How often do you see people at the Wii section in stores?

When I go to a store to buy or just look at the video games available, I rarely see people at the Wii section. One time at EB Games, I saw an old man looking through them. If my memory is correct, he was checking out the box for Endless Ocean.

Then there was this other girl when I was at Zellers who was with someone, and she sighed about how Wii Fit wasn't available.

Then there was this group of 3 or 4 girls at Walmart. There was one copy of Wii Fit available, and one girl said something like "Oh, it's really cool, you can do yoga and stufff...(name) wanted it for her birthday..."

So I guess I've only seen the "casuals". What about you guys? Who do you see at the Wii section? Ever see someone checking out a "hardcore" game?

i dunno but im always in the wii section (im pretty hardcore)

but when the conduit came out there was a bunch of people in the wii section at gamespot and they were all like 17

Now that you mention it, I'm almost always one of the few people that browse through the Wii section at my local EBGames. But then again, I only ever shop during non-crowded hours so that might be why. :P

I see lots.

Everytime I go to a game store, there's normally like 3-5 other people in there, and they normally just look around at everything.

can't answer, since i only buy my games online. :P

Not that I visit stores often, but I usually see people around the Wii section whenever I decide to take a look at the games myself. I don't know if it's a common thing around my parts, or I just have a habit of going to the areas when people are there. :P

I usually only see mothers and young kids at Wii section in stores I go to. I always feel awkward looking at Wii games when they are around.

It's a mix for me. Sometimes I'm the only one in the Wii section, sometimes there's a few people. I don't care who's in the Wii section. I just look for the game I want and I buy it. I just hate it when there's little kids in the Wii section and they refuse to step out of the way when you say "excuse me" so you don't plow them over.

I usually only see mothers and young kids at Wii section in stores I go to. I always feel awkward looking at Wii games when they are around.

staindcoldlp

Yeah, I feel awkward looking at Wii games by myself (well, most of the times) :?

Not really. I saw this creepy looking old dude reading the Animal Crossing box once though.

Ok, I made that up. I think some hardcore gamers are just ashamed to say they enjoy the Wii. I own both a PS3 and a Wii. Bought my Wii first. My wife thought when I got the PS3 that I'd never play the Wii again. She was wrong. The Wii has a good library of games. Unfortunately, it's oversaturated with awful 3rd party "casual/party games." Still, there's plenty for hardcore gamers on the system. Most of them are "closet" Wii fans though and buy their games online.

I used to live in a pretty small town and just about any time you went to the electronics at Wal-Martthe game section was so crowded you could hardly see the games, it was pretty much equal at all of the consoles, but Wii once and a while would have a few less. About 2 months ago I moved to a much larger area and was expecting it to be a nightmare trying to look at games, however, it has actually been the opposite. I don't know if it is because there are more options on where to get them, i.e. Target, Best Buy, Gamestop, Play'n Trade, etc. or what it is, but I'm almost always the only person in the game section. When I went around 2 yesterday (Sunday) there was only one other person and they were just playing the Xbox demos. It is kind of nice though to be able to scan the entire area for anything I want.

I will admit though I find the game section of my new Wal-Mart to feel awkward too. It seems impossible to find anything, they have some games on the main shelf, others in a shelf off to the side and you can only read the side (can't see the front of the cover) the discount games are thrown all overthe place(the other Wal-Mart near me just throws them all into a large bin and you have to dig through them to find anything) The only thing good about the game section is they do have three full displays of Wii games, so there is a good selection, if you can find what you are looking for. My old Wal-Mart had each console separate and then the games were pretty much alphabatized so you could find what you were looking for pretty easily, then the accessories were across the isle from the games, so if you were looking at the Wii games, all you had to do was turn around to find the acceossries and they had a center display with all of the newer $20 games, each console with its own section and then they hada display with $10 games. Older $20 had several shelves in the back where you could go through all the games, again separated by console. It was so much more organized and it seemed so much easier. I'm planning to start ordering most of my games from Amazon. It just seems a lot easier and I guess I can wait on my games a few days :-(

Anyway, back to the question, I don't really see too many people looking at the Wii games. On occassion I will see a few kids, usually around 8 or so, but rarely, if ever are there any other adults looking at the games.

It's usually just me.

I don't even know why I keep going into EBGames...but that's a different story. :P

i see them almost every time at gamestop,

and walmart very seldom ,

i guess because the times i go , to walmart theres hardly any one looking atgames period, im usually the only one lol

Everytime I go in I'm the only one looking at the Wii section:P

Oddly enough though, every time I have gone in and there were little kids looking, they were looking at PS3 games:P

Ok, I made that up. I think some hardcore gamers are just ashamed to say they enjoy the Wii.

robzidious

Do you think it has to do with the name? Because when I first heard the name announced, I knew I would never buy one. That changed...

I don't often see hardcore gamers at the wii section, maybe a couple of times.

Well, in the store i usually go to the sections are really close to each other so it's hard to tell who's buying what.

But speaking about stores, theres a strange trend around here- people who want to buy a game but are still saving for it sometimes put that game behind others like party games so that theres less chance they won't find the game when they finally have the money. :? strange

I never seeany adultsorteenagers around the Wii section at any store, its always young kids, or a momwith her son or daughter. I'm a Dad however, and I'm always with my 4 year old son, butI always lookfor good games that I know we'll both enjoy, not watered down mini-games. And by the way I'll make sure my kids grow up with quality games not ones that look good on the outsideso they'llsell to ignorant kids and moms that don't know the difference.

I rarely see people at the Wii section.

If I do it's usually kids with their parents (usually their moms).

There's usually some people that look at the Wii section, but they're mostly kids.

I never see anybody in the Wii section. But when I go to stores I never see anybody in the PS3, 360, PSP, or DS section either. I'm talking about Wal-Mart.

Just one or two when I go in.

I usually see parents or kids there, usually buying a really bad game to. From time to time I see an teen there, but they're usually making fun of the games, like de Blob, even SMG-_- I've gotten asked once why I'm shopping in the Wii section by one guy.

Always.Rod90

When I went today to buy my DSi and some games, accessories, and a case, I didn't see anyone browsing the Wii or DS sections. :(