Deal of the Day - 6/15/11

Hi All,

Whoa wow whoa, two days of posts in a row.  Crazy right?  Anyway on too the deals.  There has been a lot of action in the PS3 console realm recently.  Today for example Sellout.woot is selling refurbished PS3 160Gbs Slims for $245 shipped to your door.  You can find them here.

That is not all though.  Best Buy is selling a brand new PS3 160GB for $299, with a $100 gift card when you purchase the PS3.  This is an in-store only deal and ends on June 20th.  You can find the coupon for this deal here.

The PS3 is superior to the Xbox360 outside of the area of gaming.  The PSN network is free, the unit is quieter than the 360, it is a better media streaming and viewing device, and it is the best Blu-Ray player on the market.

Two options for you guys if you want a PS3.

Later,

John

Deal of the Day - 1/14/11

Hello All,

Happy New Year!  It has been a while since I last posted, but it is good to be back.  The deals business seems to be picking up again so there should be more posts to follow.  Today's post is about a video game, Uncharted II Game of the Year Edition.  I loved the first game and strongly recommend it to anyone who has not played it.  Walmart is selling II for $24.96 with free shipping to a store, or $.97 shipping to your house.

You can find this deal here.

Later,

John

Deal of the Day - 9/11/10

Hello All,

Sony has been selling PlayStation in America for fifteen years.  Wow, does that make me feel old.  Anyway, to celebrate they are offering free stuff and discounted stuff in their store, available to PS3 owners.  Here is Sonys post on the topic.

So far the special includes a neat theme, Super Rub a Dub, a Super Monkey Ball Deluxe style of game, for $2.99 and Suikoden, a PS1 RPG, for $2.99.

The sales and specials run through the end of the month.

For a background in how the PS1 came to be, check out this video.  The Bad move for Nintendo, good move for video gamers.

Later,

John

Deal of the Day #2 - 8/29/10

 Hello All,

Once again GameFly is having their used game sale.  The sale includes free shipping.  I have purchased a handful of used games from them and never been disappointed.  Sale ends 9/1/10.

Some of the best deals are:

Madden NFL 10 - PS3- $9.99
BioShock 2 - Xbox 360 - $14.99
No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle - Wii - $14.99
Assassin's Creed 2 - PS3 - $17.99
God of War III - PS3 - $21.99
New Super Mario Bros. - Wii - $29.99

Here are the listings by platform


Xbox 360
Rogue Warrior $9.99
Vancouver 2010 $9.99
James Cameron's Avatar: The Game $12.99
Bayonetta $14.99
Aliens vs. Predator $14.99
BioShock 2 $14.99
Cabela's Outdoor Adventures 2010 $17.99
Dante's Inferno $19.99
Assassin's Creed 2 $19.99
Dynasty Warriors: Strikeforce $19.99
Darksiders $21.99
Final Fantasy XIII $24.99
Mass Effect 2 $24.99
Alpha Protocol $24.99


 
PS3
Madden NFL 10 $9.99
NCAA Football 10 $9.99
Vancouver 2010 $9.99
Darksiders $14.99
Bayonetta $16.99
BioShock 2 $16.99
Aliens vs. Predator $17.99
Assassin's Creed 2 $17.99
Band Hero $19.99
Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time $19.99
God of War Collection $21.99
God of War III $21.99
Final Fantasy XIII $24.99
MAG $24.99
Yakuza 3 $24.99


Wii
Family Party: 30 Great Games Winter Fun $7.99
Super Monkey Ball Step & Roll $9.99
Alvin & the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel $9.99
Data East Arcade Classics $9.99
Fast Food Panic $9.99
Food Network: Cook or Be Cooked $9.99
Rec Room Games $9.99
Sky Crawlers: Innocent Aces $9.99
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen $9.99
We Ski & Snowboard $9.99
Yoga: The First 100% Experience $9.99
Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal... $12.99
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince $12.99
Jillian Michaels' Fitness Ultimatum 2010 $12.99
Ju-on: The Grudge $12.99
Jurassic: The Hunted $12.99
MadWorld $12.99
SpongeBob's Truth or Square $12.99
Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games $14.99
No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle $14.99
My Fitness Coach 2: Exercise & Nutrition $14.99
Hasbro Family Game Night 2 $17.99
Press Your Luck 2010 Edition $17.99
Biggest Loser $17.99
Endless Ocean: Blue World $19.99
Punch-Out!! $24.99
New Super Mario Bros. Wii $29.99



