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bigjon said:
hate to bust ur 360 bubble, but either there is a crapload of supply or they are not selling like crazy... The are huge piles of them in my local Sears, Best Buy, TRU, and Gamestop(that had stack sitting on the desk)

 

I think most people will take that with a grain of salt.



 

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bigjon said:
hate to bust ur 360 bubble, but either there is a crapload of supply or they are not selling like crazy... The are huge piles of them in my local Sears, Best Buy, TRU, and Gamestop(that had stack sitting on the desk)

 

LOL,  I guess they need to truck those over to my neighborhood.



"If you've got them by the balls their hearts and minds will follow."

Quote by- The Imortal John Wayne, the original BADASS!

 

 

 

“We were at Wal-Mart to get the XBox 360 with the ‘Guitar Hero,’” Haley said. “We got it, but it was really wild. There were only 32 of them, and people were acting crazy.”

http://www.tmnews.com/stories/2008/11/28/news.nw-891221.tms

Looks like this one got about double the amount ours had.



KatinJin said:
bigjon said:
hate to bust ur 360 bubble, but either there is a crapload of supply or they are not selling like crazy... The are huge piles of them in my local Sears, Best Buy, TRU, and Gamestop(that had stack sitting on the desk)

So they are not selling like crazy today..... gotcha. Even in light of the video posted from Wal-Mart where people are diving for them, I see. Can't wait for this weeks numbers much less NPD heh.

 

You are just setting yourself up for disapointment. Sales will be very good, but the 360 is not the "it" item by any means this year. It is just now at the price where the typical "Madden" gamer will now pick one up. Umm also, I do not know if every walmart is selling them on the sales or not, but if so it is just one retailer who if it was such an amazing deal purposely limited stock(why would they want to sell their entire allottement of 360s on basically a give away.  Yes WW 360s sale should be 500-650k.... but that is nothing to get a hard on about.

 



End of 2009 Predictions (Set, January 1st 2009)

Wii- 72 million   3rd Year Peak, better slate of releases

360- 37 million   Should trend down slightly after 3rd year peak

PS3- 29 million  Sales should pick up next year, 3rd year peak and price cut

bigjon said:
KatinJin said:
bigjon said:
hate to bust ur 360 bubble, but either there is a crapload of supply or they are not selling like crazy... The are huge piles of them in my local Sears, Best Buy, TRU, and Gamestop(that had stack sitting on the desk)

So they are not selling like crazy today..... gotcha. Even in light of the video posted from Wal-Mart where people are diving for them, I see. Can't wait for this weeks numbers much less NPD heh.

 

You are just setting yourself up for disapointment. Sales will be very good, but the 360 is not the "it" item by any means this year. It is just now at the price where the typical "Madden" gamer will now pick one up. Umm also, I do not know if every walmart is selling them on the sales or not, but if so it is just one retailer who if it was such an amazing deal purposely limited stock(why would they want to sell their entire allottement of 360s on basically a give away.  Yes WW 360s sale should be 500-650k.... but that is nothing to get a hard on about.

 

 

Sales are expected to be above 600K next week which will be the best week the 360 has ever seen, I made a thread about this and ioi himself agreed.

You just sound bitter lol ... its ok I'm sure the PS3 will get a few consumers interested in amongst the crazy people falling over themselves for a 360 and a wii.



 

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bigjon said:
KatinJin said:
bigjon said:
hate to bust ur 360 bubble, but either there is a crapload of supply or they are not selling like crazy... The are huge piles of them in my local Sears, Best Buy, TRU, and Gamestop(that had stack sitting on the desk)

So they are not selling like crazy today..... gotcha. Even in light of the video posted from Wal-Mart where people are diving for them, I see. Can't wait for this weeks numbers much less NPD heh.

 

You are just setting yourself up for disapointment. Sales will be very good, but the 360 is not the "it" item by any means this year. It is just now at the price where the typical "Madden" gamer will now pick one up. Umm also, I do not know if every walmart is selling them on the sales or not, but if so it is just one retailer who if it was such an amazing deal purposely limited stock(why would they want to sell their entire allottement of 360s on basically a give away.  Yes WW 360s sale should be 500-650k.... but that is nothing to get a hard on about.

