While Black Friday deals on laptops and HDTVs helped to lure shoppers to stores and online sites over the weekend, it’s still unclear whether sales of consumer electronics products really brought retailers much holiday cheer.

Across all product categories, including electronics, spending at stores and Web sites from Nov. 26 to no. 29 rose a scant 0.5 percent to $41.2 billion from the year before, according to the National Retail Federation (NRF).

The biggest sales gains seem to have sprung up online, particularly for consumer electronics products.

Shoppers lined up for hours in the wee hours of Friday morning at Wal-Mart stores in hopes of scoring a $198 e-Machine or $298 HP laptop before supplies ran out.

Meanwhile, though, Internet sales shot up 11 percent from a year ago to $595 million, according to Comscore. A total of five sites attracted for than four million visitors each, including tech-specific Best buy Sites and Apple.com Worldwide Sites along with Amazon, Wal-Mart, and Target.

At BestBuy’s brick-and-mortar stores, early morning shopping crowds were bigger this year than last year, said CEO Brian Dunn, in a Bloomberg TV interview.

But a check of Apple Stores suggested that Black Friday sales of Macs could actually show a year-over-year decline, according to Apple Insider.

With prices down on products ranging from flat panel TVs to clothing and toys, average spending per consumer — across both brick-and-mortar and online stores — dropped to $343.31 from a total of $372.57 a year ago, the NRF said.

Traditionally, holiday shoppers invade stores the Friday after Thanksgiving, a day known as Black Friday, then hit the Internet to shop a few days later on what has come to be known as Cyber Monday.

So much for holiday traditions. Shoppers aren’t waiting for Cyber Monday to start their online shopping, judging by statistics issued by a number of market research sources over the weekend.

Holiday season retail e-commerce spending in the U.S. on Friday, Nov. 27, reached $595 million ” up 11 percent from $534 million the same day last year, according to Comscore, which tracks online activity. Altogether online holiday shopping for Nov. 1 through 27 was $10.6 billion, up 3 percent from $10.3 billion during the same period in 2008.

“Black Friday, better known as a shopping bonanza in brick-and-mortar retail stores, is increasingly becoming one of the landmark days in the online holiday shopping world,” said Comscore chairman Gian Fulgoni, in a statement.

“While this acceleration in spending suggests the online holiday season may be shaping up slightly more optimistically than anticipated, it may also reflect the heavy discounting and creative promotions being put forth by retailers that now encompass the use of social networks such as Facebook and Twitter,” Fulgoni said. “Cyber Monday ” the traditional kick-off to the online holiday shopping season ” and the subsequent weeks will be the real test for how online retailers fare this season.”

Experian Hitwise, another company that tracks the Internet and E-commerce, said Amazon.com was the top retail Web site visited on Black Friday, receiving 13.55 percent of all U.S. visits among the top 500 retail Web sites. Comscore said the number of unique visitors at Amazon.com was up 28 percent from Black Friday 2008.

Wal-Mart was the second most visited site on Black Friday with 11.18 percent of all visits, according to Experian Hitwise. Comscore said visits to the retail giant’s Website were up 22 percent over Black Friday 2008.

Other hot shopping sites on Black Friday included Apple.com (up 39 percent from last year, according to Comscore), Target.com, BestBuy.com, Staples.com and Dell.com.

Statistics for the results of Cyber Monday are expected as soon as Tuesday afternoon.

Let the discounting begin.

Bargain-hunting shoppers turned out in droves for Black Friday markdowns, but they didn’t open their pocketbooks as widely as last year, according to several retail firms tracking the data. As a result, retailers are only cautiously optimistic heading into the mainstream holiday season, including today’s Cyber Monday, and experts believe that many stores will likely have to revamp promotions and discounting plans to ensure that inventories will be cleared by Christmas. (See pictures of people shopping on Black Friday.)

Already, retailers are moving aggressively. On Cyber Monday HP was offering a 15.6-in. laptop for $299.99, BestBuy.com was touting a 22-in. Toshiba LCD TV for $279.99 with free shipping and Walmart was hawking a Nintendo Wii “Value Bundle,” including the console and several games, for $249.

The lessons from Black Friday are already sinking in. Shoppers showed that “they’re thriftier, they’re savvier and every one of them wants to be the best bargain hunter out there,” said John Squire, chief strategy officer for Coremetrics, a Web marketing firm, in a statement.

