Retail Observations

[SteveSmith]

I also did my personal retail observations today, during my Christmas shopping. I live in the province of Quebec.

First, I went to a local Future Shop. I didn't count, but the stack of 360s was twice as big as the stack of PS3s. There was no Wii in sight. I also didn't saw any DS, altough the boxes are small and maybe I missed them.

The software sections of PS3, 360 and Wii are about the same size. The PC games section was twice as big, tough. The DS and PSP software sections were about the same size. The PS2 software section was really small, but there was tons of PS2 games in bargain bins.

At least 90% of the buyers I saw were dads and moms. There were people buying all consoles, but the Wii section was much more crowded.

Next, I went to Wal-Mart. The PS2 section there was much bigger. They also still had Gameboy Advance and Gamecube games for some reason. The 360 software section was big, while the PS3 software section was small.

There was only a few consoles behind the glass. In the 2 minutes or so I stayed there, I saw a mom buying a PS3. There was several DS, but no Wii.

Then I went to EB games. As they deal a lot with used games, the PS2 section was huge. DS, PS3 and PSP sections were small. 360 and Wii were average sized. I didn't saw any console. I think they were hidden somewhere.