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WHAT.THE.FUCK.
Im sorry, but that shit made me laugh so hard!
Did you ever ask him why he did it? Was it just to be a giant dick?
It means the push is happening at the store or district level and the sign was made by an employee at that individual store. So probably not paid for by Microsoft.
Very real, and a common occurrence. The stock rooms at GameStops are notoriously small for the amount of stock and materials they carry. Things like systems can go into the bathroom because there is nowhere else to put them.
tokyostomp
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Those balance boards could be put to good use....
Wii Squat.
I just ordered a Squatty Potty.
Here I was like a sucker using sink!
The gamestop near me had a lot of display signs and boxes up too, but I don't recall seeing that paper that explains what it does/doesn't have anymore. I actually asked the manager about it since I kinda know him and he said they're doing it because they keep getting them but don't sell very much in between shipments. He wasn't really sure why (then again who would know) but they were guessing it's because of the price gap and general misinformation, like people still thinking that DRM stuff was in.
He's actually a really nice guy. He likes to pull pranks and fuck with people. Still friends with him even though I don't work there anymore.
It was funny and horrible. Our back room stunk of shit from our bathroom and rotten food from the Subway next door. Customers had no idea.
This puts it into perspective when the worst thing that happened in the employee bathroom of the pizza place I worked at in high school was the sex. Yeesh.
darkistheway
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I remember during the early Wii years being weirded out by how much Xbox 360 dominated the storefront at all the Ebgames I frequented. #tinfoilhat
MrCookiepants
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No crow will be eaten. Everyone knows Xbone will sell more in December. Unless Sony's last minute shipment was enormous.
Uno Venova
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Good thing I've never bought a console from gamestop. I like to keep my console boxes, don't need shit splatter in my house.
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Deleted member 8095
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Wait, you're telling me a company wants to sell one of their high ticket items? Get the fuck out.
CorruptionDee
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I have noticed that many Xbox Ones are readily available in NYC. However, it does cost $500 and early numbers suggest that it is selling, albeit not as well as the PS4. My guess is just that Microsoft is flooding the market to increase their install base as much as they can, and to help erase some of the negative publicity they've acquired since E3. This is only an educated guess, as I was told well over 10 years ago that retailers don't really profit off hardware. Software is where they benefit most. In the end, competition is a good thing.
This. Just returned a day one edition (unopened) to my local Best Buy for a refund and noticed on the floor there were 15-20 Xbones just waiting to be bought........no PS4's in stock. Interesting to see so many of them just piled up...but I do think Xbox will win December because of the lack of PS4 supply.
I have stories...
We had...keyword...had...a shrink wrap machine. That is until one genius decided to remove the plastic and used the machine to toast his sandwich. To make a long story short, the dumbass burnt the hell out of his sandwich and broke the machine. It was never replaced.
Me and another dude ordered pizza and soda. It was only the two of us, so we didn't care. We placed the box right on the counter, next to used games and such. Right in front of customers and the cameras. No fucks given. We got in trouble a few days later, lol
We had...keyword...had...a shrink wrap machine. That is until one genius decided to remove the plastic and used the machine to toast his sandwich. To make a long story short, the dumbass burnt the hell out of his sandwich and broke the machine. It was never replaced.
Me and another dude ordered pizza and soda. It was only the two of us, so we didn't care. We placed the box right on the counter, next to used games and such. Right in front of customers and the cameras. No fucks given. We got in trouble a few days later, lol
CorruptionDee
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That's exactly what I was getting at. I don't see how some people can see constant advertising and promotion of a product as a negative thing. Is it unfathomable that perhaps the console is selling and that maybe Microsoft is just pushing out systems faster than Sony? That's not to say that the demand is the same, because while I've found a few PS4s, they always sell out and the demand is high.
Ricko Suave
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Funny and horrible. Those are the best kinds of pranks.
I bet he ate that nasty subway right before he took those horrific dumps.
DXLelouch153
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so will PS4 do all those things on that flyer
Tell me something i dont know Gamestop
Tell me something i dont know Gamestop
Cornbread78
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The Best Buy in my city has had an XBox rep there every weekend all day demoing the XB1 and talking it up to customers. The Best Buy Assoc. said he tells customers the XB1 has the same power as PS4.
Uno Venova
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DXLelouch153
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god id love to be there to call one on their bullshit
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