The National Retail Federation (NRF) estimates that 195 million people visited stores and websites over the Black Friday holiday weekend, up from 172 million last year. however, shoppers spent less, with average spending dipping 8%, to $343.31 a person from $372.57 a year earlier. Total spending over the holiday kickoff weekend reached $41.2 billion, up only slightly from $41 billion a year ago.

Ellen Davis, an NRF vice president, says shoppers were intensely focused on staying within budget. “Shoppers were looking for deals on lower-priced items — such as $10 toys and $9 books, not $1,000 flat-screen TVs,” said Davis during a conference call on Sunday.

“They charged in and bought the door busters, and when the door busters were out, it was over,” says Howard Davidowitz, chairman of Davidowitz & Associates, a retail consulting and investment banking firm. “By 1 o’clock, there was no more Black Friday — it was over.”

Scott Krugman, an NRF vice president, sees Black Friday as a barometer for consumer sentiment but says it’s not a slam dunk for how the rest of the holiday season will go. last year, for example, shoppers spent 7% more over the Black Friday weekend than they did the year before. Yet holiday sales ultimately fell 3.4%, he notes. (See TIME’s 2009 Holiday Gift Guide.)

“Shopper traffic well surpassed our expectations,” says Krugman. however, the dip in spending left him cautious, and he continues to project a 1% sales decline for the total holiday season.

“We still have double-digit unemployment, we still have trouble in the housing market and consumers are still very cautious,” says Krugman. “Retailers are still going to have their work cut out for them in terms of keeping the momentum going.”

On Black Friday alone, preliminary figures indicate that sales rose a modest 0.5%, to $10.66 billion from $10.6 billion a year ago, according to ShopperTrak, a research firm that tracks activity at more than 50,000 retail outlets. Sales fluctuated by region, with the West scoring the biggest increase at 4.7%. this was followed by the Midwest, where sales rose 1.3%, and the South, which posted a 0.6% gain. the Northeast took the biggest hit, with sales tumbling 4.9%. ShopperTrak co-founder Bill Martin reiterated his earlier projection of a 1.6% sales increase for 2009’s holiday season.

Online sales fared considerably better this past weekend. ComScore, a digital research firm, estimates that cyber sales on Black Friday totaled $595 million, making it the second heaviest online spending day so far in 2009 and up 11% from Black Friday 2008. PayPal said it saw 20% more transactions this Black Friday than last year’s and a 140% spike in the number of people making payments by mobile phone. the mobile-phone transaction increase indicates that buyers shopping at brick-and-mortar sites were likely price-checking items with their mobile phones and then purchasing the item where they found it the cheapest.

Coremetrics reports that consumers spent 35% more per online order on Black Friday than they did a year ago, with the average shopper purchasing 18% more items per order than they did last year.

Even QVC, which sells merchandise on its shopping channel and website, reported more than 765,000 orders totaling $32 million in sales on Black Friday — the highest level in the company’s 23-year history and 60% more than last year’s Black Friday sales.

“Online sales clearly did better, but that’s only 4% of total retail sales,” says Davidowitz.

Overall, Black Friday weekend sales indicated consumers’ mood and the direction of their spending, says Jaffe. clearly, shoppers “are deeply focused on price and more thoughtful in their spending.” (Read a brief history of Black Friday.)

Davidowitz speculates that the frugal tone will pressure retailers to discount earlier and possibly deeper than originally planned over the next few weeks. “I think many of them will reassess their numbers and determine that more promotions are in order,” says Davidowitz. “That will be particularly true in department stores,” where women’s apparel has been weak, he says.

Black Friday’s business has left Davidowitz bearish on retailers’ prospects this holiday season. “I expect total holiday sales will be down 1% to 2% — going against last year, which was the worst Christmas in 40 years.”

Davidowitz doesn’t believe discounting will reach last year’s 80% levels, mainly because most retailers ordered up to 20% less inventory this year. “They won’t be as panicked or as big,” he says. the 70% discounts will likely be offered on select items rather than store-wide, as they were last year.

Marshall Cohen, chief retail analyst at NPD Group, sees the Black Friday glass as half-full rather than half-empty. “The fact that retailers were able to sell as much, if not more, product at a 40% discount, compared with last year’s 75% storewide discount, was positive,” says Cohen.

“We’re not looking at an auspicious start or negative perception in the consumer psyche” after seeing Black Friday’s heavy traffic, he says. “But the biggest question is, Will they have the momentum to keep this going?”

