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Wal-mart employee leaks secret PS3+ Blu-ray movies sale

On 11/24 at 8:00am (running through 11:59pm on 11/25), the 80GB PS3 ($499) will come with 10 FREE Blu-ray movies instantly. You choose any 10 BD titles under $30 within the store and they will override the prices to zero. For those stores that carry BD already, additional titles are being sent in for the sale. For those that do not have BD in their store (a small minority) product will be sent to each store specifically for this sale.

Oh, and you still get your 5 FREE movies by mail.

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xhi46022d ago

wow 15 free blu-ray movies with five hundred dollar ps3, that is absolutely crazy!

ruibing6022d ago

Damn it, I already have a PS3 or else I would jump on this deal.

unlimited6022d ago

damn!! thats a great deal..i wish i didnt buy the ps3 yet.but good offer to the people who thinking of pickin one up this holiday..i guess blue ray is going to kill hddvd completly next year..

n_n6022d ago

would have been nice to give the launch buyers some discounts at least >:|

oh well, at least i got 2 free with mine... and i don't mind supporting Blu anyway, but damn, that's a serious deal... 15 movies, a game, and a PS3.. serious, dude.

lawman11086022d ago

This wont be that big a deal 1-you will never find 10 movies in store on THAT day for UNDER $30 bucks 2- the movies they offer will be less then AAA+

drewdrakes6022d ago

People always said that when HD DVD did something like this that it was desperation...so whats up? Both sides are trying to win, so next time HD DVD does something, dont say its desperation, because blu ray is now giving away 15 free movies.

BTW, from the looks of it at the end of this war well be getting 5 dollar high def movies, no matter who wins.

dexterwang6022d ago

crazy deal indeed!!!

I don't have an hdtv so I'm basically one of those statistics the hddvd group love to herald with 0 attach rate... BUT futureshop in canada have crazy buy 1 get 1 free blu ray with over 50 selections, plus disney 2 for 1 blu ray for last week...

Even without an hdtv, my attachment is now 8 blurays!

I'm pretty neutral for the format war, but IT ROCKS SO FAR hehe

solar6022d ago

i might have to buy another ps3 just to try flushing down the toilet to get the free movies :D

QUNE6022d ago

All the Wii and 360 BF Deals you reported as SPAM. Here comes a rumor and you jump all over it because it's PS3. Wow. Practice what you preach for fvcks sake!

Yo Mama6021d ago

I think you're mistaken. I don't care enough about the Wii to even read news stories about it, much less report it. As far as the 360 goes, I don't remember reporting anything as spam. Care to prove me wrong?

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gamesblow6022d ago

I've witnessed Wal-marts blu-ray movie section. I don't think I could even pick 10 out. I'd have to decline no less than all of them and ask for the blu-rays in trade on another item or items. Sorry. Good deal, though... in theory.

ActionBastard6022d ago

Dude, you hate for the sake of hating. Oh, and Q-Bert sucks.

DJ6022d ago

My Walmart kind of has a Blu-ray stand. It's about 3 ft. wide....yeah. Circuit City and Best Buy have MUCH better selections. If they have the sale, cool. But from what I've seen it would only take 2 or 3 PS3 sales to sell out the Blu-ray titles from my local Walmart store.

gamesblow6022d ago

I see I've been disagreed with... That's fine, your walmarts must have better selections than mine. I hardly think that calls for a disagreeing. Unless, of course, you all visited my walmart and seen for yourself... Damn Hypocrites.

Yo Mama6022d ago

I don't disagree with you, but my Walmart has a pretty wide selection. I can understand not all of them do though.

Darkiewonder6022d ago

Until Today. it's pretty small and where they placed it, it's hard for people to take notice of it [because it's not in the movie section but near the game section] O.o

With selection of blu-ray title there, I would only select a few unless they plan to stock it more with movies. but right now? 5 movies max.

UnblessedSoul6022d ago

15 free blu-ray movies omg... why can't this happen in the Uk/Europe :(

Tryst6022d ago

Agreed. Exactly what I was thinking.

The only deal they had in the UK was for the first 500,000 to regiester their PS3 got Casino Royal, and I didn't even qualify for that deal.

gerrard6022d ago

Rip off Britain once again. Why do we always get the worst deal and yet we are charge the most (average £25 per movie) for bluray and Dvd for that matter?

jaja14346022d ago

*sigh* It would be so much greater if you could pick 5 games instead. Not that I don't enjoy movies but if I'm buying a PS3, its for games, not movies. I'm not saying its a bad deal, quite the opposite in fact. It's a great deal, but I wish the PS3 in general would stop trying to sell BR. If I wanted a player I would buy a player, not a player/gaming machine. But I suppose the fact that the best BR player right now is the PS3 does complicate things. Wonder how that makes the other BR players feel?

Antiomo6022d ago

On giving out movies.

Cuz in the end of the day movies hit a larger target market, meaning there is alot more movie watchers than gamers.

jaja14346022d ago (Edited 6022d ago )

No I'm quite aware of why they did it. But it doesn't change the fact that I want games with my gaming machine not movies.

Taking into account the so far 3 disagrees I have gotten I can safely assume people or rather fanboys are siding with the movies. Which to me is just a bit odd since this is a gaming site.

So this begs the question, why the hell would you want movies instead of games. I can fully understand people loves of movies, hell I love them too. But to come to a gaming site and want 300, Fifth Element, and so on with your nifty brand new PS3 over say Ratchet and Clack, Heavenly Sword, Resistance, Warhawk, and Uncharted is just the epitome of idiocy. But I will none the less get another 4 or 5 disagrees so I'm not sure why I bother trying to exampling these kind of things.