Later,

John

Deal of the Day #2 - 8/9/10

Hello All,

This one ends tonight but there are some good deals if you act fast.  Sony is having Playstation Network Summer Sale. (Expires 8-9-2010)

-PS3

Fat Princess – $7.49 sale; $14.99 reg.
Groovin’ Blocks – $4.99 sale; $9.99 reg.
Madden NFL Arcade – $7.49 sale; $14.99 reg.
PixelJunk Shooter – $4.99 sale; $9.99 reg.
Wakeboarding HD – $7.49 sale; $14.99 reg.

-PSP



Echoshift – $7.49 sale; $14.99 reg.
The Eye of Judgment Legends – $14.99 sale; $29.99 reg.
Grand Theft Auto Chinatown Wars – $14.99 sale; $29.99 reg.
Lunar Silver Star Harmony – $14.99 sale; $29.99 reg.
Patchwork Heroes – $4.99 sale; $9.99 reg.

-minis

Bloons – $1.49 sale; $2.99 reg.
Dracula Undead Awakenings – $2.49 sale; $4.99 reg.
Monsters Probably Stole My Princess – $2.49 sale; $4.99 reg.
Tetris – $4.99 sale; $9.99 reg.
Zombie Tycoon – $2.49 sale; $4.99 reg

Fat Princess is awesome.  I play it weekly and still laugh at the game.

Later,

John

Deal of the Day - 2/8/10 - video game deals

Hello All,

Lots of video game deals this week.  I will put them all together in this post.

• Best Buy and Amazon have Assassins Creed II for $39.99.  Find it at amazon here for the 360 and here for the PS3.
  
• If you become a rewards member at Toys R Us, you can do that here it is free, you can get free $20 gift card with the purchase of Dante's Inferno and a free $10 gift card with the purchase of Bioshock 2 plus two figurines Tuesday 10am-2pm.

On top of that Amazon has a buy 2 get one free going on Xbox 360 Platinum Hits.  This runs until 2/13/10.  You can find this deal here.

Later,

John

Deal of the Day #3 - 12/29/09

Hello All,

There are a lot of video game deals this week, so I will just throw them together in one big post.  This is that post.

GameFly is having their year end sale, which means lots of games for cheap, with free shipping.  You can find them all here.  The inventory changes pretty quick so I am not going to post stuff that is gone by the time you read this.

Here is a posting for an Amazon discount finder for the different game systems.  This is not for a game, this is for any game currently being sold for 20% off on the PS3 platform, for example.  Find this here.

Xbox360 Games
Forza 3 - $39.98 - Amazon
Call of Duty: MW2 - $39.99 - Amazon
Assassin's Creed II - $39.99 - Amazon
Left 4 Dead 2 - $39.99 - Amazon
Dragon Age: Origins - $39.99 - Amazon
Xbox Live 12- Month Card with free ticket to Sherlock Holmes - $39.99 - Best Buy

PS3
Assassin's Creed II - $39.99 - Amazon
Dragon Age: Origins - $39.99 - Amazon

Wii
New Super Mario Brothers - $39.99 - Best Buy and Amazon
Wii Sports Resort with Motion Plus - $39.99 - Amazon and Target (Note: Choose Amazon for the seller, the default seller is higher cost.)

Later,

John

Deal of the Day - 11/25/09

Hello All,

Sony is selling a few games at 50% off in their online store.  The deal runs from now until December 2nd.  I picked up The Last Guy last night, it is entertaining for $5.

• Flower - Sale price: $4.99
• The Last Guy - Sale price: $4.99
• Prince of Persia Classic - Sale price: $4.99
• Comet Crash - Sale price: $4.99
• Bomberman Ultra - Sale price: $4.99
• Smash Cars -  Sale price: $7.49
• Invincible Tiger: The Legend of Han Tao - Sale price: $7.49

You can see all of the details here.

