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Walmart Launches its Own "Overpowered" Line of Gaming PCs

posted by chromas on Tuesday October 30 2018, @08:20PM   Printer-friendly
from the moar-power dept.

takyon writes:

Walmart will sell two laptops and a desktop PC designed in collaboration with Esports Arena:

Companies like Alienware might dominate the pre-built gaming desktop and laptop PCs, but Walmart is throwing down the gauntlet today. The company has launched its own line of powerful gaming rigs, as spotted by PC Gamer.

These machines come in three different flavors: two laptops, and a single gaming desktop. The specifications are pretty outstanding, but they come at a cost, which we'll get into later. All of the machines fall under Walmart's new "Overpowered" (OP) product line, and they're the result of the retail giant's recent collaboration with Esports Arena.

Who's next? Tesco?

Also at CNET.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday October 30 2018, @10:27PM (4 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday October 30 2018, @10:27PM (#755834)

    I will post again. Sears wasn't no Neiman Marcus, but it sold quality merchandise with top quality service. Walmart sold some stuff at cheap price, while bilking on others with mislabeling. They pay crap for their employees, and the service is as you would expect

    Today, Walmart represent the working-class America today. No wonder we have weekly school shotting, racial conflicts, and Trump.

  • (Score: 2) by takyon on Tuesday October 30 2018, @10:34PM

    by takyon (881) <takyonNO@SPAMsoylentnews.org> on Tuesday October 30 2018, @10:34PM (#755837) Journal

    Sears? Sounds familiar. Oh, yeah:

    From largest US retailer to possible bankruptcy, Sears lines up emergency financing for potential filing [cnbc.com]

    Sears store closing list: 142 more Sears, Kmart locations closing in Chapter 11 bankruptcy [usatoday.com]

    Sears, a Onetime Retail Giant, Now Banks on Bankruptcy [wsj.com]

    Exclusive: Sears chairman Lampert seeks partner for bankruptcy financing - sources [reuters.com]

    I'm surprised this didn't happen years ago, but I was surprised about RadioShack too.

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  • (Score: 3, Informative) by takyon on Tuesday October 30 2018, @10:38PM (2 children)

    by takyon (881) <takyonNO@SPAMsoylentnews.org> on Tuesday October 30 2018, @10:38PM (#755838) Journal

    Did the rise of Walmart kill Sears? Or did Sears kill Sears?

    How Sears wasted $6 billion that could have kept it out of bankruptcy [cnn.com]

    Would $6 billion in cash have kept Sears out of bankruptcy?

    It sure wouldn't have hurt. Sears' ability to stay in business is in doubt [cnn.com] after the company filed for bankruptcy [cnn.com] protection this month.

    Yet Sears spent $6 billion buying back its own shares since 2005 in a futile effort to help support its stock price. The stock plunged more than 99% in value, from a high of $143.91 in 2007 to less than $1 a share [cnn.com] a couple of weeks before its bankruptcy filing. In bankruptcy, the shares are essentially worthless.

    "If they had put $6 billion into upgrading stores and website development, they could be in a very different position right now," said William Lazonick, a retired University of Massachusetts economics professor and an expert in share repurchases. "They could be in a much better position to compete in the changing world of retail."

    Sears could have used the money to reduce its debt burden and provide the working capital needed to keep the company out of bankruptcy.

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    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday October 30 2018, @11:10PM (1 child)

      by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday October 30 2018, @11:10PM (#755847)

      Yes, but then Lampert and his Wall Street pals would still be holding the $6 billion of stock they sold back, which would hurt the yacht manufacturing sector.

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday October 31 2018, @11:58PM

        by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday October 31 2018, @11:58PM (#756246)

        Honestly, Lampert kind of took a bath on the whole thing, because of lot of that credit he or his tentacles extended to Sears now gets the bankruptcy treatment. You can look around, there've actually been some analyses on it.