Did Wal Mart Dump the 360 ....?

[udontneed2know]

Remember that old article claiming the 360 would not be sold by Wal-Mart anymore? Well, I certaintly didn't believe it because at the time of the article I saw 360's and all its games all over the shelves.

Well, I recently got back from Wal-Mart and of course went over to the electronics section. To my absolute suprise the entire 360 section was wiped clean. No games, no kiosk, no system.

Anybody elses Wal-Mart doing this? I can't remember the article but what was the reasoning for this?


Please do not use misleading titles in your post, especially if it is not confirmed. ~Cera

[LaOMaN]

i havent went to walmart in a while but i just went on there web page
http://www.walmart.com/catalog/catalog.gsp?cat=482412

still sell online can someone confirm this

[Hypx]

Why would they dump the Xbox 360?

[GS kid]

The wal-marts here still sell them. My friend just got one from there.

[Sufi]

My walmart had the accessories at least, I didn't look for the console itself though.

[The Relic]

Wasn’t the original Wal-Mart dumping the Xbox 360 story created because the WIFI in 360 Kiosks interfered with the inventory system of some of the older Wal-Mart stores? Didn’t the story develop because Wal-Mart had to remove the kiosks from some stores and this caused people believed they weren’t going to sell the 360?
Or was there a later story that I missed. I don’t live in the USA so I’m not really up with what is happening with Wal-Mart.

[Boogie Woogie]

Why would they dump the Xbox 360?

Clearing floor space for the PS3 and Wii (jokes)

I guess it could be cause of the Wifi interference or some other unknown factor . Sure is weird though .

[Steroyd]

Wasn’t the original Wal-Mart dumping the Xbox 360 story created because the WIFI in 360 Kiosks interfered with the inventory system of some of the older Wal-Mart stores? Didn’t the story develop because Wal-Mart had to remove the kiosks from some stores and this caused people believed they weren’t going to sell the 360?
Or was there a later story that I missed. I don’t live in the USA so I’m not really up with what is happening with Wal-Mart.

If the wireless was the case they'd dump the Kiosks but not the shelving of the consoles.

Aren't Wal-Mart like big in the USA or something?

[The Relic]

Steroyd,
I said believed the ORIGINAL ‘Wal-Mart Dumping the 360’ story was started because of problems with WIFI. I believe the original poster (udontneed2know) mentioned there was an old article that claimed Wal-Mart wouldn’t sell the 360, and that’s why I mentioned the WIFI problem. I don’t know if Wal-Mart is dumping the 360 because even though Wal-Mart is big in the USA, I do not live in the USA so I have no real interest in Wal-Mart.

[Steroyd]

Yeah but WiFi shouldn't be the sole reason to not sell Xbox 360's they're inactive, without a source of power.

It's just ilogical it should just be the kiosks that are causing the problems in the first place.

[The Relic]

OK I’ll try to explain the original problem occurred just before the 360 launch. Wal-Mart didn’t have any real 360, just Kiosks, so when people saw the kiosks being removed they speculated that the 360 would not be sold by Wal-Mart. And I believe that is where most of the original rumours about Wal-Mart dumping the 360 started.

[Dasimpse]

udontneedtoknow. just so you know in uk at my store sometimes when we are moving round sections we will pull EVERYTHING off so it could look like it was gone.

i suggest you go and ASK the manager if they have stopped,instead of posting what you believe you saw. its possible flame bait if not proven

i suggest we just put it in google, it would be all over the news if they had stopped seling it.

[Boogie Woogie]

^^^^ Which is why i find it so hard to believe that a big chain store like Wal-Mart would pull a just recently launch next gen console off the shelves altogether .

[Azukimo]

Yeah, the subject title has to change, it's just misleading to people as if the Wal-Mart chain actually dropped the Xbox 360 instead of 1 person going to 1 Wal-Mart out of the tens of thousands and not see it on display, and then thinks because of that every Wal-Mart in the entire world dropped the Xbox 360 (yeah, I'm making it sound stupid because the post is stupid). It's like, I could post a thread that say "McDonalds DID drop the burger" just cause I went in and ordered the Filet O'Fish. This thread should go into the Hall of Shame.

[Dasimpse]

this thread should just be locked its completely pointless. a company is not going to ditch the hottest selling console of 2006. unless they are nuts

[XxScarfacexX]

Really. They are probably just rearranging the setup. Happens to all of the systems. They usually do it in the late-night hours.

[Panda112]

God that scared me, I thought they did drop it there...

[Cera]

Well, considering there's no official confirmation, this thread is pointless.

And if you keep up with your anti-360 antics (having misleading titles is just lame), you're on your way to a temp ban.

[The_Only]

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