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Faxanadu on 06 October 2009
O-D-C said:
I thoguht I was their best customer : (

You are Walmarts best customer.



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woopah on 06 October 2009

especially people who make their gaf name an anagram of their own name yet still deny it



 nintendo fanboy, but the good kind

proud soldier of nintopia

 

theRepublic on 07 October 2009
Kasz216 said:
TheSource said:

I find this interesting as it probably means Best Buy / Game Stop are the best customers for Microsoft and Sony given the different clientele the stores and products appeal to

That is interesting... it's also interesting just based on the fact that NPD doesn't track it.  Meaning depending on how they have their estimating calculations set up they may need to "tweak" them.

Of course i wonder how he means "best".  It could just mean they buy the most... and not have any relation to sony or microsoft.

That's what I was thinking.



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sharky974 on 07 October 2009

NPd estimates Wal Mart thoroughly though..I even heard they hav a consumer panel of 30k who track everything they purchase at Wal Mart..not just video games. Also something about NPD then simulates a Wal Mart store through this method. Wal Mart also used to be a NPD client so they have historical data.

So yeah, NPD isn't exactly just making guesses as to Wal Mart, sorry Wii fans.

I'd love it though if Wally World became NPD client again, sice we'd then get almost 100% accurate sales.

Also, I'd guess Wal Mart is the biggest customer for every video game company not just Nintendo..I could be wrong though. Wal Mart is not just America but the WORLD's largest single retailer..think about that.

 

Pretty sure Wal Mart is the biggest electronics retailer as well, ahead of Best Buy.



sharky974 on 07 October 2009
TheSource said:

The major USA retailers, if you were to group by similarity are in the following categories:

Massive General Stores (A):

Walmart

Target

Local chains

 

Electronics (B):

Best Buy

Fry's and a bunch of little others

 

Dedicated Game Stores (C):

Game Stop/ EB Games

Game Crazy

 

Toy Stores (D):

Toys R US/Kids R US

 

Video Stores (E):

Blockbuster

 

Online (F):

Amazon

 

Circuit City and KB Toys don't really sell games anymore. There are also alot of independent stores, particularly in cities in the west.

I would guess groups A & D are strongest for Nintendo. B is probably best for Sony followed by A, C is probably best for Microsoft followed by B.

I'd add..maybe Kmart and Sears and Costco to massive general retailers.. the first two may be struggling but Costco is a big one.



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Kasz216 on 07 October 2009
sharky974 said:

NPd estimates Wal Mart thoroughly though..I even heard they hav a consumer panel of 30k who track everything they purchase at Wal Mart..not just video games. Also something about NPD then simulates a Wal Mart store through this method. Wal Mart also used to be a NPD client so they have historical data.

So yeah, NPD isn't exactly just making guesses as to Wal Mart, sorry Wii fans.

I'd love it though if Wally World became NPD client again, sice we'd then get almost 100% accurate sales.

Also, I'd guess Wal Mart is the biggest customer for every video game company not just Nintendo..I could be wrong though. Wal Mart is not just America but the WORLD's largest single retailer..think about that.

 

Pretty sure Wal Mart is the biggest electronics retailer as well, ahead of Best Buy.

Yeah, i think you understimate how hard tracking like that can be... it's really hard statistically.



sharky974 on 07 October 2009

And..whats your background in statistics?



Exblackman on 07 October 2009
sharky974 said:

NPd estimates Wal Mart thoroughly though..I even heard they hav a consumer panel of 30k who track everything they purchase at Wal Mart..not just video games. Also something about NPD then simulates a Wal Mart store through this method. Wal Mart also used to be a NPD client so they have historical data.

So yeah, NPD isn't exactly just making guesses as to Wal Mart, sorry Wii fans.

I'd love it though if Wally World became NPD client again, sice we'd then get almost 100% accurate sales.

Also, I'd guess Wal Mart is the biggest customer for every video game company not just Nintendo..I could be wrong though. Wal Mart is not just America but the WORLD's largest single retailer..think about that.

 

Pretty sure Wal Mart is the biggest electronics retailer as well, ahead of Best Buy.

Estimates are estimates ,which are educated guesses but still guesses. Also NPD still doesn't have Toy R US as client which again is big seller for wii. So they have to estimate that too.

Walmart biggest customer for all systems I doubt that only becaus eof demogrphics but it is definitely a top player all around.



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