So I went to Best Buy yesterday....

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pbroy said:

iceboy151 said:

pbroy said:
That's Best Buy's problem. If they hid those 50 Xbones in the back, people would think they are in high demand too and want to buy one. Create some demand by not showing. People ain't going to buy an Xbone any time soon if they see that. They can get one any time they want.

That's stupid if people actually think that way.

Explain. Tell me how anyone would want to buy an Xbone if they saw that stack. If there was one or two consoles on the shelf, I would be more inclined to want to snag one up, before they sell out. I wouldn't know there are 100 or so in the back.

Do you want an one now or do you want one later? If you want one now, more power to you. You can go to the stack and pick one up. You want one later? Well, in discussions about supply and demand, you talk about the present, not the future. If people aren't buying them now (either because they don't one one or believe they can buy it later because there's plenty of stock) then demand is low.

Video game consoles aren't something you impulse buy. You don't just randomly spend $4-500. You go into the store prepared to buy that item. If I went into Best Buy wanting an XBone, I'd be buying an XBone, whether I saw 1 on the shelf or 1,000.