Ash Sparrow
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US Retail Musings [1/20 - 2/2]
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I can see his numbas.Agent Icebeezy
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I'm going to put Microsoft at 99k for the month in my predictions. Their shortage is that dire.
Psychotext
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Elite is sold out there, that's hardly a good sign.Snah said:
DenogginizerOS
BenjaminBirdie's Thomas Jefferson
I saw a guy pick up several Wii games, look at them, put them back, and turn to his wife/girlfriend and she nodded here head in disapproval. They then walked over and looked at TV's. HDTV's, no less. I walked away and pondered about what I would have for lunch. I saw a PS3 in a clerk's hands as I was walking out. No idea where it was going. When I walked out of the store, I thought it was great it was so warm in February. I decided to go get some wings for lunch.
Zombie James
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Andy787 said:
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I have to agree on the "No Wii in stock" sign. I got one at my store as well which was unnecessary because my manager simply printed up his own on the computer, so Nintendo's version works just as well except two things:
1. Yeah, Nintendo's looks nicer
2. Oh yeah, doesn't work at all. Granted, obviously the sign can't stop the calls, but despite the printed sign at the entrance and the one from Nintendo at the counter, we still get people asking about Wiis. It eventually got to the point where I would simply point at the sign to get the point across, but now I verbally tell them since one woman got pissed off that I couldn't at least simply "tell her."
I'm also surprised at the lack of Nintendo DS shipments however considering that new Cobalt/Black color is set to release in a week's time or so. How in the world do they plan to launch this thing when they can barely ship enough of the previous incarnations?
1. Yeah, Nintendo's looks nicer
2. Oh yeah, doesn't work at all. Granted, obviously the sign can't stop the calls, but despite the printed sign at the entrance and the one from Nintendo at the counter, we still get people asking about Wiis. It eventually got to the point where I would simply point at the sign to get the point across, but now I verbally tell them since one woman got pissed off that I couldn't at least simply "tell her."
I'm also surprised at the lack of Nintendo DS shipments however considering that new Cobalt/Black color is set to release in a week's time or so. How in the world do they plan to launch this thing when they can barely ship enough of the previous incarnations?
Synth_floyd
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DenogginizerOS said:
Wow, wings are so popular! It looks like hamburgers might be in for a rough month come the NPDs.
Zombie James
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Synth_floyd said:
Beef is doomed.
mambadragon
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This thread got heated briskly
krypt0nian
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This is the silliest thread on GAF.
Now bi-weekly.
Now bi-weekly.
Phoenix Down
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the 360 is supply contrained.. in some parts.. i was at best buy on sat here in san antonio and they had maybe 7 pro's.. new box without the game pack in.. i saw one lady pick one up
i also saw some guy talking his friend into buying a HD DVD player... and thats where I stepped in............
i also saw some guy talking his friend into buying a HD DVD player... and thats where I stepped in............
DenogginizerOS
BenjaminBirdie's Thomas Jefferson
I think the NPD threads do a pretty good job of giving out proper sales data. I see trends in the stores I frequent that are often opposite of the OP. For example, I saw a lot of PS3's sold a couple of weeks ago after the Blu-ray deal. However, I hear from people at my Best Buy that sales are fairly flat across the board but they often concur that is more perception than reality due to the post-Christmas funk that often settles in after the craziness of December. And I think that sales on all fronts in the US on things such as DVDs, games, music, etc. are strained by the economy and their weakness may not be attributable to one console's strength over another. If anything, sales are slow across the board.Sharp said:
Randy Lanzarote
Member
Perhaps MS is putting a load of its new 360s aside to use for RROD cases, maybe they are finally taking the initiative and trying to get the old Xenon boards out of the supply chain. January is generally a quiet month, perhaps they are using this time to finally get rid of all those dodgy refurbs hanging around and replace them with brand spanking new Falcons.
Or, this is probably more likely, MS is busy stockpiling a load of new 360s so they can "Stack 'em high, sell 'em cheap" when the GTA4 marketing push begins.
Or, this is probably more likely, MS is busy stockpiling a load of new 360s so they can "Stack 'em high, sell 'em cheap" when the GTA4 marketing push begins.
papelnabangka
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Target is the only retailer who hasn't seen ANY wiis in the past 4 weeks. The others are getting regular shipments now. Gamestop is especially seeing much larger shipments.
Not sure about 360, but I see tons of them around here. Must be arcades.
Not sure about 360, but I see tons of them around here. Must be arcades.
Xisiqomelir
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So many haters. I enjoy these threads, so please keep it up AlteredBeast.
Agent Icebeezy
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theBishop said:
He does it for the sake of this thread. Many of us are grateful that he and others do this. We like to predict for NPD. This bit of info helps tremendously.
krypt0nian
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THIS JUST IN: I saw someone buy a 360 at Best Buy in Joliet, IL. I'll keep you updated.
