Holidaze 2008: Black Friday Video Game Guide

by James Ransom-Wiley on Nov 24th 2008 1:50PM

Nothing quite like being packed into a frenzied shopping mob, is there? It's why we wait for hours in the cold dark with nothing more than the lingering memory of Thanksgiving stuck between our teeth. Or ... maybe it's just the promise of unbelievable savings?

We've scoured the nation's largest retailers for Black Friday's video game deals and compiled these savings into a series of really good lookin' guides. Since you're likely to focus your efforts on one retailer, selling not just games, but various gift opportunities, we've narrowed our field down to six nationwide megastores -- with the exception of GameStop, which, well, just sells games. (Joytip: Consult GamerDeals or other Black Friday compilation sites for additional sales at small, regional or online retailers.)

Without further ado, we present ... Joystiq's Holidaze 2008: Black Friday Video Game Guide!

Click on a store above to view its Black Friday Guide

Tags: black-friday, black-friday-2008, black-friday-ads, black-friday-video-games, DS, holidaze, holidaze-2008, joystiqfeatures, js-twitter, PS2, PS3, PSP, Wii, Xbox-360

Reader Comments (92)

Awesome post, don't forget that Radio Shack has the Dualshock 3 for $29.99.

For nearly every store you can think of:
http://www.blackfriday.info/
http://bfads.net/

Not many good deals overall, as far as I've seen.

Radioshack FTW

Agreed on the awesome post, but I have to say this:

What's with the "no love for PC gamers"? We love deals as much as anyone else!

Great compilation, thanks for the handy list! Not a lot of must haves this year. I'm in for $20 Okami at CC.

Sorry, what's Black Friday again? Never heard of it in the UK except the Megadeth song.

Its when herds of people lose the part of humanity and turn into the basic animals they are in order to get objects which don't really benefit them but obscure their horrible lives for several moments.

That is black friday

And Holiday savings.

The day after Thanksgiving. Busiest shopping day of the year. Utterly awful if you get caught out in it...

I lurk in the alley wait for the kill
I have no remorse for the blood that I spill
A merciless butcher who lives underground
I'm out to destroy and I will cut you down
I see you and I'm waiting for Black Friday
Turn me loose!

Its actually a fun spectator sport. You go to the malls, though insane traffic and spend the day after thanksgiving watching people fight and freak out over getting things on sale.

@Shag: Are those the lyrics to the Megadeth song? If so, wow. How did they know?

Also, $30 for Dead Space? Too bad the demo isn't out sooner. Though I get the feeling if they're willing to drop it that low NOW then it's going to be coming down for good shorly after...

We need black Friday in the UK, I'm jealous of the U.S. sales.
But I guess the closest UK equivalent would be the sales on boxing day.

http://www.smackshopping.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/black%20friday%20electronics.bmp

http://cache.gizmodo.com/assets/resources/2007/11/blackfriday.jpg

http://images-cdn01.associatedcontent.com/image/A2994/29948/300_29948.jpg

Some good deals. But I value my life more than video games, so I might pass.

@Titanium_Orchid

Wow, I guess I see what George Romero was on about in Dawn of the Dead.

I always travel to my small, rural hometown for Thanksgiving, so never get to partake in the Black Friday festivities. Which, honestly, doesn't bother me, as I would end up beating some fellow shoppers to death.

This is excellent Joystiq.

This and CAG and I have all the info for this Friday's "hunt". Excellent well done guide!.

Woah Wallmart has the Arcade with Guitar Hero 2 and a Plastic Guitar at 199.99 O_O and I can't buy it *Cries*

Well... I just sold my 360 Elite at $350 dlls... I'm going to buy a new one.

I'm about to order the Amazon deal... starting today, 360 Elite with two games + Last Remnant + 4000 MS Points for $400 dlls. Pretty good deal.

