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Black Friday 2015 Retail Musings
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dreamlongdead
Member
I only did window shopping, but I went to Target, Walmart, and Best Buy. All of my observations were done at 8 PM CST.
All of the consoles were sold out at Walmart, but there was still a New 3DS XL and a couple of 2DS left over. There were several copies of Majora's Mask 3D left, but Splatoon for Wii U was gone. I forgot to pay attention to the console stock at Target, so I don't know. Many of the games there were being bought.
At Best Buy, no one seemed interested in any of consoles. There were tons of Xbox Ones, Wii Us, and PS4s on the floor.
At my one of my local gaming stores, all 3 used Vitas sold out on Black Friday. Before BF, they had been sitting in the store for months.
I did not go to Gamestop, so I don't know what happened there.
All of the consoles were sold out at Walmart, but there was still a New 3DS XL and a couple of 2DS left over. There were several copies of Majora's Mask 3D left, but Splatoon for Wii U was gone. I forgot to pay attention to the console stock at Target, so I don't know. Many of the games there were being bought.
At Best Buy, no one seemed interested in any of consoles. There were tons of Xbox Ones, Wii Us, and PS4s on the floor.
At my one of my local gaming stores, all 3 used Vitas sold out on Black Friday. Before BF, they had been sitting in the store for months.
I did not go to Gamestop, so I don't know what happened there.
OriginofHysteria
Banned
Saw a lot of people at Best Buy with the Uncharted PS4 bundle. A friend of mine mentioned she got one as well. I also noticed that the only game sold out with regards to the $34.99 and under games was Mortal Kombat X.
Chronos24
Member
Went to local Walmart this morning about 9:30 not really caring about any sales in particular just wanted to see if it was a wreck in there. Games for all formats were hit hard. No consoles to speak of. As for games there were a couple carts and cardboard pallet things that had a lot of Titanfall in them. (Only thing I noticed a lot of). Walked out with Dying Light and Gears Ultimate for $15 each. Simple and satisfied. On another non gaming related note,there were several clothing bins lots of people were just falling into digging for cheap clothes. Seriously?! But then again, it was pretty much all that was left and I mean these people were feet hanging above their heads digging for some socks... Wow
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Vestal
Gold Member
I hit Walmart, Target and BestBuy the last 2 days.
On Thursday Xbones were moving well at Walmart, PS4 Uncharted Bundle not so well. They had only 1 FUCKING display for games and it was a shit show, the only game I went for at Walmart was not fucking there(The Last of Us Remastered).
After that I headed to Target, Xbones and WiiUs were moving pretty well, PS4 Uncharted was meh it looked like.
Today I went to BestBuy at around 4pm and there was still a Stack about 5 feet tall of PS4s( so about 40 or so Ps4s I guess since it was 4 per) Gears Bundle was sold out, didn't check the WiiU area though so unsure about that. Walmart was also gushing with the Mario Amiibo earlier today.
All in all I would say that Xbones appeared to be moving better, or maybe people were like me and price matched the PS4 bundle earlier in the day at Walmart with Amazon to steer away from the crazy,.
On Thursday Xbones were moving well at Walmart, PS4 Uncharted Bundle not so well. They had only 1 FUCKING display for games and it was a shit show, the only game I went for at Walmart was not fucking there(The Last of Us Remastered).
After that I headed to Target, Xbones and WiiUs were moving pretty well, PS4 Uncharted was meh it looked like.
Today I went to BestBuy at around 4pm and there was still a Stack about 5 feet tall of PS4s( so about 40 or so Ps4s I guess since it was 4 per) Gears Bundle was sold out, didn't check the WiiU area though so unsure about that. Walmart was also gushing with the Mario Amiibo earlier today.
All in all I would say that Xbones appeared to be moving better, or maybe people were like me and price matched the PS4 bundle earlier in the day at Walmart with Amazon to steer away from the crazy,.
...Scatter...
Banned
Volumes will probably match last year but revenue won't unless software made a killing. And that is perfectly Ok I think. I'm for sensible growth and sustainability for the industry. Average console prices being lower will surely affect revenues.
fastford58
Member
Grabbed an xbox1 for my kids for Christmas. Couple other people buying them at the same time.
Saw a couple Ps4's walking out the door as well. Lot's of stock available of both.
Super exciting, I know.
Saw a couple Ps4's walking out the door as well. Lot's of stock available of both.
Super exciting, I know.
StrongBlackVine
Banned
Based on what?
I worked opening (5am) to about 2pm today at GameStop. We had 6 of the Smash/Splatoon bundles, only 2 left by the time I left. I don't remember the exact amount of the Uncharted bundles we had (probably over 25), but there were 9 left when I got out. We got sent tons (TONS) of the Gears Xbox's, so those were moving. Not as quick as the Uncharted bundles, but definitely selling. There were also the LEGO Movie bundles for Xbox One, and a few families picked that one up (only had 5 of those in store though). We had 6 Xbox One Elite consoles and only 1 left when I left. I didn't sell any of the Fallout 4 bundle or the Kinect bundle.
