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Kazus on 13 June 2013

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At my best buy, the rep told us they only got one Station to set up. They expect low numbers that turned out to be completely wrong. There was up around 200 people in line at any time before 40 minutes till 8pm.

Rep told me they were completely unprepared for the event turnout numbers.

A best buy employee also talked about how Microsoft and Sony have contracts with them to limit competitor demo stations allowed in different stores.

Also in another thread I saw how a Microsoft employee visited a best buy to talk about the Xbox One.

The same thing happened to me where a dude in a Grey-white shirt showed up and asked why everyone was in line. We said Wii U. He said Why?! Why not just go pre-order the Xbox One. He talked about the Xbox One and started to talk to others in line.

People in line told him to leave them alone. He didn't wear a Microsoft t-shirt though.
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Culver City here, saw some people in MS shirts, but too many people were bashing the xbone - they didn't speak up at the part of the line I was, but I saw them near the back
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There was a guy wearing a collared Microsoft shirt at my Best Buy. I did not speak to him, but he was definitely lingering and speaking to people around the demo station.
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There was a guy in a microsoft shirt at my best buy, but I'm not sure if it was relevant to this event or not. The best buy usually has reps from various companies (apple, samsung occasionally, microsoft) in it so I dunno.

This is hilarious though, regardless.
An absolute mess 


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hivycox on 13 June 2013

This is getting ridiculous! I have no respect for M$..When they see that nobody wants their system they will know they fucked up big time!



Ajescent on 13 June 2013

Nothing wrong with that, it's pretty smart.



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chriscox1121 on 13 June 2013

noone was there from MS at mine, but there was a ton of people at the best buy. The rep had to stay longer and I also heard him talking to the store manager and he said Nintendo told them to stay until 7pm on Saturday. I got around 40 street passes last night and met a lot really cool people. The ninty guys I met were bashing MS and praising Sony. It seems that Ninty and Sony fans get along a lot better than MS fans, they seem to be alone.




kitler53 on 13 June 2013

smart. kind of doubt it changed anyone's mind though. i imagine anyone willing to stand in a line 40 deep to play a wiiU game early is a dedicated nintendo fan.



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BloodyRain on 13 June 2013
chriscox1121 said:
noone was there from MS at mine, but there was a ton of people at the best buy. The rep had to stay longer and I also heard him talking to the store manager and he said Nintendo told them to stay until 7pm on Saturday. I got around 40 street passes last night and met a lot really cool people. The ninty guys I met were bashing MS and praising Sony. It seems that Ninty and Sony fans get along a lot better than MS fans, they seem to be alone.

I'm not sure, but it seems there might have been a shift on this site too. Sony and Nintendo fans seem to be getting along better. I could be completely delusional though xD



blkfish92 on 13 June 2013

LOL, it's like Microsoft has no dignity for themselves!



           

Nsanity on 13 June 2013

Already posted: http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread.php?id=162420&page=1#



J_Allard on 13 June 2013

This is absolutely nothing new. I have worked retail in electronics before and I can tell you MS, Sony, and Nintendo reps all do this.



swii26 on 13 June 2013

Its showing weakness when a company tries to crash a party. It may be smart from a business stand point but Microsoft should know that the people actually waiting in line are probably hard core Nintendo fans.



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