Xbox consoles and games are becoming rare finds at major retailers. Workers confirm that Walmart and Target locations are clearing out inventories and have no plans to restock the products. Repeated Xbox price increases have made the brand less desirable for businesses and consumers.
  • Lucky_777@lemmy.worldEnglish
    42·
    2 months ago

    If Sony is doing it too, it’s the retail market that’s not showing results. Thinking most people order consoles online or from electronic stores.

  • yermaw@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    39·
    2 months ago

    The article points out that it could be good news for Sony and Nintendo. Then like the next paragraph “Sony doing it too lol”

  • jordanlund@lemmy.worldEnglish
    20·
    2 months ago

    This is in line with what I’m seeing locally. Weird they aren’t doing a fire sale like Sam’s Club:

    • commander@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      6·
      2 months ago

      I thought about getting a Sam’s Club membership to look for a Series X as another cheap UHD Blu-ray player. They’ve got to be gone by now at my local one

  • emb@lemmy.worldEnglish
    11·
    2 months ago

    Had to go into one of their stores and look for something last week, stopped by the games while I was there. The Xbox section is already looking small and barren compared the others.

    • Encrypt-Keeper@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      2 months ago

      I saw a post saying it’s untrue but their only evidence seemed to be that their Target had not removed anything g last time they checked. Meanwhile I have seen a half dozen posts from employees and customers showing the Xbox stuff being removed. A month from now I’m sure it’ll be clearer on what’s happened.

    • kadaverin0@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      2·
      2 months ago

      I can only speak from personal experience, but my local Target has heavily downsized it’s Xbox section. Nintendo and Sony get their own aisles while Microsoft is basically an end cap.

  • BlameTheAntifa@lemmy.worldEnglish
    6·
    2 months ago

    GamePassBox is not popular while people struggle to afford even the basic costs of living? Who could have predicted this?

  • Katana314@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    2 months ago

    Here’s a question. For ages back, the console market had three contenders. Who do you think would compete in the trifecta between Nintendo and Sony?

    Normally, PC markets stay aside from that conversation, but it might be Valve and the Steam Deck. I’m just not sure if Valve is the type to be interested in running big promotions at Wal-Mart by Mountain Dew displays.

    • mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      2·
      2 months ago

      That is a tricky question to answer, because the PlayStation and the Switch serve fundamentally different use cases, and there’s only a small amount of crossover between the two game libraries. If you want to play Nintendo games, you’ll get a Switch. If you don’t care about Nintendo games, you’ll get a PlayStation. They’re only superficially competing, and many console gamers will end up owning both.

      • Katana314@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        2 months ago

        There was still back and forth between PlayStation and Xbox. For the PS3, Sony went bonkers on architecture, and as a result Xbox won a lot of players. With the Xbox One, they made stupid plays on TV access and always-online, and Sony succeeded against their foot-shooting. Then, with the Series S|X, Xbox still lost but won back some consumers by introducing service-based game rental, which Sony followed suit on later.

        The two have bettered each other by serving as competition to capitalize on the other’s anti-consumer actions, and by at least competing on pricing and ideas. Imagine if people called out the Xbox One’s always online, but PlayStation didn’t exist.

        “lol, too bad gamers”