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Black Friday Sales Rise 0.5% as Crowds Shop for TVs, Computers

Nov. 29 (Bloomberg) — Black Friday sales advanced 0.5percent from a year earlier as discounts on televisions, toysand computers drew budget-conscious crowds across the U.S.,according to ShopperTrak RCT Corp.

Sales for the day after the Thanksgiving holiday rose to$10.7 billion, the Chicago-based research firm said yesterday ina statement. That compared with a 3 percent gain to $10.6billion on Black Friday last year, a “surprisingly strong”result before economic turmoil dragged down sales for the restof the holiday season, ShopperTrak said.

Wal-Mart Stores inc., the world’s largest retailer,attracted consumers with $298 Hewlett-Packard laptop computersand other specials that went on sale at 5 a.m. Best buy inc.,the biggest electronics chain, used $547.99 42-inch Samsungflat-panel TVs to lure shoppers grappling with the highestunemployment in 26 years. The retailer had bigger early-morningcrowds than last year, Chief Executive Officer Brian Dunn said.

“The surprise news is that they are actually buying forthemselves as well, due to pent-up demand and frugal fatigue,”Marshal Cohen, chief industry analyst with NPD Group inc. saidin a Bloomberg Television interview Nov. 27. “They are saying‘Let’s loosen up the purse strings a little bit,’ but it isstill cautious spending.” NPD, based in Port Washington, NewYork, is a market research firm.

Holiday Shopping Prediction

The National Retail Federation, an industry trade group,said on Nov. 27 that retailers reported “strong” shoppertraffic this year. High-definition TVs, laptops, Zhu Zhu Petsrobotic hamsters and winter coats were among the most popularitems, according to the Washington-based federation.

The day after U.S. Thanksgiving is known as Black Friday,the traditional beginning of holiday buying. Explanations of thephrase’s origins differ, one holding that it’s the weekend whenretailers go to being in the black, profitable for the year.Stores open early on Black Friday and offer early-bird discountsto attract business.

A 4.9 percent sales decrease in the northeast counteredgains in other regions, according to ShopperTrak. Consumertraffic was heavy throughout the country, the research firm,which plans to release store-visit figures in the next few days.

“We’ve seen a gradual retail sales increase over the lasttwo weeks and with Black Friday’s performance, it looks likeNovember will be a positive month for retailers,” Bill Martin,a ShopperTrak co-founder, said in the statement. “The 1.6percent increase we originally predicted for the holiday seasonremains intact.”

Retailers’ chief marketing officers predicted Black Fridaysales would climb an average 1.8 percent from a year ago attheir own stores, according to a survey conducted by BDO SeidmanLLP in October. Ninety-six of 100 executives said they wouldincrease promotions this year, offering the biggest discounts onconsumer electronics.

Discounts on TVs

“Retailers in all sectors have reported strong crowds,”according to an NRF statement Nov. 27.

Walmart fell 33 cents to $54.63 on Nov. 27 in new YorkStock Exchange composite trading. Richfield, Minnesota-basedBest buy lost 43 cents to $42.83.

There seemed to be more discounts on TVs this year, andshoppers were snapping them up, said Charles O’Shea, a new York-based retail analyst with Moody’s Investors Service. In the fourhours he spent checking retailers in northern new Jersey, he sawseveral shoppers standing at bus stops holding flat-panel sets.

“It looks like everybody has caught the promotional bug,”O’Shea said in a telephone interview Nov. 27.

The lines in front of Best buy stores were longer and thecompany’s Web site attracted more visitors than in 2008, BestBuy’s Dunn said.

“Those are both directionally important indicators forus,” he said in a Bloomberg Television interview.

Samir Patel arrived at noon on Thanksgiving Day with hisbrother and cousin to claim the no. 1 spot in line at Best Buyin Jersey City, new Jersey. The 26-year-old, who has beenunemployed since he graduated with a master’s degree in May, waswaiting to buy a Sony Vaio laptop for $399.99 when the storeopened at 5:30 a.m. the next day.

“It’s the best deal for a laptop this year,” he said.”There’s a minimum of 10 in the store.”

Liberty Media Corp.’s QVC shopping channel said it had morethan $32 million in sales Nov. 27, its best-ever Black Friday,and a 60 percent increase from last year. The previous recordwas $22.3 million in November 2006, said Doug Rose, vicepresident of programming and marketing at QVC.

Holiday sales make up a third or more of retailers’ annualprofit. The International Council of Shopping Centers, a tradegroup, predicted sales at stores open at least a year willadvance 1 percent in November and December after a year-earlier5.8 percent decline, the worst in 40 years.

