Dreams-Visions
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PS4/Xbox One Sunday Retail Stock Check: December 15-25
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wtf how
Probably a return from a re-seller
/scalper
The sudden influx of anecdotal WiiU sell outs warms my cockles. Even if I think the stores had 2 or 3 in stock sitting for months. They need homes.
Iacobellis
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I've been seeing more Wii U commercials on TV than those for PS4/XB1, if that helps.
Schrade
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The time was right for returns (around 30 days). I'm sure people who bought them to scalp are returning them.
Cornbread78
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KoruptData
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Work in the Optical dept. at a Sams Club Florence, KY. I can access the inventory. We opened at 10 with 30 X1s and 24 PS4 bundles with extra controller and KZ for 499.99.
4 hours into the day we have 5 PS4s sold and 1 X1.
Square2015
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Sony seems to like to ship big the week before christmas. Remember with the PS2 in 2000, it's sold next to nothing thanksgiving week and remained scare until that final week.
Here are Christmas week sales figures in 2000 (yes they were actually made public back then):
12/18-12/23:
PSone 292,000
PS2 188,000
N64 181,000
DC 180,000
USA of course
Possibly 200k+ PS4s were just shipped this past week
Here are Christmas week sales figures in 2000 (yes they were actually made public back then):
12/18-12/23:
PSone 292,000
PS2 188,000
N64 181,000
DC 180,000
USA of course
Possibly 200k+ PS4s were just shipped this past week
Square2015
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Here's Christmas week 2001 USA sales:
12/16-12/22:
GBA 639,000 / 4.6m
PS2 596,000 / 6.6m
GC 259,000 / 1.2m
XB 165,000 / 1.3m
12/16-12/22:
GBA 639,000 / 4.6m
PS2 596,000 / 6.6m
GC 259,000 / 1.2m
XB 165,000 / 1.3m
It's quite surprising that GC would outsell XB in the US.
Square2015
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Shortages dude, remember what it was like in stores back then? I visited a BB at that time and XB were sold out but GC were available; notice XB still held the LTD advantage.
nicoga3000
Saint Nic
Bunch of XBone here at my Walmart. Like 6 I see, maybe more in back.
Codeblew
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Moved as in sold or moved as in taking them from the backroom and stacking them for display?
smokeandmirrors
Banned
I'd say that's a fairly safe bet given it's a new console and how much the industry has grown.
Thanks for the numbers. It's interesting to see what happened 13 years ago.
Truckondo2.0
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Left the Best Buy in Westminster CA around 10:45 this morning. 2 pallets worth of Xbones waiting to be bought. Saw the PS4 pallet on Sunday and huge line to buy. I can't wait to see the numbers after the holiday season.
Small world! Thanks for the info hopefully everyone gets one who wants one!
Like the hat?
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Just left target, where I got the last copy of w101
No wii us
No ps4s
Two ps3s
No Xbox ones
One 360
Three 3ds xl systems
Four vitas
Eight ouyas
No wii us
No ps4s
Two ps3s
No Xbox ones
One 360
Three 3ds xl systems
Four vitas
Eight ouyas
Later Alligator
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in durham region, ontario i haven't seen a single ps4 or xbone in the wild at any major electronics shop, or wal mart, target, etc...
ps3s and wiius are sold out everywhere as well. a few 360s on the shelves but that's all ive seen
ps3s and wiius are sold out everywhere as well. a few 360s on the shelves but that's all ive seen
Gamecube was $100 cheaper than XB in their first holiday iirc
Yep -- at least that's what I remember.
BRocknRolla
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Just popped back to Wausau, Wisconsin. (The last bastion of civilization before many hours worth of trees and the Canadian border.) for a small town, there was a tidy little supply of consoles at the local target. Definitely some discrepancies though.
Wii U - About half appeared sold. Maybe 4 left in the display case. (Not bad considering this target does t even take the time to separate out the Wii and Wii U games.)
Xbox - Only about 2 360s left, but a case totally full of Xbox Ones. Maybe 6-8. (Couldn't see the back of the display, so it's give or take a row.) The Target also appeared to be selling them for $473, or some other weird minor sale price.
PS4 - One PS3 and a PS3 bundle I couldn't make out. Two PS4s in stock. The case was mostly empty.
I was surprised by the substantial supply, but I'm not sure of the video game demand in general around here.
Wii U - About half appeared sold. Maybe 4 left in the display case. (Not bad considering this target does t even take the time to separate out the Wii and Wii U games.)
Xbox - Only about 2 360s left, but a case totally full of Xbox Ones. Maybe 6-8. (Couldn't see the back of the display, so it's give or take a row.) The Target also appeared to be selling them for $473, or some other weird minor sale price.
