Chibi-Robo DS not dead, but trapped at Wal-Mart

Wal-Marts not bad.
The only thing I wouldn't buy is music because its edited which is weird seeing as how the movies aren't

people claim wallmart kills the smaller mom and pop stores and also they are non union

The problem with Wal*Mart exclusives, from my perspective, is there isn't one anywhere near my house (in San Francisco). Gotta drive for an hour to get to the closest one.

really? i've got like 3 within a 20 minute drive from my house (brampton, city beside toronto) anyway im styll not sure if im gunna get this game, it was alright on gamecube and to be honest before i saw this post i didnt even know it was coming for the DS.

To put it simply, once you start selling stuff at retail through Walmart, you can never again afford not to. They stong-arm manufacturers and distributors into ludicrous wholesale price points, and the sheer volume of product they push makes it where they can take up over 75% of their suppliers' business. They also don't negotiate with their suppliers, at least not in the traditional sence. They *tell* you what you'll sell it to them for, and if you seek any concession, they'll simply drop your product and there goes 3/4 of your revenue. Never go into business with Walmart unless you're ready for that relationship to last throughout the life of your enterprise.

All of that, on top of what they're doing to the nation's (world's) workforce and smaller retailers. Is it all legal and legit? Likely, but they still aren't getting any of my money. The closest Walmart to SF is nearly an hour south anyway.

I went to Wal-Mart twice yesterday and again today.
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Anti-WalMart hype is immature, liberal nonsense. How dare WalMart provide so many jobs to so many people...how evil! How dare WalMart provide discount prices to eager consumers...how evil! How dare WalMart provide millions in philanthropic charity giving to many local organizations...how evil!

Grow up. If you hate WalMart be honest about what you are...a socialist and someone who hates free enterprise.

If you are supposedly a hard core gamer because you visit this site, I hope you like paying $100 for a game because you create a socialist paradise in America, emulating the many dead economies of much of Europe and Canada.

Let me guess, oil companies are evil too, and responsible for your high gas prices, right? Not market demand...LOL.

WalMart tries to underprice it's competitors? Seriously? Wow, I thought a better business practice was to get traffic into your store with higher prices...what is WalMart thinking?

WalMart haters are immature, closet socialists...done.

Gareson...please, control yourself.

Cheap prices, lots of jobs, and calling Canada a dead economy are fine. You might as well also claim that Ronald Reagan is no longer a productive member of society, NES is dead, and homosexuals "homos".

Yeah, they are all true, but you need to have a deeper understanding of life before you spout off such nonsense.

Why are Wal-Mart's prices so cheap? They are cheap because the moderately well-paying jobs (that provided health insurance as well) that were in Maryland, Michigan, and all over the country are now gone. Those Americans are out of work...

Wait, I'm sorry...they are not out of work. They work at their local Wal-Mart for 50 cents on the dollar they were making before -- and no healthcare.

So, they make the half the money and they depend on YOUR TAXES to get state aid (Medicaid) for health care.

And you want to call me a socialist? I'm paying into Medicaid because Wal-Mart won't give them quality health care coverage? I PAY MORE TAXES because of this.

And I'm the Socialist? You need to wake up, honey.

PS - As for Canada, when you get a little older I hope you recognize that you are one health care crisis away from bankruptcy. You can break your back for 40 years working 40-hour weeks...but you'll have to work til your 90 to cover those cancer treatment. Enjoy. But, yeah, you seem to think that Universal Health Care that YOU HAVE TO PAY FOR is socialist.

Keep livin your dream, kid. Grow up.

LOl, I love the holier than thou folks on here who "won't step foot in WalMart". LOL, how many products do you buy from corporate giants like...hmmm...Microsoft, Nintendo, SONY...and with no complaints that they are evil. Selective outrage is hypocrisy at it's finest. So why is WalMart the choice target, when it's business practices are not so different from almost every other megacorporation? ...because the Democratic Party and liberal bloggers have mobilized hippies and idiots to a single warcry. In the end, all of this selective outrage just appears foolish and immature to the masses and the moderates. WalMart haters have had their 15 minutes of fame...move along. Oh, and grow up too(as you play your videogame consoles, PC and games made by other evil megacorporations).

I played a cube demo of Adv2k1and it was mediocre to say the least.

Don't forget about how, especially in smaller towns, when they come in they will slash prices to the point that NO ONE can compete (I've heard rumours that they'll even takes losses), and then the instant their competition dies, prices return to the same or higher then they were previously at the competition.

Thanks Dirk, you saved me a lot of typing (not to mention, scorn of the ignorant) with that post.

I killed God.

Wrong. The US is a mixed economy, just like the rest of the modern world. If it were truly capitalist, things like the FDA wouldn't exist.

O.K. So what do you propose doing to WalMart? They aren't a monopoly and therefore do not fall under anti-trust regulation. What law have they broken? What "remedy" do you propose to fix their low prices and job creation?

I'm not sure that there is a "remedy." I mention in an earlier comment: Walmart's business practices are legal and legit under current law.

The way I respond to Walmart way of doing things is this: I don't shop there. Yep, my little ol' self is going to bring down their entire empire with nothing but my trusty, closed wallet. ; )

In all seriousness, that's the only way we consumers have to respond to the giant. The market will speak for itself, and so far, it's speaking on Walmart's behalf. (The US govt, though, is a different story.) I don't even deny Walmart's business savvy; It made all the right moves to get where it is today. I just don't have a taste for how they conduct their business.

All empires fall, whether they be nation states or commercial ventures. Eventually, Walmart will get too big for its britches in the eyes of the local, state, and federal governments, and they'll intervene. (It's already getting reined in at the state and local levels - For e.g.: there are huge populated swathes of California with nary a Walmart in sight. Many counties throughout the nation have put a cap on how many cubic feet a retail store can occupy, preventing the formation of those everything-in-one-place Super Walmarts.) Government intervention to stop/slow expansion/domination of a single company happens relatively frequently in this country; GM, AT&T, & Microsoft, for example. What makes a Walmart monopoly so scary is that they're not the providers of a specialized service (cars, telephony, computer software), but are positioning themselves to be a single point of sale for *anything* customers within a given store's region purchase.

What makes capitalism work for a citizenry with an enormous middle class is competition. Walmart is still expanding. If they reach a point where the health and productivity of our market is inhibited and/or damaged by that expansion, make no mistake, the government will step in. If there's no law on the books (and I doubt there is, as this specific situation is a pretty unique one in history), they'll make one.

Addendum: Do you really think Walmart would care about keeping prices low if they were your only option?

As for job creation, c'mon. Would *you* work there? Lots of their employees had no choice but to sign on with Walmart, because the alternatives were run into the ground by Walmart's very existence.