At my Target, it's still $29.98, but it'll likely get marked down again soon. We don't have piles and piles like in the picture, so if it gets marked down again it'll get bought up really quick.

I guess now I know why I got a call today asking about Crackdown, heh. :)

tavaryn

Crackdown was amazing. For anyone reading this and NOT having it already in their Library should be thrown off a roof!

charliescene187

Great job agent! Your progression is in line with our estimates, you can now buy games at %30 off and throw them almost one kilometer. Skills for kills agent, Skills for kills.@Annex1: just borrow my copy.

GrimaceXL

Crackdown was awesome. Totally worth a Hammy and a Lincoln.

DannoHung

Geez, I went to a Target near me and saw about 500 copies of Crackdown as well. (And my first thought was "I wish I had a camera, who would believe this?")

I passed, not being a big fan of GTAish games, but I keep thinking I should go back and get it.

But the question is... who got blackmailed to have Target buy 4,593,212 copies of Crackdown for each store?

Justin42

@scotty: Same here. It was the first game I played and saw in HD with my 57" DLP monster with my 360 running it. Truly a great game for $15, I still have the DLC from it.

ThatsMrOffDutyNinja

I told myself $20 was the Crackdown threshold. This had better be going on at my local Target first thing in the morning. There are some games that I think are quite good (Crackdown, Excite Truck, etc), but I can't bring myself to pay "full retail" for them (even though Crackdown has been a "budget" price for some time now).

(Yes, I can be a cheap bastard sometimes)

Jazhuis

@Dioxen: Pfft. That's nothing. I got that announcement while in an underground tunnel... as I was walking down the stairs.

Grive

@thisjustin: You're crazy. Which I guess, means I'm also crazy.

People, get on this, and quick. I LOVED crackdown, especially the mad multiplayer insanity. I actually played it a lot more than the Halo 3 beta... and I'm quite the Halo fanboy. It's GTA on steroids.

Grive

Musta gone overboard for the Halo 3 beta.

Sabre_Justice: Okay, no more long name.

I wasn't initially impressed with the game demo, but once I got it cheap and gave it a try it really warmed me. I had a blast with it. While not worth $60 at all (IMO), I'd say if you can get it at this price SNAP IT UP!

RPGZero

I will go to Target in 30 min or so and check this out.

CyberSkull

Count me in as one who enjoyed Crackdown. The harpoon gun was awesome fun!

JohnnyHash

A similar awesome thing happened to me a few years ago at Wal-Mart, I found a giant stack of Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2s for Dreamcast, sealed, at five bucks each (I bought a grand total of one). Sadly, nothing that rad has ever happened in my life again.

BE ATTITUDE FOR GAINS

I remember I saw 35 copies of Def Jam for $10 at Target a while back. And I picked up Shivering Isles for $2 there one day.@SnakeCL: That's awesome.

Polywhirl

@futurebiblehero:

Folklore for $14? Booyah!

SnakeCL

I've spotted more than a few copies of it in the clearance sections at a couple of Targets here in Orlando. Didn't catch the price on it, though.

You'll also find Folklore for $14 at Target if you're lucky.

futurebiblehero

If anyone is interested, I just called the Greensburg, PA Target and they have Crackdown in stock for the $15 price. I'm on my way to get it now.

DrcAnjel

Guess I'll go see if my local Target was equally dumb.

I know the US site doesn't do silly shit like this (wish it did), but Amazon Japan sometimes seems to purge their inventory with 20~40, sometimes 50% off sales of new games as well. I know one of the Gundam games went for like 70% off about a month after release because they took too many of them in, and the same's occurred with the new imas game -- 50% off for the 'limited edition' with special downloadable song-card available for only the initial lot. WTF were they thinking trying to sell 80,000 copies of a mini-sequel to a game that only sold 80k to begin with.

muu

My local Fred Meyer still has copies of the game with stickers on them that say "Do not sell before 2/20/07" or whatever the release date was. I guess they ordered too many, too!

gsilverfish

They also had Viva Pinata: Party Animals on clearance. Picked that up for $7.49- achievement whoring knows no end.

aveneyer

@Evil J: Actually, that's not quite true -- I worked in retail management for quite a few years (I even ran a game store for 3 years ... anyone remember Funcoland?), and I was a merchandising manager for another big box store. Oftentimes, stores get identified as "clearance" stores, because they happen to sell that kind of product at a better rate. Perhaps that Target was identified as such.

jayntampa

Its a bit ridiculous buying a full price game (at the time) for what was I believe 2 weeks of beta....would Crackdown have sold as well without it though? Me wonders if attaching something to more obscure games like Okami could do....

excel_excel

$15 is a great price for Crackdown. It's one of the best 360 games I've ever played.

