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Best Buy Was Serious About The “No More Physical Movies” Thing

Best Buy Was Serious About The “No More Physical Movies” Thing

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Last October the news broke that nationwide chain Best Buy was planning to get rid of the main reason people originally went there in the first place. A rep from the company confirmed that, come January of 2024, they planned to stop selling movies and TV shows on DVD and Blu-Ray. In fact, the departure is complete — they wouldn’t even offer them online. It’s 2024 now, so was Best Buy serious? Early reports suggest that….they were. Bleah. I took a trip to my local Best Buy today to see if the change had affected it yet, and…not yet. The DVD and Blu-Ray racks were still hanging around in the left side of the store, and though they were sparsely filled and disorganized, they’ve been that way for years. Others have posted online, though, that their racks have vanished (some even disappeared in 2023). If you want one last disc from them, time is running out, but depending on what your local store did, it’s still possible. It is also

Best Buy Getting Rid Of DVDs And Blu-Rays In 2024

Best Buy Getting Rid Of DVDs And Blu-Rays In 2024

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There was a rumor flying through the Net yesterday we were hoping wasn’t real, but today actual confirmation came out. Best Buy says they’re eliminating Blu-Ray and DVD movies from their stores starting early next year. We don’t just mean from the physical locations — we mean you won’t even be able to buy a movie on disc from their online store. “To state the obvious, the way we watch movies and TV shows is much different today than it was decades ago,” a Best Buy rep told Variety. “Making this change gives us more space and opportunity to bring customers new and innovative tech for them to explore, discover and enjoy.” He can spin it all he wants, but the reality is they’re gonna fill that space with more dishwashers and dryers. The move leaves only big box stores like Target and Wal-Mart as a non-online source for non-online entertainment. Best Buy was once famous for its immense DVD library. Since the store specialized in electronics, they would carry

Black Friday 2019: Best Buy’s Offerings

Black Friday 2019: Best Buy’s Offerings

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It didn’t take long for Best Buy to respond to Target’s deliberate leaking of their Black Friday sale prices. They are appropriately competitive and in some cases Target has been one-upped. The one thing we can’t determine are the price of the XBox One bundles. There are three offered here, but their prices are stuck in perpetual “load” mode for us on the page (here, you try). Target offered Call of Duty: Modern Warfare for $45. Best Buy slashed it even further, down to $39.99. And they’re also offering Shenmue 3 for $35, one week after its release (it isn’t out yet). The PS4 1 TB bundle seen at Target is also available here, for the same price ($199.99). It appears the games Target offered are actually part of the package, so you’ll be able to get Horizon Zero Dawn, God of War and Last Of Us Remastered no matter where you go. In terms of games there are some great ones…Control is $35. Catherine, Dragon Quest Builders 2, Judgment,

Best Buy Enters Deal To Sell Two Limited Run Games

Best Buy Enters Deal To Sell Two Limited Run Games

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Limited Run Games is a website that prints physical copies of popular indie games in a limited capacity. Their typical product will only be made available within one month (with preorders), or will be sold with a set limit of copies (first come first serve). Until now, the Limited Run website was the only place those games could be bought in the physical world. Limited Run is popular enough of a venture now that they took the notice of Best Buy — the big, blue behemoths themselves. Best Buy entered a deal for Limited Run to produce a second shipment of their two most demanded 2018 titles — Yooka-Laylee and Golf Story for Switch. LRG offered both games on their website last summer, and due to the time it takes to print and manufacture the games, customers are only just now receiving their copies in the mail. They may notice the Best Buy variants of Yooka-Laylee and Golf Story look a bit different. “Best Buy has different covers so we