PS4 - One PS3 and a PS3 bundle I couldn't make out. Two PS4s in stock. The case was mostly empty.
I was surprised by the substantial supply, but I'm not sure of the video game demand in general around here.
turnbuckle
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This is true, it was also only a week or two removed from the launch of Smash Bros. Melee.
Square2015
Member
Yep
I think Smash was released week beginning 12/3 iirc.
Majmun
Member
Damn, Ouya must be getting some healthy restocks
I thnk it is fair to day that demand is slightly below MS supply now. But we don't know what that supply is yet, do we?
Assuming equal supply, Ps4 seems clearly more in demand at least
shadowsdarknes
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Went to a Sony Store today, no PS4's in stock.
Also went to two gamestops. Big flyers saying XB1 in stock, PS4 out of stock. Only console I saw being sold was a Wii U.
Also went to two gamestops. Big flyers saying XB1 in stock, PS4 out of stock. Only console I saw being sold was a Wii U.
LittleToaster
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I found 2 at Walmart yesterday. South Visalia, CA store, probably gone by now.
I found 2 at Walmart yesterday. South Visalia, CA store, probably gone by now.
I saw this at Hastings in Ft Smith, AR.
Is that a Day One Edition???
Jack Tretton could afford to give so much money, how about you Polo67?
mugoldeneagle03
Member
Supply is through the roof by me, and my stores one of the top in the district in decently sized market. I assume shipping/restock #'s are about the same across all Best Buys.
We received 55 more Xbones today on our truck, while we still have about 20-30 from our big shipment 2 weeks ago. On Christmas Eve. No idea why. We were shocked when we pulled out an entire pallet worth of them & assumed there where some PS4's as well. None.
We're set to receive our 2nd truck Friday so I'll post then w/ PS4 numbers if we get any but as of now nothing.
serversurfer
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So XBones are literally piling up at your store.
I'm so confused. We sold like 6 or 7 Wii Us today. We sold 2 Xbox Ones (and had 1 other one returned)
Everything I know is a lie.
Definitely doing so at my Gamestop. We have so many its not funny, and we have far more than is appropriate for the pace they're selling at. Its actually kind of annoying because they're taking so much space in our small back room.
Everything I know is a lie.
Definitely doing so at my Gamestop. We have so many its not funny, and we have far more than is appropriate for the pace they're selling at. Its actually kind of annoying because they're taking so much space in our small back room.
Outtrigger888
Member
Went to 3 stores yesterday and wii u was sold out at all of them. Walmart had 1 ps4, but every store had xbox ones. I honestly think 400$ is the max a new console should launch at. Microsoft should have taken the loss and launched at 400$.
ProfessorMoran
Member
PS4 selling too fast is a weakness, not balanced.So based on all the anecdotes here, PS4 gets less frequent large shipments whereas the XB1 has more balanced shipments?
How frequent are actual PS4 shipments? And how large are they?
My gf's Best Buy had 84 PS4s on Sunday, 4 left as of today.
GAF also did some tracking on Amazon.com the other day and 4 different SKUs for PS4 sold out while the lone Xbox One SKU didn't during that time frame.\
So they aren't necessarily shipping small amounts, but what's certain is that they sell pretty quickly.
Asherdude
Member
Something tells me that they're probably still there.I found 2 at Walmart yesterday. South Visalia, CA store, probably gone by now.
Karsticles
Member
Yeah, every business is on the edge of ruin when its product sells too fast.
The_Inquisitor
Member
Agreed. It seems 400 is the magic price point. Most of my friends are picking up ps4's.
Asherdude
Member
I don't think that MS could afford to take a loss on it. Not with some board members and investors wanting to pull the plug on the Xbox Division.
BoboBrazil
Member
Walmart had 3 xbones on Christmas Eve at 5pm and 0 ps4s in Plano, TX. If you want one they are easy enough to find. Microsoft also has a huge display inside Stonebriar mall in Frisco and basically had about 15 of them stacked there ready to sell.
What?
I'm guessing it's a joke about MS's "balance" rhetoric.
Mafia Films
Neo Member
Finally seen my first of either system on the shelves. At a local Meijer they had 1 xbox one in display case...and 1-2 xbox one controllers.
Nothing for ps4 at all besides games.
EDIT: OverHeard some people discussing buying a Wii U, determining between regular/deluxe.
Nothing for ps4 at all besides games.
EDIT: OverHeard some people discussing buying a Wii U, determining between regular/deluxe.
Possibly, with the WiiU generally being in stock it might have had greater numbers available to the public already at retail to outsell the XB1. Does seem unlikely to me though.
Salvor.Hardin
Banned
Why in the world are you guys ordering so many Ones if they're not selling through?
May be a big chain like gamestop places orders much in advance?
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