Wubbytoes

I saw two copies on clearance at Target today. I don't even own a 360, but I'm debating picking it up at that price for when I do.

Aviator

And I'd play crackdown over halo any day.

Mohican

@BPM X: Soul Eraser:

Individual Target stores don't control what they order or qty of any product. It is all done from a district hub.

/spent a long time working at Target

Also, my brother bought a 360 last summer, Crackdown was the first game I bought for it and I loved it. I may be one f the few who didnt buy it for the halo 3 beta.

HavveK

Seems they ordered so many because it had a little sticker for something called the halo 3 beta....whatever that was its over now

excel_excel

Crackdown at $60 bucks was an alright game, until I discovered it supported Live! co-op, than it became amazing. At $15 if you haven't bought it and have a friend who has a 360 and a Live! account pick up two copies one for you and one for your friend. This is a fun game, but in co-op mode it absolutely shines!

My roommate got a 360 last summer and I used gamefly to get a 2nd copy of Crackdown. Than we dragged his TV down out of his room and set it up in the living room next to my TV and played co-op for the better part of a month.

The expansion/add-on you can download over live (it does cost) is pretty fun too. It adds some additional weapons and vehicles and some different game/driving modes. It really is IMHO one of those games thats okay by itself, but in co-op it's an absolute blast.

lostalaska

That reminds me I need to finish finding orbs, but the few I have left are going to be a supreme pain.

I'll also add my voice to the chorus of "give this one a try".

mouroutaru

I've seen the end of crackdown, I have no desire to buy the game after knowing that there was SUPPOSED TO BE A SEQUEL to tie all that shit up.

Rebelphoenix83

Unfortunately, we do not have Target up here in Canada, and WalMart here doesn't haven't any deals like this. Maybe someone would like to buy me a copy and mail it to me. :D

Annex1

@docacola: No Targets in Alaska? Not for long!

skrame gives himself a star ☆

That's nothing, you should see the piles and piles of Exit for PSP all the Fry's stores have around here. Marked down to eight dollars.

Skunky

@Brianemone: Exactly. This picture makes me sad, and reminds me of all the good times I had in Pacific City. Hell, I may fire it up again later today for old times sake.

j14rk1n

Over ordering for the Halo3 beta.

Anyone that hasn't played through crackdown should get it now and enjoy..

edhe (xbl)

@thisjustin:
You're not that crazy... same with me too!

evilkoala

@caleb: No. Not only is it not an advertised sale, but it's a clearance price. Other stores will NOT match it, plain and simple.

spiderweb1986

Stranglehold was on sale for £15 in the UK a few months after it came out. Crackdown's doing pretty well to last a year.

cdammers

All the Target over here ever seems to have on clearance is PS2 /Xbox 1 shovelware these days, with the occasional 360 shovelware if they're feeling really ambitious. I still have my copy of Crackdown though, so I don't need another one. That's a ton of copies of one game though...

Vexorg

@Xiedo: its a lot of fun and if you find it for 15.00 grab it.

Gadgetron

Great game it had some of the best achievements too. I payed $10 new for it at EB in Canada after Christmas. Well worth the time I played it for.

Kinburn

Oh yes, I loved Crackdown. Was a fun game that had me trying for every orb... LOL

This is a good time for anyone that has not picked it up to give it a spin! ^^

MegaMako

This happened once when I worked at Target a few years ago. We had like 200 copies of Tony Hawk Underground for Gamecube, clearanced down to $9.98.

LowerHouseMember

@Coyotegrey:

try downtown Minneapolis Target, they had several $14 Crackdown games just yesterday afternoon.

whiptcracker

Haha, reminds me of the golden days of the VHS cassette, the video-rental store I worked at somehow received 200 (two hundred) rental copies of Wayne's World back when it premiered.

We kept 'em in a stack behind the counter and just handed them out to ppl.

Schwiiing. (oh lord)

Utrulig

I would definitely recommend Crackdown. It was just a very fun pick up and go sandbox game. I got it for the Halo beta, but only played 1 day of Halo beta because this game had that much draw!

Justcrim

hmmm...i still need a couple of orbs. might grab this if i see it by me.

murph

@ExistentialEgg: Heh, well if you liked it then that's a good deal. I only just got my wife into playing games with me and it's been good times. I just thought it was a flawed fighting game myself.

