Best Buy

In Real Life

Wired For Great Sound, Just Not For Convenience

10:00AM January 20, 2012 | Owen Good

Making a consumer recommendation on a video game is rather simple: new ones typically cost $US60, so the question is whether the thing is worth that. Hardware and peripherals are a bit trickier as a manufacturer can pile on features and conveniences, jacking up the price but, inevitably, making a recommendable luxury. More »


News

Is Diablo III Coming Out February 1? Best Buy Seems Pretty Sure

8:15AM January 9, 2012 | Mike Fahey

According to an elaborate display that popped up in a Best Buy in Rochester, Minnesota, Blizzard’s eagerly-anticipated third entry in the Diablo series is hitting stores in a little over three weeks. Yikes. More »


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Now’s A Great Time To Pick Up Those PlayStation 3 Add-Ons You’ve Been Eyeing

6:30AM December 28, 2011 | Mike Fahey

Have you purchased add-ons like controllers, headsets, or glowing balls-on-sticks for the PlayStation 3 in the weeks leading up to Christmas? Why would you do that? Didn’t you know Sony’s Play Days sale was coming? More »


In Real Life

Wii-Owning President Obama Doesn’t Care If The Xbox Version Is Better

11:30AM December 22, 2011 | Owen Good

Somewhere inside the Beltway today, copies of Just Dance 3 for the Wii and The Sims Plus Pets rode in a presidential caravan with the nuclear football. That, gang, is core game cred. More »


News

This GameStop Trolling Brought To You By Best Buy

4:40AM December 2, 2011 | Mike Fahey

There are certain disadvantages to locating your game-centric retail store next to a big box electronics outfit, as this lovely Best Buy sign so aptly demonstrates. It’s enough to make a guy trade in all his games for a refrigerator. More »


News

Man Threatens To Blow-Up Store That Ran Out Of Modern Warfare 3

5:20AM November 10, 2011 | Mike Fahey

If there’s one thing I’ve learned in my years as a video game consumer, it’s that terrorists threats don’t speed up restock. It’s a lesson Colorado’s Loromin Sar missed, allegedly threatening to bomb a Best Buy and shoot its employees for not having his copy of Modern Warfare 3 in stock. More »


In Real Life

GameStop Vs Best Buy Argument Ends With Shocking Twist

3:20AM July 27, 2011 | Mike Fahey

When Kotaku editorial director Joel Johnson and east coast reporter Michael Fahey launch into an argument over which video game retailer offers the superior shopping experience, one withholds a terrible secret that renders the other’s argument moot. More »


News

Gamestop Resurrects Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D Trade-In Hopes

3:20AM June 30, 2011 | Sam Winstrom

It’s hard to describe used copies of Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D as pre-owned when pre-played seems to fit the game so well. Despite the eternal save file, major U.S. retailers are still accepting Mercenaries trade-ins. More »


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Resistance 3 Knows You Love Retailer-Exclusive Preorder Bonuses

5:40AM May 27, 2011 | Mike Fahey

Want to play as Resistance and Resistance 2 hero Nathan Hale in Resistance 3‘s online multiplayer? You’d better enjoy shopping at Best Buy. What other retailer-exclusive goodies has Sony got up its sleeves? More »


Nintendo

Wii Price Cut Takes Effect In US

12:23AM April 17, 2011 | Owen Good

The rumoured price drop for the Wii, which many take as a pre-E3 move signaling Nintendo’s announcement of a Wii successor, has taken effect. The black console bundle is $US169.99 at Best Buy. Target is expected to follow suit Monday. [GenGame]