| Sareth said: Spurge, come fix my Wal-Mart. We haven't even put out Hyrule Warriors yet. |
I had a terrible experience trying to get Hyrule Warriors at my local Wal Mart. I went to the Wii U case at 6pm on release day, and of course it wasn't on the shelf yet... I ask one of the employees back in electronics why it's not out, he doesn't even know it's supposed to come out today. I then point at the signing on the display case that says "available 9/26". After three clueless associates try to figure out where the copies are, they ask a manager to help them. They happen to find a box on top of a filing cabinet in the back room with four copies of Hyrule Warriors in it. I was lucky/ determined/ patient enough to buy one of them.
If any of the employees manage to get around to putting the other three copies in the display case, they might have a crack at selling them to customers.
I was this close to just walking out and buying it at GameStop. Say what you will about that place, but there is zero chance that A) they wouldn't have it out and able to be sold, and B) They would have more than four copies in their first shipment.
I think it was a combination of WalMart being Walmart... employees have no idea what's going on, inventory is difficult to keep track of, awareness of new products, (even within people's assigned departments) is lackluster at best. I don't know how they manage to sell anything, honestly. If I was a Nintendo rep and Walmart was one of my stops, it would be no surprise to me why sales are slow. Customers can't find what they're looking for.
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