I've noticed Nintendo hardware/software gaining greater prominence in store displays. What gets my goat is how a new release on Wii seems to take a week or more to trickle onto store shelves. It seems to be a factor in these tepid Wii launches which end up selling more in week 3 than they did in week 1.
It might not be the retailers' fault. There are quite a few links in the supply chain. It could be disorganized publishers, low priority at Nintendo disc printing facilities, laggard distributors... but it's pretty annoying. I've completely given up on the "first day purchase."
"The worst part about these reviews is they are [subjective]--and their scores often depend on how drunk you got the media at a Street Fighter event." — Mona Hamilton, Capcom Senior VP of Marketing
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