Viper1 said:
Big. NPD doesn't track Wal-Mart or Toys R Us which have a far larger sales portion of Wii and Wii games sales than the HD consoles do. I've seen advertisements for huge Toys R Us Wii console shipments and VGC would show a visibly sizable effect on the sales while NPD looked as though it wasn't accounted for at all. |
I'm not trying to say that NPD is wrong, but they really are working at a disadvantage not having Walmart sales.
Cue the anecdotal evidence police.... First it is sad I have been in Walmart this much lately, but I have watched a few cycles of the following: Madden All Play gets in stock and is placed in the Madden display. It is sold out and replaced with NCAA All play hoping to catch unsuspecting consumers off guard (unfortunately it probably works), then they get another stock that lasts a few days. All the while the other versions are always in stock (maybe they just get more/ bigger shipments of them, but that would be a problem in itself) and they even have more stock behind the glass with the rest of the games.
"You can never jump away from Conclusions. Getting back is not so easy. That's why we're so terribly crowded here."
Canby - The Phantom Tollbooth