I'm sure we were almost wiped out (store was open another 7 hours after I left) of everything by the end of the night.
Its just my store but the Uncharted bundle was moving quicker than the Gears bundle, but Gears was definitely moving as well. This holiday will be good for both Sony and Microsoft regardless of who sells more.
I'm sure we were almost wiped out (store was open another 7 hours after I left) of everything by the end of the night.
Its just my store but the Uncharted bundle was moving quicker than the Gears bundle, but Gears was definitely moving as well. This holiday will be good for both Sony and Microsoft regardless of who sells more.
Captainbojanglesiii
Banned
Until Dawn, The Witcher III, and Batman on PS4 seem to have all sold well based on Target/Best Buy/Online impressions. Syndicate and Mad Max may be up there as well
At Target...
Witcher III was gone outside of one Xbone copy
Mad Max/Syndicate/Batman sold out
Tony Hawk had one copy left (lmao)
Evolve wasn't looking too hot in terms of sales
Sports games were totally MIA on PS4/XB1
Nintendo games seemed relatively untouched outside of $15 Animal Crossing, which sold out
Tons of PS4/XB1s left, Skylanders or Disney Infinity (IDK which) were a hot commodity
At Target...
Witcher III was gone outside of one Xbone copy
Mad Max/Syndicate/Batman sold out
Tony Hawk had one copy left (lmao)
Evolve wasn't looking too hot in terms of sales
Sports games were totally MIA on PS4/XB1
Nintendo games seemed relatively untouched outside of $15 Animal Crossing, which sold out
Tons of PS4/XB1s left, Skylanders or Disney Infinity (IDK which) were a hot commodity
soccersamabu
Member
I work for target and Xbox where flying off the shelves but the ps4 not as fast. I was surprised. They both sold out but Xbox beat ps4 by 3-4 hrs
fluffydelusions
Member
Tons of MKX at my best buy. I got the last until dawn however and couldn't find ff x/x-2 sadly =\ My local BB is one of the big box ones in NJ as well.
Ninja Sharingan
Banned
how many xbox and ps4?
Uncharted ps4 right?
Maybe your store is in a less popular location?
Ninja Sharingan
Banned
Oh, Yeh? I can't make out from the pic. I'm on my phone. I guess Sony shipped more of that bundle?
fluffydelusions
Member
Didn't the xbox also get you a $60 gift card or something?
darthsontin
Member
Went into Best buy yesterday 30 minutes after they opened. Grabbed Rare Replay and Until Dawn and went straight to the checkout. The guy three in front of me had 3 blu-rays in his hand and bragged about how he had been there since 2pm waiting in line.
fluffydelusions
Member
At the bb by me there were tents set up 2 days ahead of bf lol
ProjectBerkley
Neo Member
I went to Best Buy last night solely to pick up some games and movies. Got there around 9:00 PM and overall things weren't too crazy. Lines were moving at a good clip and everyone seemed to be acting civilized. One thing worth noting is that three or four different employees saw all the games in my cart and tried to sell me on GCU. I informed them I was already a member but it was interesting because that's the first time anyone there has ever tried to sell it to me.
Anyway, picked up Witcher 3, AC Syndicate, Rare Replay, and Gears Ultimate on XB1 for myself. Got Until Dawn (plenty of that in stock surprisingly), Taken King and Diablo 3 for my brother on PS4. Realized I was going to have storage issues so bought a 1 TB external hard drive for my Xbox One. $50, pretty good deal.
Managed to get Inside Out for $10 on my way out. I had wanted to get GTA V but it was sold out so I hopped over to Walmart after I left BB and picked it up for $25. Had to get it out of the regular games case since the special displays in produce (lol) were already raided. Was worried it wouldn't ring up right but didn't have an issue. I got Lego: Jurassic World for another $25 too.
As for consoles at BB, the Tomb Raider XB1 wasn't selling at all. I saw maybe one or two gone from the huge stack. Kind of a shame because I have the game and I love it. Anyway, the Uncharted bundle was selling pretty well. I didn't see any of the Gears bundle so they might have sold out. Nobody was touching the Wii U's.
All in all it wasn't the disaster I thought it was going to be.
Anyway, picked up Witcher 3, AC Syndicate, Rare Replay, and Gears Ultimate on XB1 for myself. Got Until Dawn (plenty of that in stock surprisingly), Taken King and Diablo 3 for my brother on PS4. Realized I was going to have storage issues so bought a 1 TB external hard drive for my Xbox One. $50, pretty good deal.
Managed to get Inside Out for $10 on my way out. I had wanted to get GTA V but it was sold out so I hopped over to Walmart after I left BB and picked it up for $25. Had to get it out of the regular games case since the special displays in produce (lol) were already raided. Was worried it wouldn't ring up right but didn't have an issue. I got Lego: Jurassic World for another $25 too.
