| thegamerpad said: This is Nintendo's fault, their retail presence is terrible in almost every store. This isn't Best Buy's fault. Nintendo needs to fix this. |
How do you know this? As far as I understand it, the retailer buys the games from Nintendo in whichever quantity they predict demand for, and it is then their responsibility to advertise the game (in-store) and have the right quantities on shelves. Nintendo is just the one who sells to the retailer. In fact, your post supports this train of thought with you anecdote about you having to ask the employees to go get the games from the back. The retailer is the one who decides what is on the shelves, and Nintendo has no control over that, other than possibly paying the retailer the difference in opportunity cost so that they place more Nintendo content in their store at the cost of other shelf placement. Anyway, this seems to be a regional/store-based issue. All of the walmarts and gamestops in my area have a healthy amount of Wii U merchandise.