Target clearance game fairly often, and they do markdowns almost every other monday. $14.98 is pretty much as low as most 360 games go. At different Targets at the moment you can find good deals on Blue Dragon, Rainbow Six Vegas 1, Viva Pinata Party Animals, and Stranglehold as well. I hate paying $60 for games, but I don't mind $15 :)

whiptcracker

Crackdown was one of the first 360 games I got when I picked up my 360 in Feb. Spent lots of hours playing co-op with a friend. It's not that bad of a game.

graze81

Skills for kills, agent. Skills for kills.

supercrap

One of the 5 best games on the console, so, yeah. Buy it if you haven't.

KaneRobot

"An Impressive Ascent, Agent. It's very rare for agents to reach heights of this magnitude."

But I walked up some stairs...

The announcer kicked all kinds of ass.

Dioxen

This game had free DLC that included some cool additions, right?

I might pick it up, even though the demo didn't really impress me... probably worth $15.

Xiedo

Just went to the quarry Target in Minneapolis. No luck.

Coyotegrey

Holy shit.

I think that's the most times I've ever seen one copy of a game D:

Crackdown though is probably still my favorite 360 game. I don't remember being that addicted to anything else besides Persona 3. Truly an excellent title.

aurahack

I've got to say one of the best games I've ever played, one of the first evolutionary games for the sandbox genre that wasn't made by Rockstar. The only thing I can think of thats bad about it is the lack of replay ability after you beat it.

Morberis

Stores do this for accounting purposes. To write down the value of inventory, you must actually offer the inventory for sale at the claimed price. So Target is likely booking down the value of its Crackdown discs from $59.99/unit to $19.99/unit to knock down its ending inventory value somewhat, and to do that, they have to dump their units. The easiest way to do that is to send it to the store nearest to the warehouse where the products are stored.

A Pimp Named DaveR

Too bad I live in Alaska where the closest Target involves going to Seattle.

docacola

I guess someone ordered 10 copies and then press an extra 0 or two..

godrifle

Man Crackdown is one of those games I really wish I didn't trade in. I might go pick up another copy, its just too fun scaling buildings and running amok.

Gray665

Besides Burger King's three XBOX titles, Crackdown was the first game I got for my 360. Its a good game if you like shooting gas tanks on cars and making them explode.

pronounconnoun

@Spoony Bard:

That's actually a pretty accurate description of the game, but that is precisely why it is so good. Trust me, you will get tingly hearing the pulsing sound of a nearby orb after playing for a few hours. Plus there is an incredible co-op component that makes the game that much more awesome. It is definitely a must buy for the 360 IMHO.

Darth Navster

@Spoony Bard: The game had a story to it but there was very little cut scenes. If you look back in your past of all the video games you enjoyed, do you really remember there being huge spectacular stories? I sure don't. It is a great VIDEO GAME, it won't compete with a GTA story or even Saints Row.

If you like Sandbox games and have a friend to play online with, this game is damn near perfect.

Collapse The Control

that's not as bas as the Atari Video Game burial of 1983... [en.wikipedia.org] They actually produced more copies of the game than 2600's sold at the time. They took the surplus back, and burried them in a landfill in New Mexico.

I'd bet that the supply showed there is from a complete local area. Big box stores often times bring back all the shelf stuffers to one particular store in an area to sell it in bulk. Not all stores have the same amount of clearence items. Usually the "bigger" stores have them.

Bluvox

It's a shame, crackdown was so much more than the Halo 3 Beta 'carrier' program.

I traded it in as well as I am poor and thirst for new games that minimum wage just cannot afford on it's own but I beat the game and played many a night of Co-op. No co-op game is anything like it and I fully recommend crackdown as a budget title.

EdwinJ85

@jayntampa:
It doesn't work that way. Doing that would throw off "Same Store" sales figures that are way too important both on a regional and national level.

Seriously, someone went through and did an audit on what was in the backroom and what was on the shelves and typed in an extra zero or two where there shouldn't have been...

Someone screwed up.

Evil J

I bought Crackdown used for $15 back a few months ago. I enjoyed it a lot, and will likely play it again. The skill/levelup system is unique for this type of game. And there's definately a challenge there.

This game was unfortunately cursed as the "Halo 3 Beta Game". In talks with several GameStop clerks around my local area, they all had the same experience. Frat boys and "hardcore gamers" getting pissed when they tried to sell their used Crackdown copies after the Halo 3 beta.

You don't get squat for it used because of that initial influx. And now they're drowning in copies.

TRT-X

@whiptcracker: actually my gf bought it and we played it more than 10 hrs in one weekend. So it was a win / win situation. I added a game to the library and crossed the gender divide through gaming.