‘More Traffic’

“There’s a little more traffic than last year across theboard, maybe 10 percent,” Bill Taubman, chief operating officerof Taubman Centers inc., a U.S. real estate investment trustwith 24 malls, said in a telephone interview Nov. 27.

Walmart, based in Bentonville, Arkansas, kept stores openall night so shoppers could grab items when they went on sale at5 a.m. The world’s largest retailer cut some toy prices to $5.

Toys “R” Us, based in Wayne, new Jersey, had an averageof 1,000 people outside its stores before they opened atmidnight, five hours earlier than last year, said Chairman andCEO Jerry Storch. The chains sold a “significant number” ofApple inc. iPods and tens of thousands of Zhu Zhu Pets robothamsters, he said.

“The last thing parents will cut back on is toys for theirkids,” Storch said in a telephone interview Nov. 27.

J.C. Penney, Macy’s

Black Friday shopping at J.C. Penney co. stores was strongthroughout the U.S., the Plano, Texas-based retailer said in ane-mailed statement yesterday.

J.C. Penney, which plans to report November sales on Dec.3, fell $1.07 to $29.57 on Nov. 27 on the new York StockExchange.

At the Macy’s inc. store in new York’s Herald Square,shopper traffic appeared greater than a year ago, and continuedto flow in after the initial rush, Macy’s Chairman and CEO TerryLundgren said. Housewares and jewelry were selling “briskly,”he said.

“Last year we were just getting rid of the inventory webought six months before,” Lundgren said. “This year we’ve hada year to think through what is the sales trend.”

Macy’s, based in Cincinnati, dropped 59 cents to $16.97 onNov. 27 on the new York Stock Exchange.

Promotions are shaping up to be less haphazard than lastyear when conditions were “downright dysfunctional” after thefinancial crisis forced retailers to clear out goods, RichardHastings, a Charlotte, North Carolina-based consumer strategistfor Global Hunter Securities LLC, said Nov. 27 in an e-mail.

After this weekend, sales may slip into a lull until mid-December when retailers push out more discounts, Hastings said.

“The season has a long way to go,” Hastings said.

To contact the reporters on this story:Cotten Timberlake in Washington at ctimberlake@bloomberg.net;Chris Burritt in Greensboro, North Carolina, at 1348 or cburritt@bloomberg.net.

Last Updated: November 29, 2009 11:58 EST

About 195 million shoppers visited stores and Web sites over Black Friday weekend, up from 172 million last year, but average spending dropped to $343.31 per person compared to $372.57, according to a National Retail Federation survey.

The survey, conducted by BIGresearch, estimates that spending for Black Friday through today will reach $41.2 billion nationwide.

The NRF survey comes on the heels on yesterday’s ShopperTrak report, which found that Black Friday spending was down nearly 5 percent in the Northeast, the weakest region in the country.

“Shoppers proved this weekend that they were willing to open their wallets for a bargain, heading out to take advantage of great deals on less expensive items like toys, small appliances and winter clothes,” said Tracy Mullin, NRF President and CEO. “While retailers are encouraged by the number of Americans who shopped over Black Friday weekend, they know they have their work cut out for them to keep people coming back through Christmas. Shoppers can continue to expect retailers to focus on low prices and bargains through the end of December.”

Shoppers’ destination of choice over the past weekend seemed to be department stores, with nearly half (49.4 percent) of holiday shoppers visiting at least one, a 12.9 percent increase from last year.

Discount retailers took an uncharacteristic back seat, with 43.2 percent of holiday shoppers heading to discount stores over the weekend and another 7.8 percent heading to outlet stores.

Shoppers also visited electronics stores (29 percent), clothing stores (22.9 percent), and grocery stores (19.6 percent).

As millions of shoppers gear up for Cyber Monday, one-fourth of Americans shopping over the weekend (28.5 percent) were shopping online.

“In an economy like this one, every retailer wants to be a discounter,” said Mullin. “Department stores have done an admirable job touting both low prices and good quality, which are important requirements for holiday shoppers on a budget.”

According to the survey, nearly one-third (32.2 percent) of shoppers purchased toys, an increase of 12.9 percent from last year. Additionally, more people purchased sporting goods (12.6 percent vs. 11.4 percent last year), personal care or beauty items (22.4 percent vs. 19.0 percent) and gift cards (21.2 percent vs. 18.7 percent).

The most popular purchases were of clothing (50.9 percent) and books (40.3 percent), which remained nearly unchanged over last year.

In order to nab the best holiday items, more shoppers headed out for bargains while it was still dark outside.

