Walmart offering $50 gift card with Wii purchase next week, cheaper games now

Sad that you missed all the Black Friday sales? Walmart wants to take advantage of that feeling of being left out, with a series of December sales and price drops. The most exciting offer: for one week (from December 5 -12), every Wii will come with a $50 gift card, effectively dropping the price to a ridiculous $150.

Walmart's price drops on games are less dramatic, failing to reach the depths of, say, Amazon's Black Friday weekend drops, but the list provided (after the break) does include a lot of hot games for less than MSRP -- like The Beatles: Rock Band on Wii for $40 and Batman, Dragon Age, Left 4 Dead 2, and a lot more for $50 each. Walmart promises more price drops on its website and in stores. How can it afford to do this stuff?

Oh, right, by dominating the entire retail industry.

• Mario & Sonic at the Winter Olympics (Wii) - now $40
• Lego Rock Band (Wii) - now $40
• Rock Band: Beatles (Wii) - now $40
• MySims: Agents (Wii) - now $40
• Tekken 6 (Xbox 360 and PS3) - now $50
• Madden 2010 (Xbox 360 and PS3) - now $50
• WWE 2010 (Xbox 360) - now $50, WWE 2010 (Wii) - now $40
• Batman Arkham Asylum (Xbox 360) - now $50
• Dragon Age: Origins (PS3) - now $50
• Left 4 Dead 2 (Xbox 360) - now $50
• Halo 3:ODST (Xbox 360) - now $50
• Uncharted 2 (PS3) - now $50