Holiday Deals 2010 Retail Tracker

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thx1139 on 07 December 2010

Use this thread to track the deals on hardware available at major retailers and how it may effect sales. I am going to limit my posts to major US retailers. Others can post additional.

Week 3 (Dec 5 - Dec 11)
Retailer	Console	Deal
BestBuy	Nothing
Kmart	PS3	Free Assassins Creed Brotherhood with PS3 purchase
Target	Nothing
ToysRus	Wii	$20 gift card with purchase of White or Black bundle (thru Dec 8)
Walmart	Wii	$50 gift card with purchase of any Wii console

Week 4 (Dec 12 - Dec 18)		Information just coming in
Retailer	Console	Deal
BestBuy	Wii	$20 gift card with purchase of any Wii console
Kmart	Wii	$50 gift card with purchase of any Wii console
Target	Wii	All 3 colors $177
ToysRus	Nothing
Walmart	Xbox 360	$75 gift card with purchase of 250GB 360 console
Walmart	Wii	$75 gift card with purchase. Starts 9PM EST Dec 17th and ends Dec 19th.
Walmart	PS3	$100 gift card with purchase. Starts 9PM EST Dec 17th and ends Dec 19th.

Final Week before Christmas (ends Friday the 24th)

Week 5 (Dec 19- Dec 24)		Information just coming in
Retailer	Console	Deal
BestBuy	Xbox 360	$349 Holiday Bundle with extra controller, play and charge kit, and 8 ft HDMI cable
Kmart	Nothing
Target	Xbox 360	$20 gift card with 4GB Kinect Bundle purchase
Walmart	Nothing
ToysRus	PS3	Free Singstar Dance with 250GB PS3 Move bundle

ToysRus	Kinect Sensor	Free Sonic Free Rider or Brunswick Bowling with purchase
ToysRsu	Wii	$50 gift card with white or black wii and mario and sonic at olympic winter games purchase
ToysRus	Xbox 360	free controller charger stand ($30 value)

Its libraries that sell systems not a single game.

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*Sound Of Rain on 07 December 2010

thx1139 said:

Use this thread to track the deals on hardware available at major retailers and how it may effect sales. I am going to limit my posts to major US retailers. Others can post additional.

Week 3 (Dec 5 - Dec 11)
Retailer	Console	Deal
BestBuy	Nothing
Kmart	PS3	Free Assassins Creed Brotherhood with PS3 purchase
Target	Nothing
ToysRus	Wii	$20 gift card with purchase of White or Black bundle (thru Dec 8)
Walmart	Wii	$50 gift card with purchase of any Wii console

Week 4 (Dec 12 - Dec 18)		Information just coming in
Retailer	Console	Deal
BestBuy	Nothing
Kmart	Nothing
Target	Nothing
ToysRus	Nothing
Walmart	*Wii*	*$75 gift card with purchase of 250GB 360 console*

You might want to fix this...Wii has some good deals!

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thx1139 on 07 December 2010

^^^ corrected

Its libraries that sell systems not a single game.

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thx1139 on 10 December 2010

Updated

Its libraries that sell systems not a single game.

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Immortal on 10 December 2010

Okay, Wii seems to getting some alright deals. Hopefully that'll accelerate. So far, they look pathetic for all consoles.

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thx1139 on 12 December 2010

Well Nintendo is going all out this week.

Its libraries that sell systems not a single game.

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Amazon.com currently has a $75 credit towards a future purchase with the purchase of a 160 GB PS3.

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thx1139 on 20 December 2010

Updated with last week before Christmas.

Mostly deals that require additional puchase besides just console. Only non additional purchase requirement is Target giving $20 gift card with Kinect 4GB bundle purchase.

Its libraries that sell systems not a single game.

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great thread!

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thx1139 on 26 December 2010

Dec 26th through Jan 1.

ToysRUs only retailer with special deals on consoles. Xbox 360 250GB get a $50 gift card with purchase.

Its libraries that sell systems not a single game.

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