Birdman18

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Most of you are correct... there are slim margins on ALL gaming consoles... In a retailer I use to work for last year, had a margin profit of about $9 US Dollars on the xbox360 pro model... even nintendo products are the same... retailers rely on their accessory sales, not so much games...there's only about $15 us dollars of profit margin in game software...the money makers are the instore/in home setups for consumers, hd cables, replacement plans on consoles, and other peripherals that are 3...

5383d ago 6 agree0 disagreeView comment

i'm not sure where this troll is getting his info from, but this "sale" is not true, just like the midnight club for $9.99 wasnt true.. i work at best buy and checked the price with a RZ silver member, and it took $9.99 OFF OF THE ORIGINAL PRICE!!!!!!!!! this guy is a loser and someone needs to check this crap before it gets posted because this is clearly an inaccurate statement

5585d ago 0 agree0 disagreeView comment

i dont know about everyone else, but i'm just tired hearing about this Michael Pachter guy.... who gives a crap what he thinks?!?! and frankly, i am tired of seeing articles on here with this guys statements like he is a gaming prophet... STOP POSTING ARTICLES WITH THIS GUY IN IT

5585d ago 0 agree0 disagreeView comment

the controls are what did it for me.. if zombies were chasing after you, naturally you will back up and shoot to keep space between yourself and the enemy. its a part of survival!! being in "turret" mode is retarded and just laziness on the devs part IMO. i think they spent too much time on co op and not enough time ironing out the controls

5586d ago 0 agree0 disagreeView comment

i might be the only one, but i was fairly disappointed with the RE5 demo. i know the controls are "classic" resident evil, but they are just flat out old and stale. think about this.. if zombies really did take over, and you had to shoot your way through them, i think you would be shooting while on the move since there will be plenty of them. not being able to move while holding the L trigger to bring up your sight is pretty outdated. i know some of you are gonna go crazy of that an...

5589d ago 0 agree0 disagreeView comment

every retailer who is preordering Halo wars is offering this warthog.. even best buy in the states is offering it

5596d ago 0 agree0 disagreeView comment

last i checked, the product in the picture of this article is actually the iPhone..not an ipod nano

5621d ago 0 agree0 disagreeView comment

i work for best buy, and we are definitely doing this offer too.. just a case by case basis. so you have to mention it.. we will also stop matching it once the local market walmarts sell out. thats the typical price match policy..

5830d ago 0 agree0 disagreeView comment

yeah, they look good until the pedal breaks, and the middle of the heads rip apart.. I have had 5 demos break in my store, and countless #'s of exchanges and returns because the guitar or the drum kits have broken within months. not to mention, my own personal guitar AND drum pedal busted(guitar went out within 2 weeks). so for all you wii owners, hopefully harmonix has a little more quality for these drums compared to the 360 and ps3

5900d ago 0 agree0 disagreeView comment

this is kinda dumb if you ask me.. i work at a big box retailer, and we already have the new 40g already out and for sale. it has new box art and no spiderman 3..thats it.. nothing to get your panties in a bunch over...

5924d ago 2 agree0 disagreeView comment

ok.. so as of right now, there is no new sku set to hit in two days for best buy. i promise you. i work there and i have looked all this week and we dont have any new PS3 sku's in our system. when the 360 elite came out, we had a sku for it about two weeks before it was announced, so i would say it would show up in our system if a new sku was on its way. as of right now, the last email i have recieved was a change in packaging on the PS3 80gb, which probably means motorstorm is gone, and mayb...

5959d ago 1 agree0 disagreeView comment

this is true. I work there and know exactly how many I have for sunday. we already have gameplans ready for all the customers coming in. right now, i am sitting on around 90. we dont suck because we are holding them. instead, we are putting them in our advertisement showing people WE HAVE THEM, instead of some people just giving up on picking this system up. so instead of us getting 10 or so a week for a few weeks, they held them all in anticipation of a big weekend. so not only do we win as ...

6002d ago 0 agree0 disagreeView comment

this deal is actually a few weeks old. once we (best buy) dropped the price of the 80g, a notice was put out to include either Lair, HS, or a controller for free with the 60g's to get them out of stock. so this isnt an online only offer, we are offering it instore as well. we even have signage up on the offer in my store

6047d ago 0 agree0 disagreeView comment

someone was late to the party.... We (best buy) had our prices changed on the 19th. so yeah, old news

6055d ago 0 agree0 disagreeView comment

that is the exact reason... very, VERY old news.. it will be the Xbox 360 Arcade. comes with a memory card, WIRELESS controller, console, and a free xbox live arcade game...possibly more than one arcade game

6070d ago 0 agree0 disagreeView comment

we've actually had that info for about 3 weeks now. i'm surprised it didnt leak out earlier..(i work for best buy)

6098d ago 1 agree0 disagreeView comment

Mario you are so full of it.. how is Heavenly Sword a better game in your opinion, when it hasnt even come out yet??? and no, you havent played it. stop lying to yourself. good try fanboy.. now i could understand if you said lair since its out now, but you are saying a game that no one here has played or even seen real game footage of, is better than a game thats been out for a few weeks, has sold well, and has gotten EXCELLENT reviews by EVERYONE!!! you are the epitome of the word "fanb...

6101d ago 2 agree0 disagreeView comment

the average everyday consumer has no idea what in the world lossless audio is.. so that point is totally mute. everyones not audiophiles believe it or not, nor do they want to upgrade all of their equipment to get just a little bit better sound. the cost isnt worth it. and thats what it all comes down to.. PRICING.. HD DVD is cheaper hands down and has just as good video quality as blu ray. (i have both)

6102d ago 21 agree6 disagreeView comment

the game comes out today in the US... that article was for UK readers

6114d ago 0 agree0 disagreeView comment

it's not just going to be Table Tennis, my store , Best Buy, is selling our bundles with Top Spin 2. and last year, for the misimformed, Microsoft had their premiums bundled with Madden 07 for the holidays. so no, the wii didnt "bring back" the bundle.. they bundle wii sports because they know if they didnt, then the consumer would be paying too much for that console.

6134d ago 0 agree0 disagreeView comment