Black Friday 2018: Best Buy’s Offerings

Black Friday 2018: Best Buy’s Offerings

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As the unstoppable train of time barrels full-speed toward Thanksgiving weekend, more major retailers are revealing their Black Friday video game deals. Today, Best Buy revealed their circular. In the way of consoles, we have…. XBox One 1TB Battlefield V bundle with free extra controller for $429.99 XBox One S Minecraft Creators Bundle with 4K Ultra HD Blu-Ray for $199.99 Nintendo Switch Super Mario Kart Bundle for $299.99 (worth nothing this is MSRP) Playstation 4 1 TB Spider-Man bundle for $199.99 And on the software side of things…. Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 for $44.99 Assassin’s Creed Odyssey, Shadow of the Tomb Raider, NBA 2K19, FIFA 19 and Madden NFL 19 for $39.99 Forza Horizon 4, Dragon Quest XI, Skyrim VR, Overwatch Legendary Edition, Lego DC Super Villains, NASCAR Heat 3, Tennis World Tour, Vampyr, Overcooked 2, For Honor: Marching Fire, Naruto to Boruto: Shinobi Striker, “Hello Neighbor” on Nintendo Switch, NHL 19, WWE 2K19, PES 2019, and Dragon Ball FighterZ for $29.99 God of War (PS4), Crash Bandicoot

Black Friday 2017: Best Buy’s Offerings

Black Friday 2017: Best Buy’s Offerings

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Kohl’s jumped the gun a couple weeks ago, but now is around the regular time for this nation’s sales outlets to begin leaking out their Black Friday circulars and informing the masses how deep the slashes will go on their biggest items. Best Buy revealed their Black Friday ad today, and there are some impressive discounts here. Once the doors open, the 500 GB model of the XBox One S will be $189.99 while the 1 TB model of the Playstation 4 will be $199.99. A different XBox One S that comes bundled with Madden and an extra controller will cost $229.99 (normal MSRP is $279.99). Controllers for both consoles will be cheap at just $40. As far as games go, there are some deals on very recent games if you can get them. Mass Effect: Andromeda (PS4) will be just $14.99. Horizon Zero Dawn (PS4) will be only $19.99 (which is a great deal on a great game). The same price will be offered for Uncharted: The Lost Legacy

More Offerings For Black Friday 2016: Walmart and Best Buy

More Offerings For Black Friday 2016: Walmart and Best Buy

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As we predicted, the $250 console will be the new trend. Walmart’s $250 PS4 is an especially good deal, as it comes with three games (Uncharted, The Last Of Us Remastered and Ratchet & Clank) AND the store is throwing in a $30 gift card. Their XBox One offering is the Battlefield 1 bundle, also for $250, and if you can believe it they’re still selling a 360 for $129. On the games side, Walmart is offering deep discounts on a lot of recent titles. NBA 2k17, WWE 2K17, Mafia 3, the Destiny Collection, Overwatch, the BioShock Collection, Witcher 3, Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 Gold Edition and the Lego Harry Potter Collection will all be $35 on both consoles. Madden NFL 17, Battlefield 1, FIFA 17 and Titanfall 2 will be $27, and Mortal Kombat X, Grand Theft Auto 5, Plants vs Zombies: Garden Warfare 2, Batman: Return to Arkham, Ghostbusters, Mortal Kombat XL, Batman Telltale Series, Dying Light and The Division will be marked down to $25.

Black Friday Listings From Best Buy

Black Friday Listings From Best Buy

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Best Buy has released its planned sacrificial offerings for the savage Black Friday ritual. Let’s run through them: First, like all the other places, Best Buy will be taking $50 off the prices of the Playstation 4 and the XBox One, making them both $300. BB IS mixing things up on the XBox One end, but it would require an extra purchase: the big Doorbuster for Friday morning is a 40-inch Samsung 1080p HDTV set for $499.98, which includes a thrown-in XBox One and the Lego Movie game. If you’re awful enough to come in during the Thanksgiving dinner hour, they’ll sell you the Tomb Raider bundle for $349.99. On the subject of games, Batman: Arkham Knight, Mad Max and The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt will be slashed to $24.99, while Madden NFL, NBA 2K and FIFA will be $29.99. Grand Theft Auto 5, Assassin’s Creed Syndicate, Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain, Splatoon, Need for Speed and Forza Motorsport are all scheduled to be $34.99. If you want

