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oniyide on 24 March 2013
thranx said:
oniyide said:
walmart usually has the games gamestop has?? HA, either that is a lie or their is some special Walmart out there. Try getting some like Atelier series or bit.trip(for Wii) and i dare someone to find it. Who buys games at Walmare anyway/


I et most of my games at walmart as they are open 24 hours. they usually have a fairly good selection of current games too(at least 30-50 for each system). All of the wal amrts around here are "super centers" though if that makes a difference (like 2-4 times the size of a normal walmart)


fair enough. In my experience Walmart doesnt really carry those games i mentioned which is what i usually buy. So i just go to BestBuy,GS or some obscure momnpops place



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Max King of the Wild on 24 March 2013

BTW - you live fairly close to me when im not in milwaukee



AAA300 on 24 March 2013


This has nothing to do with wii u sales but with walmarts weird way of making nintendo family friendly! The thing is if you live in a small area with a small walmart most T-M rated games wont see the shelves unless backed by nintendo themselves!!! Dont expext much more than those mature launch games at your walmart with exception of high sellers like cod/ac4.3ds is the same way my walmart didn't get castlevania in and never got in resident evil but it still has a big selection! This happened with the ds, wii, and gamecube if theres a reason for some 3rd party games not selling well its because one of the worlds largest retailers ( walmart ) not stocking their games at all of their stores in order to show they have a family alternative in the smaller markets. I live in Bethany, Mo. wanted Mad World for wii but it didnt come to my walmart,I drove 37 miles to large town Cameron, Mo. and it wasn't there finally drove to Kansas City and guess what in the large market they carried the game an hour drive later I finally played a mature 3 party game! The same thing happened with re4 on gamecube, walmart just skipped out on the smaller town walmarts even though we all know how much of a drought it was at the end of gamecubes life cycle it would have sold well everywhere instead you would have to drive or go online cause the convenience of getting it at your local store wasnt there and if your not hardcore about that game youll forget about it = lesser sales!!!!My walmart got lego city game but no monster hunter 3 so looks like the trend will continue and people will blame nintendo for this and think 3rd party games dont sell on nintendo because people dont want them, but in reality there not in all stores and thats were most games are bought!! Theres a reason that games like just dance and m/s at olympics and other ( family friendly) games sell well and mature offerings like no more heroes doesn't!



oniyide on 24 March 2013
AAA300 said:


This has nothing to do with wii u sales but with walmarts weird way of making nintendo family friendly! The thing is if you live in a small area with a small walmart most T-M rated games wont see the shelves unless backed by nintendo themselves!!! Dont expext much more than those mature launch games at your walmart with exception of high sellers like cod/ac4.3ds is the same way my walmart didn't get castlevania in and never got in resident evil but it still has a big selection! This happened with the ds, wii, and gamecube if theres a reason for some 3rd party games not selling well its because one of the worlds largest retailers ( walmart ) not stocking their games at all of their stores in order to show they have a family alternative in the smaller markets. I live in Bethany, Mo. wanted Mad World for wii but it didnt come to my walmart,I drove 37 miles to large town Cameron, Mo. and it wasn't there finally drove to Kansas City and guess what in the large market they carried the game an hour drive later I finally played a mature 3 party game! The same thing happened with re4 on gamecube, walmart just skipped out on the smaller town walmarts even though we all know how much of a drought it was at the end of gamecubes life cycle it would have sold well everywhere instead you would have to drive or go online cause the convenience of getting it at your local store wasnt there and if your not hardcore about that game youll forget about it = lesser sales!!!!My walmart got lego city game but no monster hunter 3 so looks like the trend will continue and people will blame nintendo for this and think 3rd party games dont sell on nintendo because people dont want them, but in reality there not in all stores and thats were most games are bought!! Theres a reason that games like just dance and m/s at olympics and other ( family friendly) games sell well and mature offerings like no more heroes doesn't!

this is one of the reasons i wont support that store. Their library is outta whack. 



PlaystaionGamer on 24 March 2013
chapset said:
who cares, Walmart hate nintendo anyway, people don't buy game from retailers anymore it's all about digital baby


whaattt the hell is that sig :OOOOO 



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hunter_alien on 24 March 2013
Max King of the Wild said:
Well, considering this same exact evidence was used for PSV doom... then yes its very alarming...

however the reality is retailers hire random people that dont shit about what they are selling. Would you go up to the walmart employee at the register and ask them about the new games or the guy stocking food? probably not even though they are the same people.

Also, walmart is known for its shitty employee out put and they hardly have enough people working compared to the amount of business they have. The game could simply be sitting in the back ready to bee stocked


This. Hypocrisy at its finest. When its the Vita, the system is dead, when its the WiiU, Walmart is a crappy chaain

OT: its nothing serious. The WiiU just has to have a couple of bigger releases and it will pour in . But it is true, Walmart is not the #1 place to get games anyways, so maybe its better to go to Gamestop for your gaming fix



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Scisca on 24 March 2013
chapset said:
who cares, Walmart hate nintendo anyway, people don't buy game from retailers anymore it's all about digital baby

That's very comforting for a console that has no HDD...



Wii U is a GCN 2 - I called it months before the release!

My Vita to-buy list: The Walking Dead, Persona 4 Golden, Need for Speed: Most Wanted, TearAway, Ys: Memories of Celceta, Muramasa: The Demon Blade, History: Legends of War, FIFA 13, Final Fantasy HD X, X-2, Worms Revolution Extreme, The Amazing Spiderman, Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate - too many no-gaemz :/

My consoles: PS2 Slim, PS3 Slim 320 GB, PSV 32 GB, Wii, DSi.

chapset on 24 March 2013
Scisca said:
chapset said:
who cares, Walmart hate nintendo anyway, people don't buy game from retailers anymore it's all about digital baby

That's very comforting for a console that has no HDD...

who cares, people don't buy Nintendo consoles to play games hahahahaha, Sony fanbo*s are so desperate
 



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fedfed on 25 March 2013

well Wii U is not exactly mainstream yet!



Switch!!!

cbarroso09 on 25 March 2013

who cares, just get the game from wherever you can. Nowadays there are online store where you can get any game you want, sometimes for less money than a common retailer.
If the Wii U is doom or not, who cares!. It is still there, so as far as Nintendo keep developing game I will still buy there product. And if there is a good 3rd party game on the system I will buy it too.
I am so bored of what people think about Nintendo. I have been playing my 3DS on the university fro the last 2 weeks, and everybody is telling me is a cool machine, it looks really well, that 3DS images looks good for that kind of gaming. The same thing people would say about the Wii U, but their blindness don't let them enjoy the product as it is.
Really, WHO CARES!