Agent Icebeezy
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theBishop said:
No, I'm sure that Michael is looking at things we've never dreamed of. However, for the home analyst, we'll take anything that we can get. A lot of people might have blindly put down 400k for the Wii for January, but since we know that both the Wii and 360 is scarce, we have a better chance at predicting a figure. If this thread bothers you that much, don't participate in it.
papelnabangka
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Wow, the hostility is even worse this week. What gives? It's not NPD week or anything.
Great job, AB.
Great job, AB.
Agent Icebeezy
Welcome beautful toddler, Madison Elizabeth, to the horde!
theBishop said:
We guess these numbers for fun, at least I do. I honestly don't know why you are freaking out about this. If it bothers you that much, post in another thread. It's that simple. The information that was posted by the OP is welcome by many of us. Some of us like to talk about sales-age. Those that don't can find another thread. From what he is saying, it pretty consistent to what I've seen with my own two eyes. I live in Merrillville, Indiana and I had to drive to Indianapolis for an Arcade because my local stores were out of everything. I had been holding out for an Elite for 2 months and they come and go at a sporadic pace. There aren't any Wiis anywhere and 80GB>40GB in sales. However, seeing that this is replicated at a different location adds considerable weight to how I will pick my numbers.
I should start a weekly " What console got played the most at my house this week " Thread.
Last week would be .. XBOX been playing fable the lost chapters .. I love that game.
Wait I forgot the condescending remarks!
Ps3- the DMC4 demo got a lot of play time but it doesn't take long to master a demo. best game on the system is a demo lol!
360- lol I turn it on by accident lol!
Wii- As always I got all the stars on one planet of mario galaxy and wont play it again for another month. They should have named in monthly galaxy! lol!
Last week would be .. XBOX been playing fable the lost chapters .. I love that game.
Wait I forgot the condescending remarks!
Ps3- the DMC4 demo got a lot of play time but it doesn't take long to master a demo. best game on the system is a demo lol!
360- lol I turn it on by accident lol!
Wii- As always I got all the stars on one planet of mario galaxy and wont play it again for another month. They should have named in monthly galaxy! lol!
papelnabangka
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Anyway, here is the Wii shipment situation from the eyes of a Wii scalper in San Diego metro.
Walmart: Has been getting much smaller shipments compared to the holidays. Most stores got 6 last week, and the week before that? measly 3. They used to get 12 per week.
Best Buy: Also much smaller shipments. They haven't gotten any lst week, and got about 12 each store a week before. They used to get kore than 40 per store every two weeks.
Toys R Us. Got 12-8 two weeks ago, with some stores getting 6 or less the next day. None last week.
Circuit City. Got 7-10 per store two weeks ago, got much larger shipments yesterday, but that isn't really saying much since the increase was only by about 3-5.
Target. None in the last 4 weeks.
Gamestop. Now here's the motherload. After about a 2 week drough in mid-January, Gamestop broke the cycle by having 10-15+++ each store. That doesn't seem like much but get this: They have over 40 stores in San Diego alone, whereas the only other store that is as prolific is walmart, and they only got less than 20 stores. They used to get 3 at a time so it is a definite increase.
The week after the huge gamestop rainshower, stores got an even bigger shipment. Some Mall Gamestops were reported to have seen more than 30o units!
Last week was more modest, with each store getting an average of 6 units or so.
The ebay market actually crashed when Gamestop released all those Wiis, with prices falling by as much as $50. The market has already corrected itself and the weekend Wii scalpers gone, everything is pretty much back to normal.
Suffice to say, I made out like a bandit because of Gamestop in the past two weeks.
Walmart: Has been getting much smaller shipments compared to the holidays. Most stores got 6 last week, and the week before that? measly 3. They used to get 12 per week.
Best Buy: Also much smaller shipments. They haven't gotten any lst week, and got about 12 each store a week before. They used to get kore than 40 per store every two weeks.
Toys R Us. Got 12-8 two weeks ago, with some stores getting 6 or less the next day. None last week.
Circuit City. Got 7-10 per store two weeks ago, got much larger shipments yesterday, but that isn't really saying much since the increase was only by about 3-5.
Target. None in the last 4 weeks.
Gamestop. Now here's the motherload. After about a 2 week drough in mid-January, Gamestop broke the cycle by having 10-15+++ each store. That doesn't seem like much but get this: They have over 40 stores in San Diego alone, whereas the only other store that is as prolific is walmart, and they only got less than 20 stores. They used to get 3 at a time so it is a definite increase.
The week after the huge gamestop rainshower, stores got an even bigger shipment. Some Mall Gamestops were reported to have seen more than 30o units!
Last week was more modest, with each store getting an average of 6 units or so.
The ebay market actually crashed when Gamestop released all those Wiis, with prices falling by as much as $50. The market has already corrected itself and the weekend Wii scalpers gone, everything is pretty much back to normal.
Suffice to say, I made out like a bandit because of Gamestop in the past two weeks.