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heehee another disagree. Kind of proves my point. :)

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Vader822d ago

No 7 days to die is criminal

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Microsoft once tried to nab LittleBigPlanet from Sony after a few drinks

It turns out that many moons ago, Microsoft once had its eye on the Sony published LittleBigPlanet series.

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XiNatsuDragnel5d ago

Microsoft had a good idea but fumbled it again.

Cacabunga4d ago (Edited 4d ago )

Project Spark idea was decent but they quickly gave up ..
LBP was wonderful

ApocalypseShadow5d ago

Microsoft in a nutshell. Always tried to poach Sony employees, games, 3rd party games and devices like the depth camera that was turned into Kinect but was running on PS2 before Xbox 360. Wouldn't be surprised they wanted LBP. Just like they worked behind the scenes pushing the MLB to bring Sony's baseball game to Xbox instead of making their own.
https://www.playstationlife...

They didn't spend years trying to develop their own baseball game. They wanted Sony's game.

They're scum.

Zachmo1824d ago

Microsoft didn't force MLB on Xbox. MLB gave Sony 2 options either go multiplat or risk losing the license.

Rynxie4d ago

And why do you think MLB said that? I believe Ms approached MLB.

ApocalypseShadow4d ago (Edited 4d ago )

Totally ridiculous comment.

The only exclusivity Sony had was to their own creation of The Show. Microsoft could have paid the MLB for the license just like Sony did and made their own baseball game.

Microsoft instead, groomed MLB for years in trying to poach Sony's game and bring it to Xbox. They're worth 3 TRILLION dollars. You think that's not enough money to make their own baseball game? Don't be delusional.

Microsoft spun it like they always do and told the media that they had to trust Sony with their hardware. After they put Sony in that position of not having a choice. Either go multiplatform or stop making one of their successful games. That's a no win scenario.

And what did Microsoft do? They didn't try to sell the game to the Xbox community. They put it on game pass to hurt Sony. Pushing the idea of why buy games that are $70 when you can play them in their cheap service for $10. It was a dirty tactic.

You fell for the Kool aid drink Microsoft served you instead of spitting it out. Hope it tasted good because you were fooled by Phil and the gang.

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Hereandthere3d ago

Xbox executive Sara Bond has told Axios that Microsoft spent a number of years trying to get MLB The Show onto Xbox consoles. And when it finally succeeded in breaking off PlayStation’s long-held exclusivity, the company had to “trust” Sony with pre-release Xbox Series X/S consoles.

Bond revealed that MLB The Show “always came up” in conversations between Microsoft and the Major League Baseball organization. “We always said, ‘We love this game. It would be a huge opportunity to bring it to Xbox.'” she recalled. However, when Microsoft’s efforts materialized, it put the company in an awkward situation where it had to send in pre-release consoles to a rival company.

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Notellin3d ago

"Microsoft instead, groomed MLB for years in trying to poach Sony's game and bring it to Xbox."

Take a nap, conspiracies are rotting your brain.

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Hereandthere3d ago

Xbox executive Sara Bond has told Axios that Microsoft spent a number of years trying to get MLB The Show onto Xbox consoles. And when it finally succeeded in breaking off PlayStation’s long-held exclusivity, the company had to “trust” Sony with pre-release Xbox Series X/S consoles.

ApocalypseShadow3d ago

Lying to yourself is unbecoming.

Article link tells you all you need to know in Sarah Bond's own words.

Hereandthere3d ago

They were too cheap/inept/lazy to develop their own mlb game, so they port begged for years and bribed the mlb to make the show multiplatform. Like i said many times, xbox brought nothing to the table their 24 years, ZERO.

ApocalypseShadow3d ago

At least you and others get it. Note drank the Kool aid and asked for seconds thinking it was refreshing.

Most don't even know how it all played out but it's there in black and white for all to see. Microsoft brought it up for years until the MLB forced Sony's hand. It was a win win for Microsoft. Kill one reason to buy a PlayStation or kill the game by dropping it in a cheap service to kill Sony's sales numbers on PlayStation.

OtterX4d ago

"However, Healey said Media Molecule wouldn't have felt right doing that, adding it would have been "morally corrupt"."

Major kudos to Media Molecule for being an upright studio with principles.

Cockney2d ago

They chose well, Sony gave them the backing to pursue their dreams with no restrictions even tho their games especially dreams have very niche appeal. Media molecule and Sony deserve respect for this in an age of risk averse publishing.

RNTody4d ago (Edited 4d ago )

Great, more stories like this please. Show the last of the zombies holding the line what we've been saying for years: Microsoft is anti competition, anti industry and has no interest in making games at all.

But hey, at least there's an Xbox Games Showcase to look forward to, right?

Inverno4d ago

Well considering SONY just killed the series, LBP would've been dead by now either way. Though MM probably wouldn't exist by now either, so I'm glad they stayed with SONY, hopefully they don't get shut down any time soon or ever honestly.

Inverno4d ago

They shut down the servers, that's millions of user created levels gone. That and dead are pretty much the same, it's also been years since 3 and they cancelled HUB soooo.

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fsfsxii3d ago

They shutdown the servers because no one was playing, no one in the community cared about the user created levels so why keep them up? Wtf you guys would never succeed in running a business.

Inverno3d ago

Yea dood no one was playing so they shut off the servers. Cause people with enough common sense can't just Google why they were actually shut of, right?

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