According to the survey, nearly one-third of shoppers (31.2 percent) were at the stores by 5 a.m., compared with 23.3 percent who were at stores by that time last year.

“During a more robust economy, people may be inclined to hit the “snooze” button on Black Friday, but high unemployment and a focus on price caused shoppers to visit stores early in anticipation of the best deals,” said Phil Rist, Executive Vice President, Strategic Initiatives, BIGresearch.

Retailer Amazon.com this week held discounted pricing for several top game titles for Sony Corp.’s Playstation 3 and Microsoft Corp.’s Xbox 360 in a post-Black Friday sale.

Discounted Xbox 360 titles include Left 4 Dead 2 at $34.99, Halo 3: ODST at $38.40, Dragon Age: Origins at $34.99, and Forza Motorsport 3 at $39.99.

Discounted PS3 titles include Dragon Age: Origins at $34.99, Brutal Legend at $34.99, and need for Speed: Shift at $34.99.

Discounted EA Sports titles for PS3 and Xbox 360 include Madden NFL 10 at $34.99, NBA Live 10 at $34.99, Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10 at $34.99, and FIFA 10 at 34.99.

Sony this month began sale of the PS3 250GB model, which includes a 250GB hard drive at $349.99.

Microsoft this month began sale of the new Xbox 360 250GB Modern Warfare 2 Limited Edition SKU.

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November 28 — It must be clear by now, as a Boston Golf Examiner reader pointed out, that Tiger Woods was on his way to take advantage of pre-Cyber Monday deals when he cracked up his car on the morning of Black Friday.

• Tiger Woods’ life has become a soap opera, as these photos illustrate

And now, since his wife, Elin Nordegren, smashed his SUV with one of his old clubs and likely damaged it beyond repair, the world’s greatest golfer must need a good deal on Nike irons and fairway metals — let alone a Cadillac Escalade — even more.

Yup. Mystery solved. no affair, no pissed-off wife, no domestic violence. just Tiger Woods looking to get a jump on all those Black Friday and Cyber Monday shoppers.

Or, perhaps, there’s a tad more to it. if so, you might want to catch up on all the rumors and innuendos about what really happened when Woods cracked his car into a fire hydrant early Friday morning at Tiger Woods’ injuries from wife not car accident.

Remember all the way back to Thursday when Tiger Woods was just the greatest golfer in the world? Take a walk down memory lane with this video of Woods’ greatest golf shots:

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Black Friday is a double-edged sword every year. Sure there are some great deals out there, but navigating the reams of sale papers from every retailer in the country along with the salivating hordes of shoppers who lined up days before Thanksgiving can be a daunting task. Lucky for you then that your friends at TeamXbox have gone through all of those deals for you, and we’ve picked out what we feel are the best places to spend your time spending your money.

Toys R us, Friday, 12am-1pm, Xbox 360 Arcade System w/Free Carrying Case, Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2, PopCap Arcade Vol. 1 and Namco Museum Virtual Arcade $229.95

This year, in the face of a nasty recession, the retail community is seeking different ways to get potential consumers into the store to buy things. Thus, the competition begins for not only who can offer the best deals, but who can do them first. thats surely what inspired Toys R us to do a one-hour sale starting at midnightwhile youll just be getting over your tryptophan coma. while the games in this bundle might not be as substantial as the ones being offered at other stores, its the price thats the draw; if you want to be able to pick your own game choices, this is the way to go, because its the cheapest Xbox 360 system of all of them. Sure, its an Arcade system, but you can eBay an HD for very little and have a piece-together Pro with hardly any effort for youor a good friend with which you want to play on Xbox Live.

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Target $10 Gift Card with purchase of Assassins Creed or Modern Warfare 2

With the end of 2009 just around the corner the Game of the Year discussions have been going on within the office. Two games at the top of the list are Assassins Creed II and Modern Warfare 2. without question these two games were among the most anticipated and highly-received games of the year. Just in case you werent one of the couple-million or so who have already purchased either of these heavy-hitters Target is sweetening the deal by offering a $10 Gift Card with the purchase of either Assassins Creed II or Modern Warfare 2 at the regular price of $59.99. A nice incentive to pick up one or both of 2009s must have titles. whether you are a die-hard shooter fan with an itchy trigger finger or a deadly assassin out for revenge, this is a Black Friday sale worth showing up early for! Targets Friday Doorbusters sale runs from 5am until 11pm or while supplies last.