Deal of the Day - 10/26/09

Hello All,

Again with the drought. I guess the recession is bad for companies and people, who knew.

Anyway, Best Buy is doing their part and offering a buy two get one free deal on all video game systems. This does not include pre-orders, but overall is a good deal.

You can see the fine print here.

Later,

John

The tubes were right!!!

Hello All,

The PS3 slim is coming out in September and it will be $299. The old ones are now $299, but they have smaller hard drives, 80 vs 120, and are bigger. I would wait to see what deals Wal-Mart, Best Buy, and the rest will have for the old PS3s before making a decision as to which model to get.

I have said it before, and I will say it again. The PS3 is the best media hub out there. I use it at least as much for entertainment as I do for games, if not more for entertainment. Here are some of the reasons I strongly recommend it:

1. It is the best Blu-Ray player on the market - It has frequent free updates, and is BD-Live compatible
2. It up-converts dvds, divx, and almost anything else you throw at it
3. You can hook your camera up too it and pull your pictures down to it
4. You can rip Cds to it
5. You can copy MP3s and AACs to it
6. It has a web browser built in, with flash support - YouTube works great with it
7. You can stream to it from your PC - UPnP support is built in

On top of all of that, it plays games, and has lots of casual games. Most games have free demos too so you can try before you buy.

Here are the pictures of old versus new

Here is the official PS3 press release

Later,

John

Rumors for August

Hello All,

Looking back at my blog I see that my rumor postings have been, well, less than accurate. So take these with a grain of salt. I will put the rumors in highest likelihood to lowest.

1. New iPods will be hitting the market around September 7th.
   There is an Apple Event this day, so something will be coming out, and I doubt it will just be iTunes 9.
2. Snow Leopard will be coming out early, possibly the last week in August.
   It is a significant upgrade from Leopard, if you can you should get it.
3. The Sony PS3 price drop will finally be coming in September.
   The tubes are saying $300 for the unit, and possibly a slimmer version as well. I think the price drop will happen, probably not the slimmer, unfortunately.

There you have all of the tech rumors I know. Keep these in mind if you are close to buying one of the items listed, as the old models will price drop when the new ones hit, or you might get more bang for your buck if you wait a little bit.

Later,

John

Deal of the Day - 8/5/09

Hello All,

Sports Illustrated is offering Madden 2010, an NFL Films DVD, and 28 weeks of SI the magazine, all for the low price of $50. This is less than Madden costs on either the PS3 or 360. You get to choose your version of Madden too, be it PS3, Wii, 360, PS2, whatever.

This is a great deal.

You can find it here.

Later,

John

Deal of the Day #2 - 7/22/09

Hello All,

GameFly is again offering free shipping on their used games. Their games include the manual and the case, just like new! The sale is until 7/28 or until the games run out. Highlighted deals below:

Prince of Persia - PS3 and 360 - $17.99
Lego Batman - PS3 and 360 - $17.99
Infinite Undiscovery - 360 - $17.99
Boom Blox - Wii - $24.99
Wii Music - Wii - $21.99
Zack and Wiki - Wii - $14.99

Here are links to the individual stores.
PS3

Xbox360

Wii

PS2

DS

Later,

John

Deal of the Day #4 - 7/17/09

Hello All,

Video Game deals for the PS3 and Xbox360.

PSN - the built-in PS3 store is selling the following games from 7/16 - 7/23.

• 3 on 3 NHL Arcade - $4.99
• Brain Challenge - $4.99
• Crash Commando - $4.99
• Flock - $7.49
• PixelJunk Eden - $4.99
• Savage Moon - $4.99
• Wipeout HD - $14.99

I have Savage Moon, it is a good tower defense game. Flock looks good, but I do not have it. Wipeout was one of the best games initially to hit the PS3, but I think it is only $5 off, not much of a sale.

If you are a 360 owner, for the rest of this week you can get Ikaruga for 400 MS points. This is half off the regular price. This is a highly rated space shooter. The nice thing about the 360 is you can download the demo and try it first.

