Yet Another Sign Of Domination.

[johnlucas]

Nickelbackro said:

johnlucas said:

Nickelbackro said:

I was in my local Wal-mart yesterday and went to look at some DS games, Now the Walmart i shop at always had the setup of (from front of the aisle to back) PS3, PS2, PSP, XBox360, Wii, DS. However upon entering the aisle i was surprised at what I found, Wii and DS getting top billing at the front, Xbox360 still in the middle, and PS3/2/p with the bargain games at the end.

I was wondering if anyone else has noticed this at any of their local walmart stores, because a corporation as large as walmart doing something like this would really tend to make me think they have great faith in the wii as a dominating platform.

 

The best way to tell who's the Hoss & who's not is to check out how things go at the retailers.

How much shelf space is alloted to each platform/overall company & who gets the biggest displays & toppest billing.

Also you must check out the knockoff/copycat scene.

I watch Wal-Mart & even Dollar General heavily to see what's going on. When I saw some Wii-reminiscent knockoff at Dollar General this past Christmas I knew Wii was champ.

Video rental stores like Blockbuster & even more so your local ones can tell you what's happening too.

John Lucas

Hey, haven't seen a post from you in awhile john.

But that was in essence my point, I'm old enough to remember PS1 games being top billing in front of N64/SNES and it was one of those definitive moments that make you think. Beacause for years It was Always SNES, Game Boy, Genesis, Game Gear, then PS1 came in and was in front and you knew it was big (especially since those were the days before you could readily look up sales figures on a place like VGChartz).

When the PlayStation upended shelf space from Nintendo platforms you KNEW the tide had shifted. It's all about bottom line with retailers. They have no allegiance to no one just the one who gives them sales & floor traffic.

Some may be stubborn for awhile but when it's too obvious you'll see the change. Honest truth is that when people want something bad enough it doesn't matter where you put the product. They'll seek it out. All these displays are for is making things easier for customers & also to direct traffic for loss prevention reasons. It's also with influence from the companies themselves. I also forgot it's used to add spotlight to stuff they want to move off shelves which may be stalling.

I knew when they put this giant Wii demo area right smack dab in the middle of the electronics area of Wal-Mart that Nintendo was about to flood the shelves with product. I said here we go, supply is about to finally get decent. They wouldn't tease the customers like that without putting product to attach to that demand. And sure enough they did. I also saw them put Wii Fit video display with Danskin Now in ladies apparel right toward front of store earlier in the year. I said Oh Oh. Nintendo is serious about it this year!

Electronics even has a DS with the Guitar Hero controller add-on right next to the famous Guitar Hero display. It's Guitar Hero but it's also DS!

Stuff like this is why I know Nintendo will have their greatest year yet. If Obama's economic plan works, wait to see how stuff flies off shelves when people are less worried about finances!

John Lucas