Holiday Deals and Discounts on Used Games, Hardware, and Console Downloads [Archive]

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Dec 24th '09, 10:03 AM

Having covered the variety of <a href="http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/61717">seasonal PC bargains</a>, let us now turn our eyes towards the console market, whereupon a variety of holiday and year-end sales are in the works. In the realm of phsyical goods, online rental agency and Shacknews parent company GameFly is running its year-end sale on used games, Toys R Us is readying yet another buy one get one half-off promo, and Walmart will soon be offering a consolatory $50 gift card to those that didn't get the Xbox 360 they wanted for Christmas <ul>GameFly <ul> <li>Year-End Used Game Sale - <a href="http://www.gamefly.com/sale/">Free Shipping, Up to 50% Off</a> Through January 4, 2010</li> </ul> Toys R Us (via <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2009/12/23/toys-r-us-sale-buy-1-get-1-half-off-after-xmas/">Joystiq</a>) <ul> <li>Buy 1, Get 1 Half-Off on All PS2, PS3, Wii and Xbox 360 Games </li> <li>Buy 1, Get 1 Half-Off on Any Nintendo DS Game under $20 December 26, 2009 through January 1, 2010</li> </ul> Walmart (via Microsoft's <a href="http://twitter.com/aarongreenberg/status/6972565393">Aaron Greenberg</a>) <ul> <li>$50 Gift Card with Xbox 360 Hardware Purchase December 26, 2009 through January 1, 2010</li> </ul> </ul> Meanwhile, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PSP owners are being subjected to a variety of digital promotions through the Xbox Live Marketplace and PlayStation Store: <ul>Xbox 360 / Xbox Live Marketplace <ul> <li>Shadow Complex - <a href="http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-US/games/offers/00000001-0000-4000-8000-0000584108f6?cid=SLink">800 MS Points / $10 (33% Off, Gold Only)</a> Through December 27, 2009</li> <li>The Maw - <a href="http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-US/games/offers/00000001-0000-4000-8000-0000584108c2?cid=SLink">400 MS Points / $5 (50% Off, Gold Only)</a> December 28, 2009 through January 3, 2010</li> <li><a href="http://www.ea.com/news/xbox-live-holiday-discounts">Buy three EA digital games or add-ons, get $10 back</a> December 25, 2009 through January 31, 2010 <ul>Shooters <ul> <li>Battlefield Bad Company / $19.99 / Games on Demand </li> <li>Army of Two / $19.99 / Games on Demand </li> <li>Black / $19.99 / Xbox Classic </li> <li>Dead Space / $19.99 / Games on Demand </li> <li>Battlefield 1943 / 1200 MS Points/ Arcade </li> <li>Battlefield 2: Modern Combat / $19.99 / Games on Demand </li> </ul> Racing <ul> <li>Need for Speed: Most Wanted / $19.99 / Games on Demand </li> <li>Need for Speed: Carbon / $19.99 / Games on Demand </li> <li>Need for Speed: Pro Street / $19.99 / Games on Demand </li> <li>Burnout Paradise / $19.99 / Games on Demand </li> <li>Burnout Paradise - Big Surf Island / 1000 MS Points/ Game add-on </li> <li>Burnout Revenge / $19.99 / Games on Demand </li> </ul> Sports <ul> <li>Madden NFL Arcade / 1200 MS Points/ Arcade </li> <li>NHL 3 on 3 Arcade / 800 MS Points/ Arcade </li> <li>Fight Night Round 3 / $19.99 / Games on Demand </li> <li>Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10 - Predator Golf Course / 600 MS Points/ Game add-on </li> <li>FIFA 10 - Live Season 2 All Leagues / 800 MS Points/ Game add-on </li> <li>Madden NFL 10 AFL Legacy Pack / 560 MS Points/ Game add-on </li> </ul> Family Friendly <ul> <li>Sorry! Sliders / 800 MS Points/ Arcade </li> <li>Sorry! / 800 MS Points/ Arcade </li> <li>Yahtzee / 800 MS Points/ Arcade </li> <li>Battleship / 800 MS Points/ Arcade </li> <li>Monopoly / $29.99 / Games on Demand </li> <li>Connect 4 / 800 MS Points/ Arcade </li> </ul> Action, RPG & Strategy <ul> <li>Mass Effect / $19.99 / Games on Demand </li> <li>Mass Effect - Bring Down the Sky / 400 MS Points/ Game add-on </li> <li>Command & Conquer Commander's Challenge / 800 MS Points/ Arcade </li> <li>Boom Boom Rocket / 560 MS Points/ Arcade </li> <li>Dragon Age: Origins - Warden's Keep / 560 MS Points/ Game add-on </li> <li>Mass Effect - Pinnacle Station / 400 MS Points/ Game add-on</li> </ul> </ul> </li> </ul> PlayStation 3 & PSP / PlayStation Store <ul>30% Off EA Digital Titles December 22, 2009 through January 2, 2010 <ul>PlayStation 3 <ul> <li>Commander's Challenge - $6.99 </li> <li>Battlefield 1943 - $10.49 </li> <li>Hasbro Family Game Night - $29.99 </li> <li>Burnout Paradise: Ultimate Bundle - $20.99</li> </ul> PSP <ul> <li>Madden NFL 10 </li> <li>Scrabble - $13.99 </li> <li>NFS Carbon - $13.99 </li> <li>NFS Most Wanted - $13.99 </li> <li>NFS ProStreet - $13.99 </li> <li>NFS Underground Rivals - $10.49 </li> <li>GI Joe - $27.99 </li> <li>Tetris - $6.99 </li> <li>Sims 2 - $10.49 </li> </ul> </ul> 40% Off SEGA Digital Goods Through January 7, 2010 <ul>PlayStation 3 Games and Add-ons <ul> <li>Gunstar Heroes - $2.99 </li> <li>Sonic Unleashed Apatos & Shamar Adventure Pack - $1.99 </li> <li>Sonic Unleashed Chun-nan Adventure Pack - $1.99 </li> <li>Sonic Unleashed Empire City & Adabat Adventure Pack- $1.99 </li> <li>Sonic Unleashed Holoska Adventure Pack - $1.99 </li> <li>Sonic Unleashed Mazuri Adventure Pack - $1.99 </li> <li>Sonic Unleashed Spagonia Adventure Pack - $1.99 </li> <li>SONIC: Very Hard Shadow Missions - $1.49 </li> <li>SONIC: Very Hard Silver Missions - $1.49 </li> <li>SONIC: Very Hard Sonic Missions - $1.49 </li> <li>Valkyria Chronicles Edy's Mission "Enter the Edy Detachment" - $2.99 </li> <li>Valkyria Chronicles Hard EX Mode - $2.99 </li> <li>Valkyria Chronicles Selveria's Mission "Behind Her Blue Flame" - $2.99 </li> </ul> PSP Games <ul> <li>Alien Syndrome - $9.99 </li> <li>Crazy Taxi: Fare Wars - $9.99 </li> <li>Crush - $9.99 </li> <li>Full Auto 2: Battlelines - $9.99 </li> <li>Iron Man - $11.99 </li> <li>Sega Genesis Collection - $9.99 </li> <li>Sonic Rivals - $9.99 </li> <li>Sonic Rivals 2 - $17.99 </li> <li>Super Monkey Ball Adventure - $9.99 </li> </ul> </ul> Other Sales Until January 7, 2010 unless noted <ul>PlayStation 3 <ul> <li>Bomberman Ultra - $4.99 (revert to regular price on 1/7/10) </li> <li>Worms - $9.99 </li> <li>Topatoi - $4.99 </li> <li>ZOMBIE TYCOON - $4.99 </li> </ul> PSP <ul> <li>Armored Core 3 Portable - $9.99 (revert to regular price on 1/21/10) </li> <li>ZOMBIE TYCOON - $4.99</li> </ul> </ul> </ul> </ul> <a href="http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/61731">Shack PSA: Holiday Deals and Discounts on Used Games, Hardware, and Console Downloads - Shacknews</a> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6214430959664794120-6875374272297526036?l=ooedbone.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>