Black Friday 09: For Gamers As Well

Many stores were getting ready for their 6:00am (or earlier) opening for black friday. While eager men and women waited in the lines early in the morning, I was a true gamer and slept in until 8:30am beforing hitting up the gaming sales. Lets see what deals were impressive this 2009 Black Friday.

Year of the console sales – If you were in the market for a ‘next gen’ console or your last console broke (*cough*Red Ring of Death*cough*), this was the day to get one. The best deal for me was at Best Buy to get a 360 with a bundle of six games with it. Granted the six games weren’t quality titles, the fact that you could get the bundle for about $300 was astonishing. Other stores like Walmart, Gamestop, and Target had good hardware bundles but Best Buy got the gold star in this category.

Lets Rock Out – Guitar Hero and Rock Band seems to be the talk around town again not for how good the games are but for how cheap they are this season. If you held out like Brad and myself did for a long time, you should get to your store ASAP today/tonight before they run out. If it was a certain rhythm game that you wanted or the bundled package, go now. Why are you still reading, get going. The best selection for this can be found at Walmart.

Get Your Old Games Here – I think this is a tradition for all gaming retailers to find ways to clear inventories of older games that aren’t selling. This year was no exception as you could get games like Tom Clancy’s End War ($37.99 Best Buy), Left 4 Dead ($49.99 Gamestop), Dead Space ($30.00 Target) or Bully (PS2 $10.00 Walmart). You will not be disappointed in the selection of games on this this year new coming out and old on sale this Friday.

2009 Overall – If you were interested in game consoles then this is your time to spend, spend, spend. Need a PS3 for decent price, get it now. 360 broken, get a new one with six games. If you wanted a Wii, didn’t move in price but still cheap to have. The gaming selection is ‘blah’ at best but still had good games on sale that you might have own sometime in the past. If you held out this year with gaming purchases for next years releases, save up as more block busters are coming at you in 2010.

Tags: Bully, Dead Space, gamers, Gamestop, Guitar Hero, Left 4 Dead, ps3, Rock Band, Tom Clancy's End War, wii

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