GameStop First To Hold Wii Demo Kiosks
October 3rd, 2006 by Kevin Cortez in Business
At an annual sales conference, GameStop has revealed that it will be the only retailer to carry playable Wii demo kiosks at the Wii’s launch, according to Dallas Morning News.
Although GameStop will be the first and only retailer to hold Wii demo kiosks at launch, it has been noted that many online reports suggest that Wal-Mart will acquire some Wii demo kiosks in Q1 of 2007.
The source also has stated that GameStop is going to continue to hold off on PS3 and Wii pre-orders until the company knows what the supply and demand will be like. When Microsoft’s Xbox 360 launched, GameStop did not have enough consoles to give out to all of their costumers that preordered the console. This year, GameStop will be trying to avoid this problem.
President of GameStop, Steve Morgan, has commented on the preordering issue by stating “I think the lesson is caution and optimism at the same time.”
Tags: Business
October 3rd, 2006 at 1:03 am
Oh well the GREAT news here is that there Kiosks are true demo kiosks featuring playable games unlike “The Monolith” that Sony has recently unleashed.
October 3rd, 2006 at 3:17 am
Yeah, we don’t need any more rocket ship sized video kiosks out there.
October 3rd, 2006 at 4:04 am
Expect the GameCube section of Gamestop to be greatly downsized and a lot of Cube games in the bargain bins all across the world. Can you imagine how buzy EB games and Gamestop is gonna be this holiday season! Fanboys all across the world will camp out for the Wii and PS3. There will be a line to get in the damn store!