Fernando, I just got my Wii back (the wifes idea) lol and I think Ima buy some games on the cheap for my kids for Christmas. Other than Mario Galaxy, Mario Kart Wii, Wii Play and Sports, what game should I get them? I figure I ask you if anyone.

de Blob (it's awesome)
Wii Music (it's really fun)
Catz 2 (it's got an Adventure mode)
Sonic & the Secret Rings (it's cheap)

*.........

By not answering my question, are you trying to tell me something Fernando? :P Im sure theres SOMETHING you can find...

I kidd I kidd! Maybe I'll just get them GH for Wii.

"Sonic & the Secret Rings (it's cheap)"

NICE! Just got it *new at Walmart $19.82 My boys love Sonic, thanks!

Fenix, I grabbed Boob Blox and its a fun game.

Boob Blox is awesome. You whip things at jubblies and see how many you can make jiggle and bounce.

boob blocks. waggle. wii

OMG I cannot type today!

Here are my own recs

- Excite Truck - Awesome game, pretty funny, pretty nice graphics too
- PPN Championship Paintball 2k9 - Hey, paintball, who doesn't like it?
- Castelvania Judgement - We hardcore fans of the game dislike it, but you kids might love it
- Smash Brothers Brawl, Mario Kart Wii, Mario sluggers, Mario Strikers

@Duke: Hey, don't blame youor fingers, blame your brain/conciense (don't know if i wrote it right, :P)

Metroid and Heroes 2 (this actually has a pretty good online mode)

I'll go for 2 I already saw referenced in this thread; Excite Truck and Boom Blox.

I honestly think Excite Truck is the best controlling racing game I've ever touched, and yes I understand it's an arcade racer.

And Boom Blox just flat out rules.

hey very nice guides here, but just so you know, Gamestop does sell a LOT more then just games BTW. while your this very guide itself list more then just games, duh, but you should walk into one some day just to see for yourself.

Huh? We all know they sell more than games. Other than that, you lost me.

"we've narrowed our field down to six nationwide megastores -- with the exception of GameStop, which, well, just sells games. "

I was just simply saying this part of the article is incorrect.

OK you bastiches — Okami is $20 bucks at Circuit city this Friday. No more excuses! You've had two years! GO BUY IT!

Last time I checked Okami was $25 at gamestop.

here:

http://www.gamestop.com/Catalog/ProductDetails.aspx?product_id=13117

Meh you can't make me.

Anyone else staying home to avoid trampling and loss of food money?

i go out there TO DO THE TRAMPLING RAARRRR!!!!1! (im a dinosaur)

I never go out on that Friday, I think it's an idiotic idea to even try.

"Oooh, I drove around the parking lot burning $10 of gas for an hour looking for parking, and then I got to wade through a mall full of people waiting in atrociously long lines! BUT it was worth it cause I saved $5 on this one peripheral I really wanted!"

My dad and i always do black friday. Usually when i pick up my Christmas game if it's out by now (this year it's Sonic Chronicles, which was diverted from a day-1 purchase by Wario Land)

Living in the midst of the Rust Belt as we do, however, it never gets that hectic. Christmas also gets less meaningful as i grow older, mostly because of the fact that now that i possess financial means, i can buy what i want right away, so christmas is often alloted to low-key products, especially true of games. Last year it was Super Mario Galaxy in November, but NiGHTS 2 for Christmas. The year before i got Wii and such at launch, and Final Fantasy III DS for christmas

I liked FFIII a lot, traded it in without finishing. I must say I'm enjoying FFIV a great deal more.

Good god, guys.... PNG. Get with it.

Unless your looking to buy a system I dont see anything that really is worth going out in public on that horrible horrible day.

well they have dead space at target for $30. thats sweet deal.. great cheap gift.. lol..

Holy shit Amazon has Soul Caliber 4 for $30 as a gold box/lightning deal, free shipping and no tax... considering the best black friday sale I can see shows it for $40 and it's still retailing for $60 normally, actually found a 50% off game this year O_O

I'm waiting for 5PM's deal to see what the "high-def role playing" game is.

EVE is enough role-playing for me ;)

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