During the Black Friday chaos, one woman at a Walmart in Porter Ranch, San Fernando Valley, pepper-sprayed shoppers during a scene of commercial chaos that broke out over video games.
Following in the footsteps of the Humble Indie Bundle, today only you can buy the Game Music Bundle for as much as you’d like to pay, from $US1 to $US10,000. (Yes, there is actually an option to pay 10 grand.)
Customers shopping for games at the Walmart in Porter Ranch, San Fernando, got a little more than they bargained for last night when they were blasted with pepper spray amidst scenes of commercial chaos.
To get you pumped for the Black Friday rush, here are 12 videos of shoppers gone wild! If you have a job in retail, quit now.
Get ready to for some corporate gloating, Microsoft-style, in the coming days. According to the company’s Director of Product Management for Xbox 360 and Xbox Live, the Xbox 360 just had its “biggest sales week of the year.”
Best Buy’s Black Friday catalogue has popped up online, and amidst the bargains is an interesting offer from Nintendo: a DSi console that comes with downloadable DSiWare pre-installed on the machine.
EA chief exec John Riccitiello has been talking a lot to Reuters lately. But we couldn’t pass up posting a little more on Riccitello as he reflects on the transition to the newest generation of consoles, and claiming that Black Friday sealed the deal on the new market. “It’s been the longest, hardest transition in the history of the industry…Last Friday marked one of those points where you can say something’s changed…Around the world, based on the data I’ve got, it was pretty clear that the transition is now over.
What about Sony?
According to a reliable-looking tip we just received, Amazon is getting into the Black Friday fun with some decent game deals. They have savings up to 50% on games, though we’re digging these in particular:
Halo 3 Legendary for Xbox 360 $US 79.99 ( save $US 50 ) Bioshock for Xbox 360 $US 39.99 ( save $US 20 ) Gears of War for Xbox 360 $US 39.99 ( save $US 20 ) PlayStation 3 SixAxis controller $US 19.99 ( save $US 30 ) $US 20 Wii games with more Wiis in stock
If you haven’t picked up Bioshock or Gears yet, it looks like a decent chance to do so, even if you can really get either game for $US 50 on a normal day. Hit the jump for a full list of what we’ve heard.