Later,

John

Deal of the Day #6 - 7/2/09

Hello All,

If you are waiting on the whole TV, Blue-Ray thing, now is the time to act. Until Saturday night Best Buy has an awesome deal on an HDTV and a PS3. For $1300 you get a 46" Sony Bravia TV, an 80GB PS3, Wall-E on Blue-Ray, and Little Big Planet for the PS3. This is a savings of $600 over regular prices.

You can find this deal here.

Later,

John

Deal of the Day #5 - 7/2/09

Hello All,

Video Game Deals.

Universal Component Video Cables - $11.99 for 360, PS3, Wii. This is a good deal, and does not clutter up your TV area or cost as much as separate cables.

Guitar Hero III - with a wireless Guitar for the PS3 - $29.99

Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10 for the Wii - $39.99 - This is not the motion plus bundle, this is the game only

Gears of War 2 for the Xbox360 - $39.99

Later,

John

Deal of the Day - 6/18/09

Hello All,

GameFly is having their regular free shipping on used games sale until 6/22. You can find direct links to the various platforms below. Games of note.

• Resistance 2 - PS3 - $34.99
• Prince of Persia - PS3 - $21.99
• Lego Batman - PS3 - $17.99 (Amazon has it new for $19.99 but you need to spend $25 for free shipping. That is a better deal if you need anything else from Amazon. The $19.99 price is good for any system, 360, Wii, whatever.)
• Gears of War 2 - 360 - $32.99
• Animal Crossing: City Folk - Wii - $34.99

PS3

Xbox360

Wii

PS2

DS

Later,

John

Deal of the Day #3 - 6/17/09

Hello All,

Amazon is selling Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction for $28.99 shipped to your door. This is a highly rated platformer for the PS3. I downloaded the demo and had a good time with it.

You can find this deal here. NOTE: For some reason Amazon has Beach Audio as the seller by default, and they are charging more for the game. You will need to click on Amazon as the seller on the middle of the page on the right side.

Later,

John

Deal of the Day - 6/10/09

Hello All,

Dell is again selling video game systems cheap. Use code 65G7RQ11J?M2LH to get 15% off. Highlights include a wii for $212, a PS3 for $340, and a Xbox360 for $255.

You can find the deals here.

Later,

John

Deal of the Day #2 - 6/9/09

Hello All,

More video game deals. Amazon has a limited time deal on games for fathers day. These prices are good until June 13th.

Xbox 360 Games:

Price of Persia - $19.97

Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (standard) - $41.97

Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare GotY Edition - $34.97

Fable II - $29.99

Grand Theft Auto IV - $27.97

Gears of War II - $47.97

Bioshock - $19.97

Halo Wars - $41.99

X-Men Origins: Wolverine - $41.97

NBA 2K9 - $19.97

Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts - $17.97

Guitar Hero Metallica - $39.97

Tom Clancy's HAWX - $34.97

James Bond 007 Quantum of Solace - $19.97

You're in the Movies (w/Camera) - $14.97

Shaun White Snowboarding - $13.98

Sid Meier's Civilization Revolution - $27.97

Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway - $14.97

Scene It? Box Office Smash (Bundle) - $29.97

Scene It? Box Office Smash (Game Only) - $19.97

Viva Pinata: Trouble in Paradise - $19.97

Lips (w/2 Mics) - $36.97

Wheelman - $29.97

Tom Clancy's Endwar - $24.97

WWE Smackdown Vs. Raw 09 - $36.99

NHL 2K9 - $17.97

WWE Legends of Wrestlemania - $39.97

MLB Front Office Manager - $17.97

PS3 Accessories

Nyko Blu-Ray Remote - $9.97

Nyko PS3 Charge Link - $4.97

Nyko HDMI Cable - $13.97

Nyko PS3 Charge Base 2 - $17.97

Nyko Media Hub+ - $12.97

Wii Accessories

Logitech Cordless Keyboard - $29.97

Here is a link to the full list on Amazon's site.

There is some decent deals in the list. Here are my picks. Prince of Persia is probably worth it for $20. Fable II is a good game if you are into role playing games. Bioshock and Grand Theft Auto are two of the best games I have ever played, I would grab them for sure if you do not already have them.

Later,

John