Have stores given up on PS3?
TheGame
PS3 games in weeks. Yet I have seen many ads for 360, PS2, Wii (when
its back in stock), etc every week. I live in chicago, a major market.
So I imagine that PS3 has to be in stock here. Anyone else notice
this? Is it like this in your area?
Tomcat
stocking it. They've replaced the PS3 shelf with more PS2's. I just
got back from CompUSA and they have no PS3 section, just a pile of
PS3's in a metal wire box in the very back of the store.
Jordan
Most places prepare ads weeks if not months in advance and I'd expect
they thought the PS3 would not be in stock so there's no point in
advertising it. The same thing happened during the 360 launch. It
didn't appear in ads for months because it didn't need to. It was
selling out as soon as it came back in stock.
- Jordan
Christopher J Martin
"Jordan" <lu...@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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I agree. The Sunday BB (28 page) ad for my area doesn't include any mention
of the Wii. So I don't think the lack of advertising for the PS3 is
particular. The only advertising in the BB ad were for the PS2 and 360. The
only places I've seen ads for the Wii are online and there's always a
disclaimer about stock.
Android
"Tomcat" <tom_da...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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Today's 4 major retailer ads:
Wii: Wal-Mart (1/4)
Xbox 360: Best Buy, Target, Circuit City (3/4)
PS3: (none)
PS2: Best Buy (1/4)
PSP: Wal-Mart (1/4)
DS: (none)
To the original poster (The Game):
So, using your logic, retailers have given up on the DS as well as the
PS3...despite the fact that Nintendo's handheld system sells like hotcakes.
And they are about to give up on the PS2, PSP, and Wii as well, since only 1
of the 4 major retailers advertised each of those systems. And what would
stop a Sony fanboy from arguing that the Xbox 360 is well-represented in the
ads this weekend because they aren't selling?
I know that you grasp at straws to find any anti-Sony/PS3 news you can, but
this one is really stretching it. Most stores don't have the Wii in stock,
so they didn't advertise it, and there are no big releases this week for any
of the consoles. There is no correlation between lack of weekend
advertising and retailers "giving up" on a console. The 360 wasn't
advertised this time last year because retailers didn't have them in
stock...did you claim that retailers gave up on the system back then? Of
course not...
Brenden D. Chase
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> "Tomcat" <tom_da...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:1170017922....@v33g2000cwv.googlegroups.com...
>> I haven't looked for ads but it appears my local Frys has stopped
>> stocking it. They've replaced the PS3 shelf with more PS2's. I just
>> got back from CompUSA and they have no PS3 section, just a pile of
>> PS3's in a metal wire box in the very back of the store.
>
> Today's 4 major retailer ads:
>
> Wii: Wal-Mart (1/4)
> Xbox 360: Best Buy, Target, Circuit City (3/4)
> PS3: (none)
> PS2: Best Buy (1/4)
> PSP: Wal-Mart (1/4)
> DS: (none)
To this day, i have yet to see any store advertise the PS3. So your list
isnt exactly shocking.
JoJo#1MSFanboy
brenden.cha...@gmail.com says...
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>
>"Android" <andr...@NOSPAMcomcast.net> wrote in message
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>> "Tomcat" <tom_da...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>> news:1170017922....@v33g2000cwv.googlegroups.com...
>>> I haven't looked for ads but it appears my local Frys has stopped
>>> stocking it. They've replaced the PS3 shelf with more PS2's. I just
>>> got back from CompUSA and they have no PS3 section, just a pile of
>>> PS3's in a metal wire box in the very back of the store.
>>
>> Today's 4 major retailer ads:
>>
>> Wii: Wal-Mart (1/4)
>> Xbox 360: Best Buy, Target, Circuit City (3/4)
>> PS3: (none)
>> PS2: Best Buy (1/4)
>> PSP: Wal-Mart (1/4)
>> DS: (none)
>
>To this day, i have yet to see any store advertise the PS3. So your list
>isnt exactly shocking.
