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Tyrannical on 25 November 2009

I have no idea why anyone would buy Video Games at Wal Mart, because I have never seen a good deal there, except for their near BF insane ones.



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astrosmash on 26 November 2009
Tyrannical said:
I have no idea why anyone would buy Video Games at Wal Mart, because I have never seen a good deal there, except for their near BF insane ones.

 

The number of serious gamers who get their games at Walmart is likely small, but the number of games bought for gamers by non-gamers is likely very high. Also not-so-serious gamers or new gamers would be far more likely to buy their games at Walmart then go to a dedicated game store.

 

 



newbie3 on 26 November 2009

 

The number of serious gamers who get their games at Walmart is likely small,

 

 

 

 

Umm no. New games are 59.99 everywhere, why would someone particularly choose to go somewhere else? Especially when Wal Mart is a store that you are often in anyway to buy unrelated items, so many times people would just buy the game there out of conveinence, rather than making a seperate trip to Gamestop.

 

In fact myself, I probably buy more games at Wal Mart than anywhere else. The reason is, it's the best place to get big new releases the fastest. For example, every time a new Halo or Gears game or console comes out, I go to the 24 hour Wal Mart at midnight to get it. It's easier and faster and less lines than Gamestop, and they always have big games for sale right at midnight. Any game Gamestop would have a midnight launch for would probably have big lines there. Gamestop also has a nasty habit, or at least they used to, of claiming that a game is sold out if you didn't pre-order (when in reality, there is virtually never shortages of disc based games). Wal Mart doesn't pull that crap, they always have tons, and only a handful of people in line. So yeah, with Wal Mart, less lines, always available, no need to wonder if they are doing a midnight launch.



Galaki on 26 November 2009

A lot of my gaming purchases are from amazon and dell.



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Hephaestos on 26 November 2009

I get 90% of my games online, 90% of these through amazon.

When I bought in france, there was no questions asked... stores don't do much promotion wise, but I did buy from other internet marketplaces.

Now I buy mostly in the UK... when I go there I sometimes see better deals in stores, but generally I just get amazon too.



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palancas7 on 26 November 2009

I always buy from Amazon.
Stores' prices are ridiculous. (UK)



 

Kasz216 on 26 November 2009
Chairman-Mao said:
ioi said:
Amazon has about 3 percent marketshare

that's it? I expected higher.

I guess Walmart and Gamestop/EB games must be huge.

3% is a lot...



palancas7 on 26 November 2009

Just want to know: Where did that number come from?



 

astrosmash on 26 November 2009
newbie3 said:

 

The number of serious gamers who get their games at Walmart is likely small,

 

 

 

 

Umm no. New games are 59.99 everywhere, why would someone particularly choose to go somewhere else? Especially when Wal Mart is a store that you are often in anyway to buy unrelated items, so many times people would just buy the game there out of conveinence, rather than making a seperate trip to Gamestop.

 

In fact myself, I probably buy more games at Wal Mart than anywhere else. The reason is, it's the best place to get big new releases the fastest. For example, every time a new Halo or Gears game or console comes out, I go to the 24 hour Wal Mart at midnight to get it. It's easier and faster and less lines than Gamestop, and they always have big games for sale right at midnight. Any game Gamestop would have a midnight launch for would probably have big lines there. Gamestop also has a nasty habit, or at least they used to, of claiming that a game is sold out if you didn't pre-order (when in reality, there is virtually never shortages of disc based games). Wal Mart doesn't pull that crap, they always have tons, and only a handful of people in line. So yeah, with Wal Mart, less lines, always available, no need to wonder if they are doing a midnight launch.


Reread your post with emphasis on the bolded. I think you have established the very point you were trying to refute.



gossomer on 04 June 2010

I work in the industry... percentages are accurate /- a few percentage points.

Again it depends on titles... Red Dead Redemption was probably 60% Gamestop week 1.. may go down to 40-45% over its life.  But titles like Sims 3 will track much higher at Wallmart.

Amazon is definitey coming up in the world particularly for new releases week 1.. but they are not competitive over the life of the product.

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