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Steam Games 10-50% Off

Posted in Promotions, Bargains, Holidays, Christmas, Shopping, Steam by Elliott Back on December 27th, 2007. [Del.icio.us]

According to this post on SteamPowered, they’re having a holiday sale with big savings! The Eidos holiday pack is 10% off, ET: Quake Wars is 25% off, COD4 10% off, the Orange Box 25% off, and Red Orchestra 50% off!

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All games are on sale, according to the official announcement:

The first-ever Steam storewide sale is happening now! Save 10-50% on every game in every genre from every developer and publisher on Steam. Stock up on games you may’ve missed in 2007 or pick up a post-holiday gift for a friend or family member. The sale ends January 1st!

Black Friday (Ads) Cometh

Posted in Promotions, Holidays, Black Friday, Official, Ads by ubersoldat on November 16th, 2007. [Del.icio.us]

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Throughout history, many unusual events have occured on Black Friday:

  • Black Friday (1869), a financial crisis in the United States
  • Black Friday (1881) in which 189 Scottish fishermen lost their lives
  • Black Friday (1889), the day of the Johnstown Flood.
  • Black Friday (1910), the Women’s Social and Political Union took militant action when the Conciliation Bill failed.
  • Black Friday (1919), a riot in Glasgow stemming from industrial unrest
  • Black Friday (1921), day on which British dockers’ and railwaymen’s union leaders announced their decision not to call for strike action against wage reductions for miners
  • Black Friday (1939), a day of devastating fires in Australia
  • Black Friday (1945), largest air battle over Norway, over Sunnfjord
  • Hollywood Black Friday (1945), the day the six-month-old Confederation of Studio Unions (CSU) strike boiled over into a bloody riot at the Warner Bros. studios leading to the eventual breakup of the CSU.
  • Black Friday (1978), a massacre of protesters in Iran
  • Black Friday (1982), known in Britain after Argentina invaded the Falkland Islands, sparking the Falklands War
  • Black Friday (1987), the day an hour-long F4 category tornado ran through the city of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
  • Black Friday (2004), a crackdown on a peaceful protest in the capital city of Maldives, Malé.
  • In contrast to all the horrors that have plagued the Friday immediately following Thanksgiving Day, contemporary Black Fridays symbolize the point in the year that retailers start making net profits.  Because profits are denoted in accounting by Black, and deficits by Red, it follows that this day be called Black Friday.  With all this having been said, expect to see many different sales ads, like Best Buy, CompUSA, Sears, Target, JCPenney, Walmart, etc., for Black Friday 2007.

    Toys-R-Us Video-Game Sale!

    Posted in Promotions, Bargains, Official by ubersoldat on October 14th, 2007. [Del.icio.us]

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    This week is a good week for gamers, because Toys-R-Us has a fantastic “buy 2, get 1 free” deal (no coupon required) on all of their video-games.  Because common sense isn’t always common, they specify that the free game will be the one whose price is the lowest.  Even better, this sale is available in-stores and online, and runs from today till next Saturday, October 20.  Quantities are limited, so it’s probably better to buy sooner than later!

    PS3 Bounty: $1200 per Playstation Three

    Posted in PS3, Promotions by Elliott Back on February 12th, 2007. [Del.icio.us]

    Sony’s Jack Tretton famously said in an interview with EGM:

    If you can find a PS3 anywhere in North America that’s been on shelves for more than five minutes, I’ll give you 1,200 bucks for it. I can get any retail buyer on the phone with you and get them to verify that there’s not a single retail location in America where there’s a PlayStation 3 on the shelf for sale. They’ve all been sold in a matter of minutes.

    Now our friends at Penny Arcade want their $13,200–to go buy Nintendo Wii Consoles!

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    $100 Off PS3 with PS2 Trade-In!

    Posted in Sony, PS2, PS3, Promotions, Official by ubersoldat on February 6th, 2007. [Del.icio.us]

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    While it’s impossible to get the PS3 for free, at least EBGamestop is trying to make us feel better about shelling out the big bucks by offering $100 off the price of either model of the PS3 if you trade in all of the following:

    1. A working PS2 with power cord, AV cable, & Sony controller
    2. A 2nd Sony brand PS2 controller
    3. Any brand 8MB PS2 memory card

    The offer expires 2/18/2007.

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