I think Walmart is the main reason for Wii U selling the way it is in the U.S

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spurgeonryan said:

So I went to gamestop the other day.

The guy tells me that Wii U's do not sell that well. Then tries to sell me a Vita.

I go to Meijer ( a big department store in my area with nearly a dozen locations.) and look at the Wii U section. Other than one Mario bundle missing, they still have 8 systems for sale. This always seems to be the case there as well.

But Walmarts in my area are continuously sold out.

Why? Because Walmart is doing all the advertising! Every where you go in the store there is a tv playing a repeated loop commercial. On this commercial there are 3-4 things they have been promoting for a month. There is a crock pot, some wireless reciever, some food item, and then there is a 30 second commercial with the Wii U and Mario 3D world game thing.

That is the reason! A huge promotional plan by Walmart! The family value store, which only sells edited CD's and has a ton of Christian books in the store.

It does not seem to me from what I have seen elsewhere, that anyone else is selling them that well. Walmart is also selling out of the Mini's daily.

If only they would up their shipments who knows how well these two systems could sell by walmart power alone!

I think you're right because I went to Bed Bath & Beyond, Target, and Sears and I couldn't find a single one of those KitchenAid crockpots.

I think Walmart's got a deal with them, too.