Black Friday is almost upon us. In fact, a lot of stores are starting their Black Friday sales on Thanksgiving. Luckily, Polygon has done a great job of keeping up with deals. Here are the links.
If you are looking to get something for your gamer over the next two days, you will want to checkout those links to make sure you are getting the best deal you can.
Best Buy released their Black Friday ad. There are some big deals if you are looking for video game related gifts. Here are the console bundles.
Besides the consoles themselves, many games will also be on sale from $14.99 to $29.99. These include some recent games like Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor, which will be $24.99, $35 off the regular price.
You can check out the video game deals here.
Man, Black Friday sales start earlier and earlier every year. When I worked at Best Buy 12 years ago, we opened at 4am. A few years ago, stores started opening at midnight. And then last year some started their sales Thanksgiving evening.
This year, retailers are taking things to the next level. Polygon is reporting a lot of Black Friday ad leaks. Best Buy and Target are actually starting their sales on November 9th! And Amazon is already running “Countdown to Black Friday” deals.
Here are a few other notable links from the Polygon article.
Engadget reported on Monday that Microsoft is going to drop the price of the Xbox One $50 heading into the holiday season.
Good things come to those who wait, and Microsoft’s now in the business of richly rewarding those capable of delaying their gratification. If you’ve yet to pick up an Xbox One, then holding off until November 2nd will see the company apply a $50 price drop across the range.
According the Microsoft’s Major Nelson, the price drop will be in effect from November 2, 2014 until January 3, 2015.
This price drop is not surprising. The PS4 and Xbox One have been out for almost a year. This holiday season marks the beginning of the real fight for customers. I expect Sony to drop the price of the PS4 as well. Also, I would be really surprised if the price went back up on January 3rd.
My recommendation if you want to get your gamer a new console for Christmas is to wait until Black Friday (November 28th this year). The consoles themselves may not drop anymore but you will probably be able to pick up an extra game or two.
I will keep my eyes on this, especially as we get close to Black Friday, to let you know of any other big deals.