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Forums - Gaming - Wal-Mart May Be Vacating Wii U Stock For PS4 And Xbox One

Sh1nn on 17 November 2013

 

Reports are starting to come in that Wal-Mart is pulling Wii U hardware and software from their shelves to create more space for the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One launches. A tipster working with the retailer in some capacity has posted a photo of a vacant Wii U section also stating that the retailer is setting up their other next-gen stations. The tipster spoke to the department manager who told him that he received a memo to pull all Wii U stock.

http://www.igameresponsibly.com/2013/11/14/wal-mart-may-vacting-wii-u-stock-ps4-xbox-one/



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Jizz_Beard_thePirate on 17 November 2013

If its true, I wonder for how long and on how many stores... If this lasts pasts the x1 launch, it will be trouble for Nintendo since Walmart is soo huge

I guess we should wait for the update to draw the final conclusions



                  

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KingdomHeartsFan on 17 November 2013

Looks like 1 Wii U shelf and 4 Wii ones.  Pic is too blury to read the labels.



Seece on 17 November 2013

Wow if true ....



 

Viper1 on 17 November 2013

That pic was already confirmed to be misleading. The X1 and PS4 sections at that store were already allocated. These shelves are blank because they were moving things around, not because they were getting rid of them.



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Seece on 17 November 2013
Viper1 said:
That pic was already confirmed to be misleading. The X1 and PS4 sections at that store were already allocated. These shelves are blank because they were moving things around, not because they were getting rid of them.


Chalk up another website desperate for hits. I swear any sites that do this should be blacklisted from all forums.



 

Hibern81 on 17 November 2013

See. The holiday Nintendo sales onslaught has already begun. They won't be able to keep that shit in stock



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cbarroso09 on 17 November 2013
cycycychris said:
From this picture it appears they are pulling the Wii games and only 1 row of Wii U. Which I wouldn't be surprised if they just pulled all the Wii games they know won't sell and decided to put the One and 4 games there for now. Also the 2 bottom rows of games don't have a price tags. Suggesting that they were planning this in advance and didn't reorder stock to fill the shelf or they started to pull the price tags and stopped.

my personal opinion would be that they are most likely just reorganizing the game sections.

nope, my walmart has an entire shelf like that for only Wii U games, consoles and accesories, but most of the rows are labeled Wii instead of Wii U. That is a real shame. 



TheEspionage on 17 November 2013

Hopefully this isn't true. I wouldn't think it is with Mario 3D World right around the corner, but Xbox One and PS4 are expected to be pretty massive so I guess it is understandable to a degree.



Zappykins on 17 November 2013
Hibern81 said:
See. The holiday Nintendo sales onslaught has already begun. They won't be able to keep that shit in stock

This must be it.  Congrats Nintendo.



 

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