As for consoles at BB, the Tomb Raider XB1 wasn't selling at all. I saw maybe one or two gone from the huge stack. Kind of a shame because I have the game and I love it. Anyway, the Uncharted bundle was selling pretty well. I didn't see any of the Gears bundle so they might have sold out. Nobody was touching the Wii U's.
All in all it wasn't the disaster I thought it was going to be.
Slowly buying my new rig online completely. Just need a 30'+ monitor and god damn it's been hard to find a good deal on those. All those 27' inches making up the majority of the deals...ugh. Some nice LG 29's but I am not into ultra-widescreen.
The Target close-by had OK action when I arrived. Was able to snag a cheap TV for a gift easy. Didn't look into the consoles section
The Target close-by had OK action when I arrived. Was able to snag a cheap TV for a gift easy. Didn't look into the consoles section
Isn't that the MSRP?
seems like a bad mistake when they're selling for 299
Yep. Nothing except the price drop for the Uncharted bundle and it still sold well (leader on Amazon).
lol..
Storm Raider
Banned
I hope that 350 is actually Yen
ShooterMcTavish
Banned
ShooterMcTavish
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Also what I said was correct, target had there biggest one day ever online sales record. WiiU was one of top three items sold. Also last time I checked the WiiU smash/splatoon bundle was in store only so that doesn't even count towards sales.
Please read before posting ignorant responses
I think its a pretty bad decision to make a bundle with old games like Sony did.
If I bought a new console, I wouldnt want to play the games I've already played but something new instead like Tomb Raider.
So I think Xbox actually sold way more then PS4
spatenfloot
Member
Excellent reasoning. I am sure that is why the Tomb Raider bundle is out selling the PS4 Uncharted bundle by such a large margin.
fluffydelusions
Member
They did the same thing last year as well iirc. The GTAV PS4 bundle.It did alright though I don't recall if they won NPD that month.
Nightengale
Member
They didn't.
But anecdotally, the GTAV bundles were actually in short supply. Not that more stock would make any real difference .
Sony also isn't bundling with a bunch of extra free games or gift cards. I'm sure they're willing to trade XB1 selling better for a weekend or a couple months for higher net revenue per unit sold(or actually making a profit on the systems).
AgentP
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Hence the Gears bundle was the best selling.
DriftingSpirit
Member
Which doesn't add up at all once you take into account the piles of Tomb Raider bundles sitting in stores across North America while the Gears of War Remaster bundle at $299 is practically flying off shelves.
It is about price around this time. Both consoles are going to push a huge amount of units with their remaster bundles alone.
At My store (Gamestop) we were selling out of the cheaper bundles left and right, however i'd have to say for every 3-4 XBOX ones we sold, We ended up selling 8 or 9 more uncharted bundles, however I Can say and Confirm from the NPD Thread that Abdeil was right I've been watching the stock of our holiday/FAMILY/Gears bundles and microsoft hasn't sent us much, I Mean we have a lot but not as many PS4s (Uncharted bundles)
also surprisingly the wii u was selling well, we sold out of them, and towards the end of the day my SM came to the conclusion that we should try and price match the target down the block from us, we didn't do it because we didn't know if the DM would allow for that but the last 15 or so costumers we price matched them through targets deals so a few costumers got the $14 3 months of gold for free and the Costumers who purchased PS4s got 3 month of PS+
also surprisingly the wii u was selling well, we sold out of them, and towards the end of the day my SM came to the conclusion that we should try and price match the target down the block from us, we didn't do it because we didn't know if the DM would allow for that but the last 15 or so costumers we price matched them through targets deals so a few costumers got the $14 3 months of gold for free and the Costumers who purchased PS4s got 3 month of PS+
SmokedMeat
Gamer™
Stopped at the Microsoft Store earlier today, and Xboxes were selling well. Didn't see any PS4 or U systems there.
Expected to see them cleared of the Bone games I wanted, but they had plenty of copies...of everything.
I never set foot in a Best Buy or Walmart.
Expected to see them cleared of the Bone games I wanted, but they had plenty of copies...of everything.
I never set foot in a Best Buy or Walmart.
StaffyManasse
Member
From Finland:
I went to a large Nordic home electronics dealer right when it opened. They had a XBONE with FIFA and Ori for 299 and vanilla PS4 for the same price. The PS4's were gone in 15 minutes, and only saw one guy buy an Xbox.
I went to a large Nordic home electronics dealer right when it opened. They had a XBONE with FIFA and Ori for 299 and vanilla PS4 for the same price. The PS4's were gone in 15 minutes, and only saw one guy buy an Xbox.
soccersamabu
Member
Yah it gave you a 60 dollar gift card but people where buying the non gift card 1tb over a ps4. Even the fall out 4 and halo sold that didn't have a gift card. We had bout 80 Xbox one and 70 ps4
Yep, that's why we're seeing tons of the XB1 RotTR bundles flying off the shelves. Oh, wait, they haven't even grown wings yet....
Yeah, definitely seems that way.