Kotaku: bargain

Preorder SSBB From Wal-Mart For $20

Mike Fahey — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 09:20:41 MST

I don't know if this is a terrible mistake or just an amazing deal on Wal-Mart's part, but I know I liked it enough to participate. As you can see from my checkout receipt above, Walmart.com is currently accepting preorders for Nintendo's Super Smash Bros. Brawl for the Wii for the insanely low price of $19.82 - over $30 off of the retail price. Of course there is always the chance that this 'deal' will go away extremely quickly, or that all of us participating customers will receive a "We're Sorry" email in the near future, but for now - I'd hit it.

UPDATE: Now when you go to the page it lists the $19.82, only to jump to $49.82 when you click the purchase button. Now to see if they cancel my order.

Super Smash Bros. Brawl Wii [Walmart.com Preorder Page - Thanks elsiluro!]

Awesome PS3 Deal...From Dell?

Mike Fahey — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 10:20:11 MST

When I am shopping for video game consoles, Dell isn't just the last place I would look - it simply isn't. Laptops, sure, but consoles? Well if you're in the market for a PS3 this Christmas, you'd be doing yourself a grave disservice by not checking out the deal Dell is running on the new 40GB system. Not only do you get the console itself along with the Spider-Man 3 Blu-ray disc, but they've sweetened the deal with a Startech 6 ft HDMI cable, perfect for a system that has an HDMI port but still ships with a standard AV cable in the box. What's that you say? A cable isn't good enough for you? Elitist jerk. Well they're also throwing in a copy of Ratchet and Clank Future: Tools of Destruction, the single-best reason to own the PlayStation 3 at the moment. That's a value of somewhere around a gajillion dollars ($488 in real money), all for the low Dell price of $399.99. If you're in the market, or have a loved one who has their heart set on the PS3, this is an excellent way to make Christmas your bitch.

PS3 Playstation 3 40GB Console Bundle [Dell via Gizmodo]

$15 Games At Target Starting 4/1

fdemarco — Sat, 24 Mar 2007 13:00:00 MDT

If you are a serious gamer and always looking for a good deal, you probably already know about CheapAssGamer. If you don't, my suggestion is that you take your sorry ass over there right now and sign up for the forums so that you too can take advantage of all the early published deals and a heads up on various sales on the net and in brick and mortar stores.

Regular CAG forum poster, Speedy, lives up to his name by somehow managing to get his hands on the weekly ad specials for various stores at least a week ahead of time. This time around, Speedy brings us the early sales for the week of 4/1 - 4/7 for Target, Circuit City and Best Buy. There are several sales of note, but this following list is Target's games that will be listed for $15 starting on 4/1.

The Godfather (PS2 / XBOX)
Call Of Duty 2: Big Red One (PS2 / XBOX / Gamecube)
Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories (PS2)
Smackdown VS. RAW 2006 (PS2 / PSP)
Paper Mario: The 1,000 Year Door (Gamecube)
Star Wars: Battlefront (PS2 / XBOX / PSP)
Fight Night: Round 3 (PS2 / XBOX)
Need For Speed: Most Wanted (PS2 / XBOX / Gamecube)
HALO: Combat Evolved - Game Of The Year (XBOX)
LEGO Star Wars: The Video Game (PS2 / XBOX / Gamecube)

You can check out this list and more 4/1 deals including a Circuit City's Guitar Hero II 360 deal with free MS points at CheapAssGamer! Flynn De Marco

Target / CC / BB Video Game Prices: 4/1/07 - 4/7/07 [CheapAssGamer]

The 99 Cent PS3 Auction

Mike Fahey — Tue, 21 Nov 2006 11:40:26 MST

That $9.99 PlayStation 3 auction that McWhertor mentioned earlier ain't nothing. Earlier this morning a Kotaku reader slapped down a Buy It Now bid on a PS3, 2 free games, an extra controller, and free shipping on top of it, all for the bargain price of $.99. Less than one American dollar!

You know kids, eBay has instructional help files for a reason.

The auction also mentions that the package includes "Talladega Nights - Ballads of Ricky Robbin", and that the seller was the longest person in line, though he doesn't explain how he knows this. A launch line has to be pretty damn boring before I whip it out and start comparing. Okay that's a lie, but still.

Granted, there's a chance this could just be someone giving away $1000 worth of stuff...just not a very big one. The buyer is looking to hold him to the price, but I don't really see that happening. Michael Fahey

The 99 cent Buy It Now eBay PS3 Good luck GeeQzilla!