Black Friday and Cyber Monday Video Game Buyers Guide

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Let's start with a little history before we jump into the deals! :D[B]

Cyber Monday History[/B]

The term Cyber Monday, a neologism invented in 2005 by the National Retail Federation's division Shop.org, refers to the Monday immediately following Black Friday based on a trend that retailers began to recognize in 2003 and 2004. Retailers noticed that many consumers, who were too busy to shop over the Thanksgiving weekend or did not find what they were looking for, shopped for bargains online that Monday from home or work.

[B]Black Friday History[/B]

In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, many Santa or Thanksgiving Day parades were sponsored by department stores. These include the Toronto Santa Claus Parade, in Canada, sponsored by Eaton's, and the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade sponsored by Macy's. Department stores would use the parades to launch a big advertising push. Eventually it just became an unwritten rule that no store would try doing Christmas advertising before the parade was over. Therefore, the day after Thanksgiving became the day when the shopping season officially started.

Now that we learned a little more about the shopping season, let's get onto the discounted games that are for sale this years seasons!

We're starting with [B]Amazon[/B]!

[URL]http://www.amazon.com/Outlet/b/ref=bf2013_ln_vg?ie=UTF8&node=409566&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=left-2&pf_rd_r=066MQ8NAVME6KABQ77W5&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=1674723642&pf_rd_i=384082011[/URL]

[B]Best Buy[/B]
They're having a good deal on the new PlayStation 3 Super Slim Bundle, if you're looking to buy a PS3 that is, seeing as how the new consoles are out!

[URL]http://blackfriday.bestbuy.com/#!/doorbusters3[/URL]

[B]Ultimatum Games Gaming Dragons[/B]
[IMG]http://www.gamingdragons.com/images/black-friday2013v2.png[/IMG]

These guys are pretty great as well, they do deals year round and I have personally bought CD-Keys from them to activate on steam and origin. I've never had an issue or bad experience; Typically they'll send the key right to your email within 30 minutes up to 2 Hours. Most of the time I get my Key's with the first 30 minutes of purchasing the game. They're a great service and they don't charge you an arm and a leg!

[URL]http://www.gamingdragons.com/black-friday-deals.html[/URL]

[B]Wal-Mart[/B]
Wal-Mart is Wal-mart, you might find a FEW things over here, but not much.

[URL]http://www.walmart.com/cp/video-games/2636??povid=cat1076614-env480045-moduleA110113-lLinkFC2VideoGames[/URL]

[B]Target[/B]
Target has a few good deals on the new systems game's (PS4 and Xbox One)

[URL]http://www.target.com/sb/video-games/-/N-5xtg5Z5tdv0Z5tdv2Z55dw7Z55e6u?ddPage=dailydeals&lnk=Other_BFweek_1124_Left-Nav_C[/URL]

And now we have [B]Reddit[/B]
They usually post so pretty good deals year round, honestly.

[URL]http://www.reddit.com/r/GameDeals[/URL]

I'm sure they'll be more sites out there, but they just haven't posted their deals online yet; if anyone has anything they'd like to add just jump in, make a post and I'll add it the next time I hop on to check the thread. :smile:

Have a Happy Thanks Giving and a Marry Christmas!