 

Hard on, right, now it's hyperbole. Many others here have talked about big sales at other spots including the likes of Best Buy, Gamestop, Target and Circuit City with their bundles as well. Hard on I think not, best sales week for the 360 ever that is the question nothing more nothing less.

 

 



KatinJin said:
“We were at Wal-Mart to get the XBox 360 with the ‘Guitar Hero,’” Haley said. “We got it, but it was really wild. There were only 32 of them, and people were acting crazy.”

http://www.tmnews.com/stories/2008/11/28/news.nw-891221.tms

Looks like this one got about double the amount ours had.

 

 LOL exactly my point thank you for proving it.

They had a great deal on a small stock, a great retail tactic, but will not cause a huge bubble in sales. I am willing to bet a Best Buy with no sales would have more 360 sales, just because they are selling their entire stock.

 

Yea, am a huge fanboy lying that there are 360s where I live to make the PS3 or Wii look better..lol. ya thats it. Oh and ya the GS that had 360 elites overflowing the counter also had a sign that said Wii is in stock... Ya and I asked if they had been selling, and guess what... they had 50 in the back for today and were down to a dozen or so when I asked at about 1 pm.... So get this straight, the Wii is selling more at GS than the 360 is at big box retailers... Just keep things in perspective.



End of 2009 Predictions (Set, January 1st 2009)

Wii- 72 million   3rd Year Peak, better slate of releases

360- 37 million   Should trend down slightly after 3rd year peak

PS3- 29 million  Sales should pick up next year, 3rd year peak and price cut

seece said:
bigjon said:
KatinJin said:
bigjon said:
hate to bust ur 360 bubble, but either there is a crapload of supply or they are not selling like crazy... The are huge piles of them in my local Sears, Best Buy, TRU, and Gamestop(that had stack sitting on the desk)

So they are not selling like crazy today..... gotcha. Even in light of the video posted from Wal-Mart where people are diving for them, I see. Can't wait for this weeks numbers much less NPD heh.

 

You are just setting yourself up for disapointment. Sales will be very good, but the 360 is not the "it" item by any means this year. It is just now at the price where the typical "Madden" gamer will now pick one up. Umm also, I do not know if every walmart is selling them on the sales or not, but if so it is just one retailer who if it was such an amazing deal purposely limited stock(why would they want to sell their entire allottement of 360s on basically a give away.  Yes WW 360s sale should be 500-650k.... but that is nothing to get a hard on about.

 

 

Sales are expected to be above 600K next week which will be the best week the 360 has ever seen, I made a thread about this and ioi himself agreed.

You just sound bitter lol ... its ok I'm sure the PS3 will get a few consumers interested in amongst the crazy people falling over themselves for a 360 and a wii.

Yes I am bitter.... My favorite console the Wii is only outselling PS/360 combined... by less.. yes it hurts...

I even said it should sell 500-650k? I am just not that impressed, I kinda assumed when it reached a MM Pricepoint sales would be much better, the same thing will happen to the PS3 is it can stay relevant until then. Maybe I am just to used to the Wiis godly sales to truly appreciate what this week means for the 360.

 



End of 2009 Predictions (Set, January 1st 2009)

Wii- 72 million   3rd Year Peak, better slate of releases

360- 37 million   Should trend down slightly after 3rd year peak

PS3- 29 million  Sales should pick up next year, 3rd year peak and price cut

I never mentioned anything about Wii so let's keep that straight. Wii is going to have a superb week as everyone expects. Wal-Mart however is not merely the only place having great 360 bundles today as others have noted. Nothing to do with Wii whatsoever and merely about this weeks 360 sales in perspective of what is has done in the past.



bigjon said:
hate to bust ur 360 bubble, but either there is a crapload of supply or they are not selling like crazy... The are huge piles of them in my local Sears, Best Buy, TRU, and Gamestop(that had stack sitting on the desk)