Wal-Mart, not MS, PAID FOR $100 gift card with Xbox 360 Arcades

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madskillz said:

MonstaMack said:
Well it wouldn't surprise me. MS is probably doing them sort of favors that don't involve forking over cash. Wal-Mart makes a stupid amount of profit, and they are also putting $100 gift cards with all Blackberry activations next week and a rumored $100 gift card with the Wii (though it looks doubtful right now). It's a Wal-Mart ploy to get more people into their store and it worked pretty well as we sold a gazillion 360's in our store with it. Hell, even the MW2 elites are selling out.

I definitely agree. It's $100 in Wal-Mart cash - you can't get a refund unless you bring the 360 AND the gift card back. I was tempted to use it to MW2, but got the Prestige one instead.

Hey Monsta - since you work at WallyWorld, can you shed some light on why the toy gift guide features the Wii, the 360 but no PS3? Is it regional or what? I didn't see anything about the PS3 or PSP in it. I saw 3 pages - one for the Wii, one for the DS and one for the 360.

The Wii and 360 Arcade are big items at Wallmart... and the DS... the PS3 and PSP are looked at as a more high end item.  Walmart most likely accounts for a larger percentage of Wii and Arcade sales then it does 360 Elites and PS3s.... that's how it was explained to me anyway