I never got the hate for DOA. It's a damn hard game once you get into it, not a simple button masher. But that's beside the point. All I was adding to the conversation is that there are other games being discounted to $14.98

ExistentialEgg

I got Crackdown for 9.99 at Eb just over a month ago new. Picked up Saints Row also . 30 bucks in total...

Scazza

I heard that Crackdown was simply a very big orb hunt with no story to speak of. Any comments? I'd like to try it but I need to only get the top games at this point since I have no time...

Spoony Bard

That's just bizarre ... I wonder if they consolidated all the copies from that district at the one store for clearance. It sold quite well from what I understand, so that number of copies is really odd.

I agree, though. It was a fun game.

jayntampa

@ExistentialEgg: You just paid 14.97 too much for DOA4

whiptcracker

Get me one!!!!

Xmaster

Crackdown was one of the most fun games I've played in the last couple of years. I can't say enough good things about it. There's absolutely no reason not to buy it at this price.

J. Kyle

This is one of my favorite Games, Sad it will always be knows as the halo 3 beta key.

If Microsoft would learn what Advertisement was they wouldn't have had to put the Halo 3 beta with it...

Neoistheone2000

Crapdown is full of crap.

Han Daimond

For $15, it's definitely worth a go. There's some good DLC to be had, too.

Erwos

Wow, that's a massive amount of one title.

As someone who worked in big-box retail... that's not supposed to happen like that. More than likely someone screwed up on backstocking that title, like an extra zero or 3.

Evil J

Crackdown was HUGE amounts of fun. It didn't get nearly the respect it deserved.

FLYBOY611

To any fence-sitter who's made it this far in the comments: Crackdown is a steal at $15. And while the DLC is a bit of a cash-grab, I'd recommend buying it before getting started -- it adds a good bit of fun.

P.N.03

I had a lot of fun playing in the great big sandbox that is Crackdown. That game is definitely worth more than $15, so if you haven't played it I suggest trying to find a copy at that price.

SwedishChef

CRACKDOWN is a great exclusive Xbox 360 game that no one brings up. I was one of the guys who wanted the game way before the announcement of a Halo 3 BETA.

The Co-op of that game is real fun, something that all games should have.

I will never get rid of my copy, unlike everyone else did after the H3 BETA.

Collapse The Control

Target seems to be a good place to get clearance games. I got Blue Dragon for $15 there a couple of weeks ago.

Queasy

@Kyle81:
i think that's proab' the reason why they have so many. They thought the masses would buy'em up becasue the halo 3 beta. i guess it's time i add it to my collection

unit

I bought it when it came out and played the crap out of it. I loved the game. It was something different than what was flooding the market at the time.
I'd go through and play from start to finish again if I had time.
Kinda sad to see it at a low price for the sole purpose of getting rid of it.

Capp

There's no excuse not to get it now. Once you power up that game is fun as hell.

ca$h

@Ndogg550: Very True.

Though I found the game lacking in depth, I have to admit it is one of the 'funnest' games I played for the 360. Though, once i finished it, I don't think it has been back in console, well other than for the beta.

AudibleDefect

That's pretty awesome... I liked Crackdown, but it's nothing to memorable, though if I can find it for $15, I'd buy it again.

Part-Time-Viking

@PapaBear434: Yeah I JUST got back mine from repair and now the disc drive is making noise, which it didn't before. No errors yet, but I agree it seems more like a matter of when than if ;(

Crackdown, as most others have said, is a really fun game. It does no one thing spectacularly and could certainly use some upgrades and fixes, but as a total package its just easy, mindless fun, GTA with even less story or commitment to any type of mission structure. Those of you who haven't played it, I'd jump on this deal ;)

DaiMacculate

$15 is a steal for that fantastic game

Struct09

@endaround: It's probably so that Target in general can absorb the cost instead of having small stores have to take a huge hit. They can recall the game and then resell the game to another store at a discounted rate, but they'll only send it to a store where they think it will sell.

FANBOY of ceilings

The manager probably saw the Halo beta sticker on it. (Yes the new ones still have that sticker on it)

Crash McCloud

@whiptcracker: On the clearance remark. I just picked up DOA 4 for $14.98 at TARGET. They must be trying to clear out shelf space on older titles.

ExistentialEgg

Target sometimes ships all their excess stock to one store for clearance for some reason. So that might be all the Crackdowns from Target stores in the surrounding area

endaround

Loved me some Crackdown. To bad I have put a permanent hold on buying any further 360 games (#5 is sounding like it's grinding glass in the DVD ROM) or I'd be looking forward to the sequel.

As it sits, I'm just going to keep playing and enjoying Dead Rising and the original Crackdown, and not take any risk of buying more games I won't be able to play for two and a half months at a time.