-Brent Soboleski, Creative Director

Target $50 Gift Card with purchase of Xbox 360 Elite Holiday Bundle or Elite Modern Warfare 2 Bundle

If you have been looking to pick up an Xbox 360 or know someone in need, Target is offering a $50 Gift Card with the purchase of either the Xbox 360 Elite Holiday Bundle, which includes a wireless controller and headset along with the games Pure and LEGO Batman at $299.99, or the Xbox 360 Elite Modern Warfare 2 Bundle, which includes the special edition Modern Warfare 2 console along with the game, headset and two controllers for $399.99. either of these two system bundles is a great way to get your or someone elses Xbox 360 collection off to a start. The Holiday Bundle is an affordable way to get the 120GB Xbox 360 Elite system along with two games that will keep you busy throughout the holiday season. for the more hardcore gamer, the Modern Warfare 2 system boasts a special edition 250GB Xbox 360 console customized with Modern Warfare 2 graphics. whichever bundle you prefer, the $50 Gift Card will come in handy for picking up additional games or accessories. Or maybe youd like to use the Gift Card to pick up a gift for someone else on your holiday shopping list. either way, its a good deal to take advantage of this Friday from 5am to 11pm or until supplies last at Target during their Friday Doorbusters sale.

-Brent Soboleski, Creative Director

Best Buy’s $19.99 games

Sure, everyone wants to buy someone the biggest titles of the season, that’s why you don’t see a lot of great deals on Modern Warfare 2 or Assassin’s Creed II right now. but serious gamers have already bought those, and the holiday deals give them a great chance to go back and pick a few up that they might have missed the first time around. best buy has seven really decent titles that you might have missed when they first came out. Others are really good gift deals. but any way you look at it, 20 bucks for Resident Evil 5 or Fallout 3 is a great deal, and Hasbro Family Game Night would be a fun one for the whole family to play on Christmas morning. Provided grampa isn’t hogging the Xbox 360 to boost his profile in MW2.

Full list of games below:

Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood
Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena
Fallout 3 (Excludes GOTY Edition)
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Resident Evil 5
The Bigs 2
Tom Clancy’s Hawx

- Tom Price, Executive Editor

Two Rockstar games for $10 at Walmart? Buh?

You wouldn’t think Walmart and Rockstar would go well together, but America’s ubiquitous retailer is offering up two of Rockstar’s best recent games for only $10 apiece. We’re sure you all have GTA IV by now, but you might not have bothered to pick up Midnight Club LA when it came out. Here’s your chance to get an awesome deal on a thrilling street racing game built around an actual story, and reeking with Rockstar-brand cool(tm). buy both and help finance the production of GTA V in your own small helpful way. Like they need the money.

- Tom Price, Executive Editor

Amazons Black Friday Madness

I find my enthusiasm for the concept of leaving the house to brave the mewling hordes of Black Friday on par with my enthusiasm for repeated blows to my groin (meaning Id rather not, thanks). if youre like me, that makes Amazon your best friend. while Amazon has kept a lot of their best deals close to their chest (meaning crafty deal seekers have yet to confirm them for sure), what has come out is already very attractive for that post-turkey-binge recovery period that the Friday after Thanksgiving should be. Whats more, theyve actually been running deals all week, and will continue to run sales all weekend.

Out of the deals revealed thus far, two really stick out for Xbox owners. The first goes on sale TONIGHT (so put off that food coma as long as you can) at Midnight Pacific time, which means it had better be worth it. Of course, since youll be able to pick up Dragon Age for $34.99 and Resident Evil 5 for $19.99, you shouldnt need a lot of convincing.

Then theres Halo ODST, on sale on Friday from 9AM-12PM EST (meaning west coast residents like myself are going to have to get in front of that monitor at 6AM) for $29.98. if you had doubts about the value proposition of a shorter (but excellent) campaign and the new Firefight mode for $60.00, this should make ODST a much easier purchasing decision. if none of these strike your fancy, then I recommend keeping an eye on Amazons Games department on Twitter at twitter.com/amazongames, as theyll update when new deals are made available. It shouldnt be too much work, especially considering all the poor deal-seeking schmucks fighting the crowds at best buy and Target, which you won’t have to deal with.

-Arthur Gies, News and Features Editor

These are only some of the deals going on tomorrow of course, and some of the best opportunities haven’t even been announced yet. if you want the most detailed rundown of pretty much every game sale around tomorrow and over the weekend, you won’t find a better resource than Cheapass Gamer (and they’ll guide you toward the best prices all year to boot).