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Posted: Mar 19th 2008 12:49PM Shagittarius said

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Really nice of Best Buy to do this, they have no obligation to early adopters...they must figure they will spend the $50.00 on a bluray player.
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Posted: Mar 19th 2008 2:13PM (Unverified) said

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What in the hell has just happened? Best Buy giving something away to it's customers? Well, I know I won't be spending my $100 on a PS3...who wants a system that only has one game.
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Posted: Mar 19th 2008 3:00PM Fullmetal Salchemist said

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With the exception of three titles (Bioshock, Mass Effect, and Dead Rising), all of the good 360 games are on both consoles (CoD4, Rock Band, Orange Box), so your post is made of FAIL.

A for effort on the trolling though.
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Posted: Mar 19th 2008 3:17PM 343 Guilty Fart said

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I, for one, welcome our new Best Buy overlords.
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Posted: Mar 19th 2008 3:40PM ludwigk said

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Oh STFU to both of you. Both consoles have more than three good exclusives. For my money, the X360 has more and better titles currently, even though it will probably explode within a few months of ownership.

Developing for the PS3 just soured me on that console. It will be years before I forgive Sony for all that unnecessary trauma, but I'll own a PS3 some day.

Less whinging, more discussion about how HDDVD is dead, already.
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Posted: Mar 21st 2008 2:50AM (Unverified) said

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yes.. less whining.. just like how you buried the "trauma" sony gave
you...and the "sour"experience.

It will be years before you forgive all their whining, no?

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Posted: Mar 19th 2008 12:52PM Jerk Face said

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Yeah, I'm pretty impressed by this too.
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Posted: Mar 19th 2008 12:52PM Lemmiwinks said

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That pic is giving me Parappa flashbacks.
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Posted: Mar 19th 2008 1:08PM baby sea tuna said

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Chop chop!
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Posted: Mar 19th 2008 1:16PM Lemmiwinks said

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yo, BST: What's your Smash Bros friend code?
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Posted: Mar 19th 2008 1:01PM Vcize said

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Yeah, bigtime kudos to Best Buy. You don't even have to trade in the player to get the giftcard, they just give it to you.
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Posted: Mar 19th 2008 1:05PM davej said

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awww, thats 50 more dollars towards a new bluray player
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Posted: Mar 19th 2008 1:20PM (Unverified) said

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Now what we need here is a comment from some PSfanboy
explaining again to all of us how Blu-Ray won. Thats just what we need

Haters Welcome
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Posted: Mar 19th 2008 1:23PM Deck said

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Wow Best Buy! That's awesome! Good job for them for sticking their neck out there like that! Just to help the consumer, there's nothing in it for them and they don't have to do this. This is awesome!
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Posted: Mar 19th 2008 1:32PM Crono141 said

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You've fallen for the PR stunt.

Sure, they don't HAVE to do it. But if they give out a 50 dollar BB card for having a now worthless HD movie player, what is the logical thing you'd do with that 50 dollar BB card.

Here's a hint: buy a blu-ray player.
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Posted: Mar 19th 2008 2:20PM heypaul said

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Crono's right on the ball. The latter half of the article also makes sound like you actually have to return your HD DVD player in order to get the gift card. I'd say just keep the player and buy some soon to be clearance priced movies. You'd likely get more utility that way than with the "10% off a Blu-ray player" coupon they're giving you.
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Posted: Mar 19th 2008 2:38PM (Unverified) said

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Upz that was exactly my thought 'ello beautiful discounted HD DVDs.... Either that or if I get it and my federal rebate at the same time that might equate to a PS3... Because through and through I am a gamer and some day the PS3 may have something worth playing and until then I will be watching Casino Royale on repeat 24 7... Must cleanse the brosnan from my soul....
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Posted: Mar 19th 2008 1:25PM cjshrader said

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Did Best Buy's heart recently swell three sizes?
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Posted: Mar 19th 2008 1:28PM ummhello said

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guess that would negate buying a x360 HDDVD at $50, returning it AND getting a $50 gift card then....whatevah, got my ps3 with bluray at launch wayyy back.
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Posted: Mar 19th 2008 1:44PM chdude3 said

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Canada?
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Posted: Mar 19th 2008 1:50PM (Unverified) said

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Already reading on pro HDDVD sites that people are going to use the $50 to buy cheap discounted HDDVD's. This is all fine and dandy...but what happens when the HDDVD player breaks and your left with media that simply wont play in another device.

Kudos to Best buy though. thats really nice of them.
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Posted: Mar 19th 2008 2:36PM Crono141 said

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Thats what HD-DVD ripping programs are for.
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Posted: Mar 19th 2008 2:48PM (Unverified) said

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You trade in your shitty PS3 games and get one used. Duh.
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Posted: Mar 19th 2008 4:00PM (Unverified) said

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neither response makes any sense in the context of my post. Did you two mean to reply to me, or did the joystiq reply system strike again?

@crono. I don't see how that would help if your HDDVD player broke. You would still need a PC HDDVD drive for the conversion.

@BossTempo. uhhhhhh what.......
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Posted: Mar 19th 2008 2:02PM (Unverified) said

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I love the pic!
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Posted: Mar 19th 2008 2:32PM (Unverified) said

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If they would let me trade in all my free hd dvd's for blu rays I might consider it. But as I see it I already own one, and the 10 or so hd dvd's I own I got for free so I might as well just enjoy them.
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Posted: Mar 19th 2008 2:43PM (Unverified) said

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That cutting board picture is hilarious. I love you guys.
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Posted: Mar 19th 2008 2:50PM (Unverified) said

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So since HD-DVD died, my 50+ HD-DVD collection is obsolete as well?

Color me shocked!

Although the 50 bones would be nice, I'll hang onto my player, and since BR Players are going up in price rather than down...I think HD-DVD people will hang around for a bit.
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Posted: Mar 19th 2008 3:56PM (Unverified) said

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Yay. I got my A2 at Best Buy for $98 with 2 free in store and 5 mail in. Due to a miscommunication the 2 free in store were box sets (Heroes S1 and Planet Earth) and I sold the 5 free for ~$50 total. I came out basically getting the player for free. Thank you format war!
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Posted: Mar 19th 2008 4:27PM (Unverified) said

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This is awesome! I bought mine with my "reward zone" card and i'm pretty excited to get $50 for free... yes I understand it's PR by Best Buy, but they're still giving consumers free money which is awesome. For the moment I'm loving losing this war lol, I just bought Planet Earth HD for $25!
I'm probably going to regret it but thanks to the prices my HD library has grown from 6 to 18 movies since HD was declared dead... but I'm probably never buying a ps3, and i can't afford a bluray (not even close) so for now I have no other choice for my 1080 desires :)
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Posted: Mar 19th 2008 6:15PM Konrad said

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Anyone know if returning it will get you FULL store credit from what you paid for it?
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Posted: Mar 20th 2008 12:06AM SoCoolCurt said

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that picture is full of win.

but that is very respectable on Best Buys part (and Circuit City as well apparently) to do that since it really isnt their fault anyway.
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Posted: Apr 12th 2008 2:46PM hvnlysoldr said

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PR stunt or marketing gimmick you decide.
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