Having covered the variety of seasonal PC bargains, 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
- GameFly
- Year-End Used Game Sale - Free Shipping, Up to 50% Off
Through January 4, 2010 - Buy 1, Get 1 Half-Off on All PS2, PS3, Wii and Xbox 360 Games
- Buy 1, Get 1 Half-Off on Any Nintendo DS Game under $20
December 26, 2009 through January 1, 2010 - $50 Gift Card with Xbox 360 Hardware Purchase
December 26, 2009 through January 1, 2010
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:
- Xbox 360 / Xbox Live Marketplace
- Shadow Complex - 800 MS Points / $10 (33% Off, Gold Only)
Through December 27, 2009 - The Maw - 400 MS Points / $5 (50% Off, Gold Only)
December 28, 2009 through January 3, 2010 - Buy three EA digital games or add-ons, get $10 back
December 25, 2009 through January 31, 2010- Shooters
- Battlefield Bad Company / $19.99 / Games on Demand
- Army of Two / $19.99 / Games on Demand
- Black / $19.99 / Xbox Classic
- Dead Space / $19.99 / Games on Demand
- Battlefield 1943 / 1200 MS Points/ Arcade
- Battlefield 2: Modern Combat / $19.99 / Games on Demand
- Need for Speed: Most Wanted / $19.99 / Games on Demand
- Need for Speed: Carbon / $19.99 / Games on Demand
- Need for Speed: Pro Street / $19.99 / Games on Demand
- Burnout Paradise / $19.99 / Games on Demand
- Burnout Paradise - Big Surf Island / 1000 MS Points/ Game add-on
- Burnout Revenge / $19.99 / Games on Demand
- Madden NFL Arcade / 1200 MS Points/ Arcade
- NHL 3 on 3 Arcade / 800 MS Points/ Arcade
- Fight Night Round 3 / $19.99 / Games on Demand
- Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10 - Predator Golf Course / 600 MS Points/ Game add-on
- FIFA 10 - Live Season 2 All Leagues / 800 MS Points/ Game add-on
- Madden NFL 10 AFL Legacy Pack / 560 MS Points/ Game add-on
- Sorry! Sliders / 800 MS Points/ Arcade
- Sorry! / 800 MS Points/ Arcade
- Yahtzee / 800 MS Points/ Arcade
- Battleship / 800 MS Points/ Arcade
- Monopoly / $29.99 / Games on Demand
- Connect 4 / 800 MS Points/ Arcade
- Mass Effect / $19.99 / Games on Demand
- Mass Effect - Bring Down the Sky / 400 MS Points/ Game add-on
- Command & Conquer Commander's Challenge / 800 MS Points/ Arcade
- Boom Boom Rocket / 560 MS Points/ Arcade
- Dragon Age: Origins - Warden's Keep / 560 MS Points/ Game add-on
- Mass Effect - Pinnacle Station / 400 MS Points/ Game add-on
- Commander's Challenge - $6.99
- Battlefield 1943 - $10.49
- Hasbro Family Game Night - $29.99
- Burnout Paradise: Ultimate Bundle - $20.99
- Madden NFL 10
- Scrabble - $13.99
- NFS Carbon - $13.99
- NFS Most Wanted - $13.99
- NFS ProStreet - $13.99
- NFS Underground Rivals - $10.49
- GI Joe - $27.99
- Tetris - $6.99
- Sims 2 - $10.49
- Gunstar Heroes - $2.99
- Sonic Unleashed Apatos & Shamar Adventure Pack - $1.99
- Sonic Unleashed Chun-nan Adventure Pack - $1.99
- Sonic Unleashed Empire City & Adabat Adventure Pack- $1.99
- Sonic Unleashed Holoska Adventure Pack - $1.99
- Sonic Unleashed Mazuri Adventure Pack - $1.99
- Sonic Unleashed Spagonia Adventure Pack - $1.99
- SONIC: Very Hard Shadow Missions - $1.49
- SONIC: Very Hard Silver Missions - $1.49
- SONIC: Very Hard Sonic Missions - $1.49
- Valkyria Chronicles Edy's Mission "Enter the Edy Detachment" - $2.99
- Valkyria Chronicles Hard EX Mode - $2.99
- Valkyria Chronicles Selveria's Mission "Behind Her Blue Flame" - $2.99
- Alien Syndrome - $9.99
- Crazy Taxi: Fare Wars - $9.99
- Crush - $9.99
- Full Auto 2: Battlelines - $9.99
- Iron Man - $11.99
- Sega Genesis Collection - $9.99
- Sonic Rivals - $9.99
- Sonic Rivals 2 - $17.99
- Super Monkey Ball Adventure - $9.99
- Bomberman Ultra - $4.99
(revert to regular price on 1/7/10) - Worms - $9.99
- Topatoi - $4.99
- ZOMBIE TYCOON - $4.99
- Armored Core 3 Portable - $9.99
(revert to regular price on 1/21/10) - ZOMBIE TYCOON - $4.99
PlayStation 3 & PSP / PlayStation Store
- 30% Off EA Digital Titles
December 22, 2009 through January 2, 2010
- PlayStation 3
40% Off SEGA Digital Goods
Through January 7, 2010
- PlayStation 3 Games and Add-ons
Other Sales
Until January 7, 2010 unless noted
- PlayStation 3
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