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bigtakilla on 13 December 2014

When's the last time anyone has seen a Vita... Ever.... They don't even sell them in the specialty stores near where I live, just a single rack of games.

Just saying, in the case of Wii U, it could be worse.



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MikeRox on 13 December 2014
bigtakilla said:
When's the last time anyone has seen a Vita... Ever.... They don't even sell them in the specialty stores near where I live, just a single rack of games.

Just saying, in the case of Wii U, it could be worse.


Wii U and Vita are faring about as bad as each other in the shops by me. Specialist shops have hardware and a few newer releases but that's about it. Very limited pre owned too. Noticibly so for the Vita. FIFA is about the only thing anyone seems to trade.

I'm very surprised by the lack of buzz Smash generated in the UK. It's Grainger Games' Deal of the Week this week.



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bigtakilla on 13 December 2014
MikeRox said:
bigtakilla said:
When's the last time anyone has seen a Vita... Ever.... They don't even sell them in the specialty stores near where I live, just a single rack of games.

Just saying, in the case of Wii U, it could be worse.


Wii U and Vita are faring about as bad as each other in the shops by me. Specialist shops have hardware and a few newer releases but that's about it. Very limited pre owned too. Noticibly so for the Vita. FIFA is about the only thing anyone seems to trade.

I'm very surprised by the lack of buzz Smash generated in the UK. It's Grainger Games' Deal of the Week this week.

Interesting, but yeah. Even in the 2 stores near where I live, the demo displays (boxed off or lock in consoles you can play games on in store), we have a XBone, PS4, Wii U, and 3DS. No Vita to be seen.



gergroy on 13 December 2014
spurgeonryan said:
gergroy said:


Well, having worked at best buy for six years, i have a very good idea of how they manage their inventory.  They do not let stock run out of game systems (if they can help it anyway).  They are constantly restocking that product, walmart is stupid if they are letting it completely run out.  When i worked there they tried to keep the stock level up to around 80-100 during the holidays for each system.  Since you counted that stock before super smash and black friday, i am quite sure the store sold more than 20 systems.  That is why your stock counting at random stores is silly.  Unless you are there to track replenishments, it is completely worthless...

My store has sold 6 in the last month. The Walmarts around us have sold 23 across 5 stores. For the Wii U stores are not taking the risk. We have five n my Walmart now, we sold just one this past week. 

Are you saying the Best Buy near my house has 80-100 vita systems? Since they like to over spend as you say.

I would not count on any other system, but if you honestly believe they are replenishing the struggling Wii U , U are greatly mistaken. PS4, X1, 360, PS3, 3DS? Certainly. But you do not take gambles on systems or any merchandise that sells poorly historically. Maybe your managers of old did so, but that was a gamble on their part and probably the reason Walmart is king of the retail world.

Managers didn't have anything to do with inventory, it was all automated.  Inventory fell below a certain level, the computer shipped more product.  And yes, they are probably replenishing the U, the fact that they even had 60 in stock showed that they were ramping up for holiday time.  That means they are trying to keep a higher number of consoles in the stores so that they don't run out.  

Thats all moot though, because neither one of us actually know for sure whether they have had and replenishments or not, so the whole conversation is just silly.



Voltaris on 13 December 2014

The thing is the WII U's entire story could have been entirely different if they just had a half decent ad campaign at launch



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NintendoPie on 13 December 2014
Voltaris said:
The thing is the WII U's entire story could have been entirely different if they just had a half decent ad campaign at launch

It's not that easy.

OT: Maybe you can see why I've turned into a "Sony fan" by your standards, Ryan. Nintendo's doing multiple things wrong, and I point them out.



Voltaris on 13 December 2014

Link to the OT, or would you care to elaborate. All i'm saying is that alot of issues stem from the messaging of the wii u, while i say this on anecdotal evidence alot of people thought it was an add on for the wii. You could argue that it isn't powerful enough to support 3rd party titles but even without that it could be doing alot better if the messging was right and they had built up a decent install base a year before ps4/xb1 which meant 3rd parties would have had to support them, leading to perpetuity of sales



pbroy on 13 December 2014

Maybe spurge wrote a number on the corner of each box. That way he can tell they are the exact same boxes.







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Podings on 07 January 2015
AlfredoTurkey said:
Podings said:
My local Stereo Studio had the same premium bundle stting in a display case from launch until spring this year, where I bought it. They were not at the time planning to get a new one to replace it in the store. Or any games to go with it. Understandably.

Wii U sales are horrible here in Scandinavia. For anyone who're still carrying it at least. Most depart stores, toy stores, and high street electronics stores have dropped it, so you only find it in specialist stores now.


What about the other two consoles? How do they sell there?


Xbox One, not so good, but the PS4 is hitting it out of the park, like everywhere else.