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Nintendo Wii Off to Hot Start; Sony Playstation 3 Still Rated #1 From Gamestop (GME) Retailers

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We completed our survey last night, just in time to capture the las hours of the Nintendo Wii pre-order process. Only 35% of the stores we contacted said we could even pre-order a Wii and the survey found fewer and fewer stores taking pre-orders as we closed in on Friday morning.In addition to inquiring about pre-orders we also asked which platform the Gamestop or EB Games employee recommended. Sony Playstation beat out the Wii by being the recommended platform at 43% of stores contacted while the Wii was recommded by 39%. Price was a large factor and some recommendations were based on the fact that the Wii will only be $250 versus either $499 or $599 for the Sony Playstation 3. 17% of our survey respondents recommended both platforms based on the age of the user. For under 13, the Wii was recommded and for games older than 13 the Sony PS3 was the recommended choice. It is interesting to us to note that the Microsoft Xbox 360 dominated our first Gamestop survey but not one survey respondent suggested this platform as an alternative to us. Looks like Microsoft XBOX could be facing some market share losses as the Wii and PS3 get into the marketplace.

Gamestop employees also told us that purchasing a Sony Playstation3 would be challending throughout the coming holiday season as most Gamestop have sold out of not only pre-order allotments but also expected inventory has been mostly spoken for informally. Demand for the Wii seems heavy as well and we were told to expect waiting times for these platforms even after the official launch dates.

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8 Responses to “Nintendo Wii Off to Hot Start; Sony Playstation 3 Still Rated #1 From Gamestop (GME) Retailers”

  1. scott fink on September 6th, 2008 7:16 pm

    THE WERE VERY HELPFUL,AND I WAS LOOKING AT A GAME THEY HELP ME DECIDE

  2. scott fink on September 6th, 2008 7:18 pm

    YES I LIKE GAME STOP THEN ANY OTHER GAME STORE

  3. scott fink on September 6th, 2008 7:20 pm

    YOU ALWAYS HAD WHAT I WANTED MOST OF THE TIME

  4. scott fink on September 6th, 2008 7:22 pm

    I FEEL THAT GAMESTOP IS THE TOP OF THE LINE AS FAR AS GAME STORE

  5. scott fink on September 6th, 2008 7:25 pm

    VERY NICE AND HELPFULL .

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  8. Gianna Patterson on May 5th, 2010 3:34 am

    Playstation is the best gaming console that i have owned. Me and my brother are addicted in playing games on Playstation.,:~

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