PapaBear434

Thats alot of unsold Halo 3 betas

Kyle81

Crackdown is easily a top 25 (if not 10) game on the current-gen library, for any system.

It gets HUGE props for being playable, hugely fun and not being a piggyback on a franchise name - original ip's rule.

Ndogg550

This is not a local deal, Crackdown is being clearanced from Target nationally for $14.98, along with Stranglehold. Not all Targets have the price marked down that far yet and might still have both games for sale at $29.99.

While this isn't limited to that one Target...that's a hell of a lot of copies of the game for one store.

whiptcracker

I'd actually purchase this, is this anywhere near Philly? I enjoyed the Crackdown Demo a lot

FunKrusher

Wow, that's worse than all the copies of DefJam Icon and Spiderman 3 for the PS3 that we have that we'll never sell. Then again, they are still $30 and will probably sell like hotcakes once they reach $19.82 and get bargain binned.

FANBOY of ceilings

last week a Target by my house had Blue Dragon for $15 as well may want to check yours if you missed this.

TheTog

I wonder if there is any way that that ad can be price matched @ my local retailer? (No Target in our town)

caleb

@Brianemone: You sir (and apparently the vast majority of the gaming community) surely must be smoking the crack.

I thought Crackdown wasn't even worth the $8 I spent to rent it, and subsequently returned after a day for Overlord; a sage decision in retrospect.

Machete_Bear

Crackdown was my first 360 game.
And boy was it awesome. Loved it all. You owe it to yourself to buy this for $15 dollars....

scotty

Good lord! Someone make a disc throwing machine and open a shooting range already! (after a copy has been given to every human being on earth, of course, along with 2 back ups, and a fourth should they decide to eat it.)

Was a fun game though, heh.

diablodevil2

Wow that is an amazing amount of one game. And a great deal indeed. You might say I'm crazy but I enjoyed playing Crackdown much more than that other game that was included as a beta key (yes, including the full version of both games).

thisjustin

Holy hell...

ShaggE

I really wish something like that happened at any of my local retailer for a game as good as Crackdown. The closest thing I saw with that many copies was for Jackass and really. Who the hell wants a Jackass game.

goldwings

Maybe Target found them on the street and decided to make a quick profit?
haha! That sucks, there is no way they can see all of those. TO the Average gamer Clearance=bad game

raidmax

Crackdown is one of the best games from last year.

Brianemone

What Target is that? "Local" tells me absolutely nothing. :(

Or is it at every Target? That'd be equally sad.

Shanesan

Crackdown was good. At $15 bucks though it's great.

Can't wait for APB or whatever the Crackdownish MMO is gonna be called.

edb87

Looks like it fell off the back of a truck....

AGROS

Haha, oh wow.

I'm willing to bet whoever ordered that many copies of the game was fired...

BPM X: Soul Eraser

I just tried my local Target, and no luck. Considering the string of bad luck I've experienced today, it did not come as much of a surprise.

JaggedToaster

Sorry, I meant to provide Kotaku with more information on where I found these. I'm the submitter of this photo. I found this ginormous stack of Crackdowns at the Target in Long Beach. Good luck to everyone trying to get a copy! I just bought like 7 of them for me and co-workers.

narkeeso

They keep getting marked down at GameStops as well. From like 19.99 used to 16.99. And from 30.00 new to 25.00.

Bowser-Gaiden

I sent in that image, sorry I did not provide where the Target is but it was at the Long Beach, CA Target.

narkeeso

I enjoyed Crackdown, mostly because I borrowed it from a friend and didn't pay shit to play it. I would have never paid more than $10 for it and sure as fuck wouldn't have bought it at $60 to play a beta, which the only reason that game got as much notoriety as it did. Detach the Halo 3 beta from it and no one cares. Even someone from Microsoft said they chose Crackdown to attach a beta key with because they wanted to see how it would affect "a game no one was going to buy". But anybody who says this was a great game or whatever I think is trying to rationalize paying $60 for a beta. Sure, it was fun, but Saints Row was a lot better when it comes to GTA rip-offs.

AnEternalEnigma

crackdown was the truth! i'm off to get a copy if my local Target has them for $15.

[www.unscripted360.com]

DeaconBlade

Crackdown was a good game by itself, and as much as I enjoyed the many hours I spent kicking Latino gang members in the face, the game was sadly overshadowed by the Halo 3 beta buy-in that came packaged with it, which is probably the root cause of this stock pile. Someone expected a mad rush on Halo beta purchases, and supply > demand here. Take a good look kids. Here's your economics lesson for today: Saturation.

LDJosh