Retailers biased for or against nintendo?

[Comrade Tovya]

I think the biggest factor is that retailers don't have to put Nintendo products out front-and-center to attract buyers because the Wii & DS will sell whether they do so or not.

Sony tends to get prime real estate positioning in the store because it needs the extra push, and because Sony sells a lot of other products to Wal-mart other than just the PS3... TVs, DVD players, BD players, etc. They have a little more leverage with retailers because of that.