Black Friday sales musings

[damndl0ser]

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This is America and we prefer Wii/360.  So I guess if your wanting to hear the greatness of the PS3 you will have to wait for EMEAA.

 

I went out shopping twice on Black Friday.  The first battle was around 6:15 am and it took place at Walmart.  I ended up having to park across the street at Cracker Barrel in order to find a parking spot, this is insane as it took a good 8 to 10 minutes of fast walking just to reach the store.  I went in to find some of those $10 games but unfortunately I never found any (apparently they had went on sale at 12:01 am).  While I was there I took a look around the gaming section and it was a disaster area.  Apparently the Wii did better than expected and so did the 360.  There were no Wii's to be seen nor was there any 360's  (not even any bundles for either).  There were at least 10 to 15 PS3's left but I don't know if they were bundles or what.  

I didn't see any Kinect  stand alone units or bundles.  I asked the lady that was at the checkout if they would be getting any in, and she said that her stock was gone but they should have some Sat.  

I ended up picking up a 50 inch LCD tv that someone had apparently set back.  I ended nearly fighting for the damnd thing but it was worth it. Now hopefully my wife will leave my man cave alone!

The second adventure was at Game Stop.  I rolled in around 10am and the place looked even worse off than Walmart did (I guess it was because the store is so much smaller and you have the crowds closer together).  I went in to see what kind of cheap games they had and I never found anything I wanted there either.  I did see that the Wii and 360 had been sold out there as well.  No Kinect bundles or stand alones.  The kid working said they were waiting on a shipment that should come in at any time, and it would re stock Wii/360's.  Apparently the PS3 did a little better here but there were still some units left.  They had the PS3's behind the counter so I don't know how many they had left.

I think the DS will be massive because there were a lot of people around that area at both Game Stop and Walmart.  

I ended up going back to Walmart this Sat. to find purchase a Kinect and they had apparently sold out again.  None in stock at 2pm.  They didn't have any Wii's or 360's either, but they still had a few PS3's.