I Perdict said:
Bodhesatva said:
Ah ha ha ha! What an absurd post. Why would Wal Mart lose money here? Because, according to you, "Wal mart can afford it." Yes, that's how big business works! They're willing to lose millions of dollars to help out other companies, just cause they have tons of money and don't know what else to do with it. Next up: Google will provide their services for free to assist the Wii. Nvidia will provide the Xbox720 with its GPU for free next time. NVidia is incredibly wealthy, they can afford it. So why not? There is absolutely no way that Wal Mart is shouldering the burden here. That isn't how these deals work. Wal Mart is not in the business of helping Sony or Nintendo or Microsoft; if Sony dies, Wal Mart just makes more room for Microsoft and Nintendo games. Simple as that. When these sorts of sales go down, the manufacturer of the product on sale shoulders most of the burden. Always. Retailers have very little to gain from promoting a single product, especially when the retailer is as big as Wal Mart. |
So you are telling me when a convience store has a sale on gas its the gas companies taking the hit? |
Yes. Of course.
And if Pizza Hut has a sale on Coke Products -- not just a sale on "soft drinks" -- then absolutely, unquestionably, Coke is shouldering most of the burden there.
Are you on crazy pills? How could you ever think that retailers would ever choose to lose millions of dollars promoting a single product? What do they stand to gain by promoting the PS3? If their goal was simply to increase foot traffic in the video game section, why not offer a deal on the Wii, the PS3, and the 360?
Right? Why not do all of them! That will increase traffic even further. Besides, Wal Mart is rich, they can afford it!
