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Mendicate Bias on 04 November 2008

November 3, 2008 - IGN's recent 'Are You Game?' study revealed that Wal-Mart, the world's largest retailer, is also king when it comes to videogame sales. Respondents to the survey picked Wal-Mart as the number one place they shop for games. GameStop and Best Buy share the second place spot, while Target came in third. After that there appears to be a considerable drop off as other retailers fight for the scraps of consumer attention.

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We already know how powerful Wal-Mart is, they pretty much single handidly brought hd-dvd to an end when they stopped selling them and promoted blu ray instead.

Considering NPD doesn't take into account Wal-Mart do you think that effects their data? Does VG Charts include Wal-Mart sales?



                                           

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Mendicate Bias on 04 November 2008

Also can someone please paste the image into the thread, I don't know how to.



                                           

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chaospluto on 04 November 2008

This isn't that surprising, in some towns there isn't anything else except a Wal-Mart. So it's either buy from them or spend 45mins to and hour driving to a different town just to buy a game.

I would choose a 5min drive over and hour drive any day.



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TruckOSaurus on 04 November 2008

I hate buying games at Wal-Mart. You have to go on a fetch quest for the electronic department guy who is never at his f-ing register!

I buy my games at the Future Shop where the games aren't caged and you can actually look at the back of the box before you buy it.



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Riachu on 04 November 2008

I usually get my games at GameStop. NPD sales are off if they are not including Wal Mart sales.



 

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Ail on 04 November 2008
WessleWoggle said:
Walmart sucks. Small selection of video game products, games behind glass, hmm... I guess that's all but it's still a drag. I go to bext buy, where I can look at the games before I buy them. Our walmart has 1 video game aisle, best buy has about 5.

 

Games are behind a Glass at my Best Buy too :((

I still shop at Best Buy though, it has a wider selection and with my reward zone it is actually cheaper for me...



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Mendicate Bias on 04 November 2008

Yea I personally don't ever buy games at Walmart but I can see why some people would. Does anyone know if ioi includes Walmart in his data?



                                           

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Coca-Cola on 04 November 2008

I go to Gamestop first.
haven't bought a game at walmart actually.
mostly because the games are locked away and have to find someone to help me.



Coca-Cola on 04 November 2008

nevermind



kingofwale on 04 November 2008

never bought a game at walmart in my life. Walmart is for DVD and junk good. (and shampoo), i wouldn't trust anything else there.



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