Here’s Where You Can Get The Chance To Play Mario Maker

Here’s Where You Can Get The Chance To Play Mario Maker

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It’s one of the most anticipated pieces of Wii U software that we know of: Mario Maker, the game-making tool that will let Mario fanatics create their own levels from any era in the plumber’s sidescrolling history, as well as play an endless amount of user-created levels. It’s also been delayed several times. The final concrete date is this September, but if you’d like to get your hands on it before then, Nintendo is working something out with Best Buy that will allow just that. On Wednesday, June 17 and Saturday, June 20, around 100 Best Buy outlets will feature Mario Maker in their stores, free for anyone to mess with. June 17’s event lasts from 4 to 9 PM and the June 20 events goes from noon to 5 PM. If and when you get the chance to play Mario Maker for yourself, you’ll receive a special 30th Anniversary Mario button. If you take this occasion to reserve two select Wii U or 3DS titles from an unrevealed mysterious

Wii U’s Special Splatoon Bundle

Wii U’s Special Splatoon Bundle

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Nintendo has been known to call attention to significant releases by packing them in with their consoles or handhelds for an extra price. Splatoon is about to join the ranks of New Super Mario Bros U, Super Mario 3D World and ZombiU (in Europe) by getting its own special bundle. The package will be a Best Buy exclusive and has not been announced in other territories outside of the US. It is important to note that, as has been the case with the last few bundles Nintendo has sold, a hard physical copy of Splatoon is not actually in the box. Instead, you’re given a download code. Nintendo Land is also digital but comes installed (figure that one out). If you are a collector and want the actual disc (and somehow don’t have a Wii U yet), just buy Splatoon and a separate Wii U console. It’s $10 extra but who cares. But if you’re a newcomer to Wii U and prefer digital purchases, this will save you some money

What To Expect When You’re Black Friday-ing

What To Expect When You’re Black Friday-ing

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If you own a suit of armor, have a black belt in martial arts, or just don’t care about desecrating a sacred American tradition with pure greed, the barbaric annual event known as Black Friday may be for you. Advertisements and circulars from all the major big boxes are just beginning to be purposely leaked, and here are a few of the newly-announced deals you can look forward to seeing in the video game department….. Target will be offering Super Mario 3D Land for $15, last-gen versions of Assassin’s Creed Black Flag and Call of Duty Ghosts for $15 also, and current-gen versions of those games for $25. The new Madden is 50% off for last-gen and $35 for current-gen. Skylanders and Disney Infinity humungo-sets will be $39.99, a savings of $35. If you can find a K-Mart, you can buy Destiny for $30. Grand Theft Auto 5, Just Dance 2014 and Call of Duty: Ghosts are also low in price but not as much as they’ll be at Target.

Super Smash Bros. for Wii U demo at Best Buy during week of E3

Super Smash Bros. for Wii U demo at Best Buy during week of E3

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Nintendo announced Wednesday that Super Smash Bros. for Wii U will be playable at Best Buy locations around the U.S. during the week of E3 in mid-June. On June 11 from 4 to 9 p.m. and June 14 from 12 to 5 p.m. local time, more than 100 Best Buy stores around the U.S. will host “Super Smash Bros.Smash-Fest @ Best Buy,” an event that will feature the same demo of Super Smash Bros. for Wii U that attendees of the E3 2014 video game trade show in Los Angeles will be playing. Nintendo said that the first 70 people that pre-order a copy of Super Smash Bros. for the 3DS or Wii U will receive a collectible Super Smash Bros. gold coin and upon picking up their game on release will also get a $5 Best Buy Reward Zone certificate. The latest installment into the franchise has been playing a big role into Nintendo’s plans for E3 this summer, which includes a  L.A invitational tournament using the new game before its official release. The Smash-Fest

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