You been living under a rock?
Brenden D. Chase
"JoJo#1MSFanboy" <Jo...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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No, stores (at least around here: Seekonk, MA/Attleboro, MA) just dont
advertise the PS3. And upon each visit to the stores, there's only about one
or two PS3's, if that.
TheGame
On Jan 28, 6:21 pm, "Android" <androv...@NOSPAMcomcast.net> wrote:
> So, using your logic, retailers have given up on the DS as well as the
> PS3...despite the fact that Nintendo's handheld system sells like hotcakes.
Aye, Android, the robotic sony fanboy, I thought u would respond like
that... ;-)
DS is normally always advertised, esp when a new game is out. I
noticed that BB/CC seem to rotate the ads for consoles due to lack of
space. But I have not seen an ad for PS3 or its games for weeks.
> And they are about to give up on the PS2, PSP, and Wii as well, since only 1
> of the 4 major retailers advertised each of those systems. And what would
> stop a Sony fanboy from arguing that the Xbox 360 is well-represented in the
> ads this weekend because they aren't selling?
So as the robotic sony fanboy, are you saying that HDTVs are not
selling, since those are advertised quite alot?? Nice try but try
harder next time ;-)
> I know that you grasp at straws to find any anti-Sony/PS3 news you can, but
> this one is really stretching it.
No, I reported on what I have seen of the gaming ads from a major
market. Thus, I report, you decide... I have seen ads for Wii in
multiple stores, but none for PS3. According to many, PS3 can be
easily bought in stores, but its still is impossible to find the Wii.
But I have seen ads for Wii but not PS3.
RKRM
"Jordan" <lu...@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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>
>> I have not seen a single sunday ad (CC, BB, target) mentioned PS3 and
>> PS3 games in weeks. Yet I have seen many ads for 360, PS2, Wii (when
>> its back in stock), etc every week. I live in chicago, a major market.
>> So I imagine that PS3 has to be in stock here. Anyone else notice
>> this? Is it like this in your area?
>
> Most places prepare ads weeks if not months in advance
You are correct. I recently did a fiber-optic cable instal at a portland
business called Vertis. They are printers of news paper ads -- that's it.
There is a huge lead time and as such I was required to sign an agreement
that effectively said I wont steal/leak any of the ads. This place was
locked up tight. I worked there in late September and they were working on
some of the first Christmas ads of the season. Wierd.
mikel
enough. There were a few good games the rest crap. Remember the
surfing game, I actually sold that one on ebay the day after I bought
it. Check out the releases coming out in the next month or two.
Until then stop crying.
mk
JoJo#1MSFanboy
brenden.cha...@gmail.com says...
I've seen it several times in the Best Buy, Target and Circuit City ad. Not
lately though.
Paul Heslop
he wants the ps3 to fail, hence his continuous bombardment of the
group with the same negative trash.
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John J
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I imagine some stores are disappointed at game sales but it has to make one
wonder what the game studios are thinking. The PS3 having an abysmal game
attachment rate, top selling games like Gears of War selling 10-25 times
more copies than their PS3 counterparts, non-gamers posting on forums across
the internet saying they bought it as a cheap blu-ray player, and just the
fact that they're competing with not only dvd but blu-ray as well for the
dollars of consumers on the PS3 console. I'm just surprised that there
hasn't been a lot more announcements yet of Sony losing more exclusives, how
can some of these studios survive selling 50,000-100,000 copies of a game on
the PS3 when one developer has said it would take them 500,000 copies just
to make any profit.
nathantw
to the counter. An hour later they were all gone. Sounds like they're
selling to me.
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RKRM
"nathantw" <nath...@removethis-sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
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>I walked into a local Best Buy one morning. They had 9 60GB PS3 sitting
>next to the counter. An hour later they were all gone. Sounds like they're
>selling to me.
Everywhere I've been of late (Game Crazy, EB Games, Gamestop, Target,
Walmart) it's the same story - PS3's are there for the taking and Wii's are
no where in sight