Cornbread78
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Some comments are so obvious and so funny at the same time and Y2Kev was sooo worried earlier, lol.
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Black Friday 2015 Retail Musings
- Thread starter Chobel
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That's what it sounds like so far. Luckily for Sony, they shipped tons of the Uncharted bundle this time around, so I think it should last the weekend.
RedAssedApe
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MindCollizion
Member
My brother in law wanted to buy a ps4 so we went to best buy. They were sold out, only had two refurbished ones.
Cornbread78
Member
Carry on, some funny 1-liners in here. No thread degradation is a good thing here. Back to playing games now, lol.
Damn that's tough luck. Walmart should always have some...
Surface of Me
I'm not an NPC. And neither are we.
Didnt see much PS4 or X1 action. Saw a big stack ofX1's in BB, but that was the $450 Bundle. Did see a good amount of people getting Wii Us.
At the game section in Walmart Battlefront was sold out on PS4 and X1, BLOPS3 and Halo 5 only had a few copies left.
At the game section in Walmart Battlefront was sold out on PS4 and X1, BLOPS3 and Halo 5 only had a few copies left.
#sorrynotsorry
Member
You applied for a credit card on a whim in order to save $6? WHY?
Should have applied at Gamestop.
Nope I'm in a popular area. It's just the way people shop around here. Last year was the same ton of xbox one's at BB, but none to a few at Walmart and Target. It's funny how it plays out.
What if...
Sony had access to sales data that indicated that a significant percentage of PS4 sales were coming from people who hadn't previously owned a PS3?
They also had the sequel to a huge first party franchise coming out next year?
What if...those remasters of said franchise were so good they're a completely different experience from playing the originals?
What if..,they had 2 other bundles with new games, giving consumers a choice of 3 packed in brilliant games OR two of the year's biggest releases as bundles?
Ninja Sharingan
Banned
From the picture shown it looks like uncharted was :/
Uncharted isn't exclusive to one retailer.
Ninja Sharingan
Banned
Ahhh ok I'm in the UK. No idea what's going on. What does that mean tho? People are picking other bundles? Can you get tomb raider on disk with other bundles? NPD is going to be a crazy one
Pancakes R Us
Member
No crazy pepper spray stories like a few years ago? I'm very disappointed.
spatenfloot
Member
The picture shows that everyone was buying the cheaper Xbox bundle instead of the TR one.
RedAssedApe
Banned
Thread was more fun last year with pics. :[
Assumption is that no one is really buying the bundle. Makes sense as its higher priced and also comes with a bundled game that had the marketing bungled and thus poor sales despite positive reviews and word of mouth.
Average consumer will not care about 1TB HD if there is a cheaper alternative. Which is why ms was dumb with the way they handled halo and rotr bundles.
Assumption is that no one is really buying the bundle. Makes sense as its higher priced and also comes with a bundled game that had the marketing bungled and thus poor sales despite positive reviews and word of mouth.
Average consumer will not care about 1TB HD if there is a cheaper alternative. Which is why ms was dumb with the way they handled halo and rotr bundles.
Ninja Sharingan
Banned
Yup, Deffo sounds like it! Hopefully people picked up Tomb Raider Seperately. I admit I am a poster child for that game, I am loving it.
unknownstranger
Member
Went to Walmart on Thursday night. It was a massive clusterfuck. First off, they had the entire aisle where you line up to check out blocked off. To check out, you had to get into the massive line on either side of the store, and the let one person in at a time to the 2-3 open checkouts on each side. Second, everything was in completely random places. The TV's were in the back by the beer and had a massive line for them. At least that's by their back room though. The video games (and movies) for Black Friday weren't where they normally are in Electronics. Instead, they were in cardboard bins by the ice cream. The consoles weren't in either part of the store and instead in another completely random place I didn't bother to look, so I have no idea how they were selling. Got God of War 3 Remastered, Splatoon and The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask 3D while I was there. Wanted FF X/X-2 but they didn't have it, so I decided to get Majora's Mask 3D instead. The checkout lines in Electronics were just opening when I got everything so I got out of there pretty fast. Bought FF X/X-2 (PS4) today at Hastings for $5 more than Walmart listed but whatever. It was their last copy though so like Gamestop it was already opened and they had the disk in a case by the register. Also got Knack and World of Warcraft for $5 there that I'm going to give away.
Chobel
Member
I say don't get your hopes up, it doesn't sound like TR2 is selling hot.
Went to Best Buy yesterday around 6pm. I just grabbed the games I wanted and headed to checkout. I was in line for about 15 mins and I noticed there were a good amount of people with xbox consoles/games/accessories. There were a few with ps4's too. Overall seems like they both sold a good amount from what I read on here.
TheSadRanger
Banned
Ordered the PS4 versions of GTA V and the Witcher 3 for $25 each early afternoon on Wal Mart's website.
While I was a bit worried at first I got a confirmation late afternoon that they were ready to be picked up.
Went in around 8pm and I was in and out of the store in less than ten minutes
The PS4 version of FFX HD was still around as well for $15 but I just really don't want to play FFX or X-2 again....... I enjoyed FFX but I spent 50 hours plus on the PS2 version and really don't want to do it again.
While I was a bit worried at first I got a confirmation late afternoon that they were ready to be picked up.
