black friday 2019

A few days ago we reported on Gamestop’s original Black Friday circular. They have now come out with a more up-to-date flyer that has what the original didn’t — specifics on what will be on sale during the day itself. They’re cutting it mightily close compared to their competitors, but as we repeatedly snarked last time, maybe they’re just accepting their fate. As we said earlier, they’ll have the expected 1TB Playstation 4 with the three included games for $199, and the $149 XBox One S with its own three titles (every store has both these deals). However, Gamestop is the only outlet that is advertising a sale on the PS4 Pro; It’s $299 there, while it’s $399 everywhere else. They also have an exclusive on a $349 XBox One X that comes with the awful NBA 2K20. When it comes to Switch, Gamestop is also the only outlet doing something even slightly different: it’s the same Mario Kart 8 bundle from last year, BUT you also get a $25

Who knows how many Thanksgivings Gamestop is going to stick around for, but they’re here for this one…kind of. By that we mean their flyer, released today, is shorter than the circulars of its competitors, offers less, and covers a longer stretch of time than just Thanksgiving weekend (November 24 through December 2). Is Gamestop even participating in Black Friday specifically? Maybe they’re just like “screw it, we’re dead in the water anyway.” If you bother to go, here’s what you’ll find: the 1TB Playstation 4 with the three included games (every store has this) for $199, and the $149 XBox One S with its own three titles (every store has this too). However, Gamestop is the only outlet that is advertising a sale on the PS4 Pro; It’s $299 there, while it’s $399 everywhere else. They also have an exclusive on a $349 XBox One X that comes with the awful NBA 2K20. In terms of games, Gamestop is offering the entire Playstation Hits line for just $10 individually;