| superchunk said: I know you are going to blast me for not taking a picture, but it did happen. Today I was in my local Wal-Mart to buy some basketballs for my 6yr son's team (he just joined his first team and I'm going to coach). As I always do I strolled through the game section and BAM! there it was. The game center was completely switched. It used to be in this order just a week ago. mainwalkway->PS3/PSP endcap->PS3/PSP/PS2->360->walkway->Wii->DS. Of course each section had its own demo spots and tvs above. Now its mainwalkway->Wii endcap->Wii->DS->walkway->360->PS3/PSP/PS2 with the demo spots all moved accordingly. Nintendomination is clear at this point as not only do Nintendo products now have the higher visibility location, but they also have about 35% more shelf space. Also, everywhere I go now there are wii fits and wii's instock equally as large as the piles of PS360s. I know this is kinda old news, but I just found it interesting as until the last few weeks I haven't seen more than 2-3 in stock. Now, I see 10+ easily in every store. |
This initiative started last month... and the truth is that the 360 shelf space is should be equal to or bigger than the Wii or DS with the PS3's significantly reduced. This varies depending on the size of the store of course, but the 360 at our store has two and a half cases with the Wii at 1 and a half and the DS at 1 and a half.... The 360 sells more software at our store and more variety of software thus the larger case. The PS3 does barely comparable to the PS2 and PSP who share two cases all together.
