Amazon US November monthly bestsellers and general Amazon-based discussion.

[sabvre42]

riecsou said:

sabvre42 said:
FYI - Target, Walmart, Bestbuy, Gamestop all have both the XB1 and PS4 at $299.99.

Target has a $60 gift card on the XB1, while walmart has a $30 gift card.

Its looking like MS has already pushed their BF deals and they aren't quite as desperate as everyone anticipated. I'm going to learn towards the PS4 winning BF, as last years MCC + this years halo release have already created the vaccuum effect on the typical XBox fans.

 

I have said above: I expect MS to be desperate enough to go "beyond crazy ($250-$275 Xbox One)" this black Friday.

So by including those gift cards that puts the Xbox One in the price range I have mentioned above in some store. What I would like to know is that those gift cards, is the cost shared with MS and the store or  the cost of the gift card is only assumed by the store doing it during this period?

Its clearly shared somehow. MS either increases their retailer margins for BF, or negotiates some sort of kickback to the retailers for providing a larger incentive. I say this because its only the XB1 getting the gift card sales, both this year and last.

The thing i find funny btw... is how anyone at all ... ever... shops at gamestop. They are ALWAYS a pile of shit company that rips people off. Even BF demonstrates this by being worse than every other company that has posted adscans. (in addition to only $5 off day old used games).