Went in around 8pm and I was in and out of the store in less than ten minutes
The PS4 version of FFX HD was still around as well for $15 but I just really don't want to play FFX or X-2 again....... I enjoyed FFX but I spent 50 hours plus on the PS2 version and really don't want to do it again.
DAVIDHUXLEY
Member
BB online still has the 299 Nathan Drake sku.
The visual I got from this had me cracking up...lol.
Agree. And I am legit surprised at Wii U selling. Someone mentioned it earlier...if Nintendo didnt send out alot of stock they may be kicking themselves later. Its gotta be tough when you have a product not selling well then when you have a chance for decent sales...you gotta decide just how much stock to send.
Or does it even work like that? Is it up to Nintendo or the retailers?
Only went to bestbuy yesterday morning. Picked up Until Dawn almost got Bloodborne but decided to wait for a good price on the game+dlc.
Wasn't too busy stock seemd about 1.5:1 in favor of Ps4. As far as sales saw 2 lego X1s, 1 TR bundle and 1 uncharted bundle sold. Tons of people picking up controllers and fallout 4 though. Next big game seemed to be black ops.
Was a small stack of Wii U's but even with all the talk of it selling out doubt it comes closes to X1 or Ps4.
Wasn't too busy stock seemd about 1.5:1 in favor of Ps4. As far as sales saw 2 lego X1s, 1 TR bundle and 1 uncharted bundle sold. Tons of people picking up controllers and fallout 4 though. Next big game seemed to be black ops.
Was a small stack of Wii U's but even with all the talk of it selling out doubt it comes closes to X1 or Ps4.
Forbes did its job well.
I don't think the DLC will be on sale anytime soon. $20 for BB is a deal worth jumping on.
9 out of 10 people now buy stuff online anyway.
The_Darkest_Red
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Went to Best Buy on Thanksgiving night around 9:30. Wanted Far Cry 4 but it was sold out. I got the last copy of Dark Souls II and FF Type-0 and also picked up a copy of Borderlands Handsome Collection. Picked up a few movies as well.
I wasn't paying attention to who had what but the store still had a ton of PS4 and XBO bundles front and center.
I wasn't paying attention to who had what but the store still had a ton of PS4 and XBO bundles front and center.
You're probably right don't you have to beat the core game anyway to access the DLC. Might as well get started on it.
Super_Cobra
Member
Wii u wins confirmed.
Can you imagine how many consoles were sold digitally? 9-1 ratio?
Can you imagine how many consoles were sold digitally? 9-1 ratio?
ptuck874
Member
went to target on thursday evening after picking up daughter from volunteer job at hospital, ps4 bundle almost sold out, xbones a plenty and plenty of wii u. friday went to walmart, no bundles of anything i could find, just like someone posted earlier people falling into clothes boxes looking for socks lol on side note, was able to get and fit into my grand vitara a baja warrior mini bike from Tracker Suplly for daughter for Christmas, didnt have nowhere to hide it, so gave it to her early for the heck of it, lol, stayed on that thing til about 830 last night, thank goodness it has a headlight
on side note, was able to get and fit into my grand vitara a baja warrior mini bike from Tracker Suplly for daughter for Christmas, didnt have nowhere to hide it, so gave it to her early for the heck of it, lol, stayed on that thing til about 830 last night, thank goodness it has a headlight Okay, I laughed.
Another small anecdote: the WiiU Splatoon/Smash bundle was more popular than Xbone with Kinect and PS4 BO3 bundles combined.
demosthenes
Member
FFX for PS4 is back to $20 on Amazon.
Nothing to do with morality, but 'borrowing' items from retailers hurts the retailer-->lower profits-->elimination of program + other consequences. It isn't far removed from shoplifting in terms of hit to bottom line (not morally). Remember when you had until late Jan to return stuff you bought in Oc/Nov? Thanks Wii u resellers for killing that.
Well next year I know to go to Best Buy first. I went to 2 walmarts and 2 targets and they were sold out of mostly everything. But then I went to Best Buy and they had stacks of all the consoles and 3 big like footlocker containers of games( Madden, 2k, Batman, AC), and you could just reach in and grab a handful
And this was at 6pm or so. So it's either Best Buy got a ton more stuff, or people just go to Walmart and target more
And this was at 6pm or so. So it's either Best Buy got a ton more stuff, or people just go to Walmart and target more
Thanks!
Had this in my hand with Until Dawn at Best Buy on Thursday and put it down. Have had some regret since then!
SmokedMeat
Gamer™
Two smokin' hot milfs were in line at the cash register buying the Tomb Raider bundle. They apparently disagreed whether the new Tomb Raiders were better then the old Tomb Raiders, and the next thing I knew they were engaged in a hair pulling catfight.
During the fray the toppled over the maple syrup display that got all over them as they tore each other's blouses off.
But whatever man. I didn't take video so I guess it didn't happen.
BlackBuzzard
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Oh you.
Nevermind, it's a joke. Good one, then, my bad.
RedNumberFive
Banned
Ha, ha, ha... Oh dear...
I checked out Target and Best Buy late in the afternoon yesterday, and both had a healthy supply of all 3 consoles. They must have had a midday restock.
Giriath_89
Member
Right before taking on the final boss is the best time to play the DLC. I wish I had kept a backup of that save on a USB drive because the DLC is a bit tough for me in NG+.