The Daily Grind: Did you take advantage of Black Friday sales?
by Seraphina Brennan 
Nov 28th 2009 at 8:00AM
Filed under: Culture, Events, real-world, Opinion, The Daily Grind
So, it's Tired Saturday -- the day when you spent the previous night with your friends, out enjoying the beginning of the long weekend after stuffing your face on Thanksgiving. Of course, you might have been doing something else that was very important yesterday -- shopping.
Whether it was online or in the stores, the Black Friday sales were everywhere! We even made a guide about some of the deals so you, the MMO fiend, would know where to shop and what to keep your eye on. With so many deals, we couldn't help ourselves to picking up a few titles.
So did you guys take advantage of what was being offered? If so, tell us all about your Black Friday spoils, or perhaps any other sales you're looking forward to! We're eager to hear what you claimed in the madness for yourself!
Whether it was online or in the stores, the Black Friday sales were everywhere! We even made a guide about some of the deals so you, the MMO fiend, would know where to shop and what to keep your eye on. With so many deals, we couldn't help ourselves to picking up a few titles.
So did you guys take advantage of what was being offered? If so, tell us all about your Black Friday spoils, or perhaps any other sales you're looking forward to! We're eager to hear what you claimed in the madness for yourself!
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
Venekor said on 8:13AM 11-28-2009
You know if the Sales were like a month ago then I would have done but I've already made myself broke buying presents. Plus the Champions Online free weekend Trial and a Fallen Earth buddy key reminded me why I didn't like them games.
Reply
Tolgar said on 8:35AM 11-28-2009
I bought the THQ pack on Steam for 50 bucks, for that many games for that price, half of which I had been interested in but never bothered to purchase before, was an awesome deal.....
The hardware deals on newegg this year have been meh however.
Too busy with EVE to bother with other MMOs.
Reply
MCRaider said on 9:10AM 11-28-2009
I bought the THQ pack as well, I had CoH already but none of the expansions. So for the price of two expansions you get like 11 other games which is an amazing deal.
Saints Row 2 is actually a pretty good game, the controls are a little sensitive and the graphics quality is not great but it is very fun.
I also picked up a Sennheiser PC 350 for myself, but it was not really on a Black Friday sale, just marked down in general. 130 for like a 250 headset is not bad at all in my book.
Galaxiaceles said on 9:07AM 11-28-2009
Hoping for an Oblivion discount, though Newegg does sell one for $14 + some DLC.
Reply
Khai Mann said on 9:14AM 11-28-2009
The deals aren't over yet... so I'll just wait to see if they offer any games worth buying. In a few hours steam will have a new batch of games, so let's see how that goes.
Reply
Amblin said on 9:20AM 11-28-2009
yes I did and still will be until the end. You can't agrue with some of the prices.
get em while you can.
Reply
crsh said on 9:49AM 11-28-2009
Nope, nothing grabbed my fancy (tho I admit I wasn't in much of a "buying" mood), the holiday expenses are starting to stack up so games/gizmos are definitely secondary right now.
Reply
Fuzzy said on 10:56AM 11-28-2009
I didn't find anything of interest that required overnight camping. In terms of new games, I already bought Borderlands, Torchlight, and Fallen Earth, and Dragon Age is something I can wait on.
I did pick up Bioshock at Best Buy for $5 and SW: KOTOR off of Steam for $2.50.
Reply
Hoyt said on 11:08AM 11-28-2009
I bought PC Left 4 Dead 2 from dell for $30 and got Fallen Earth ($25) and Kotor ($2.50) from steam so far. I still need Torchlight, Borderlands and Dragon Age at least. Tough there is 3 more days of this sale, and then the huge end of holidays sale which I'm waiting for. I love steam, especially when they have sweet deals like these. Nice having everything i one place, easy to install.
Reply
Kelathos said on 11:20AM 11-28-2009
Bought both L4D2 and Dragon Age on Steam during their sales.
Reply
Eric Diaz said on 11:38AM 11-28-2009
No. I couldn't find anything worth buying.
Reply
Eric Diaz said on 11:44AM 11-28-2009
I only play WoW anyway. So game deals dont mean anything to me unless its discounted wow time cards.
derella said on 11:42AM 11-28-2009
I bought KotOR from Steam for $2.50. I own it on disc somewhere, but have no idea where it got to.
I almost bought Fallen Earth, but changed my mind.
Reply
jose said on 11:42AM 11-28-2009
Dragon age rules!!! It's a long game... It's worth buying imo.
Keep your eye open, better discounts will come in the next few weeks i'm sure.
Reply
Pingles said on 12:01PM 11-28-2009
Somewhat game related bought a Dell Zino HD for $199. Great little HTPC.
Reply
newskooltrooper said on 12:59PM 11-28-2009
Out of sheer curiosity I picked up WoW for $5.00 on Amazon. I've heard so much trash talked about it in other MMO chats, I decided to check it out for myself and form my own opinion.
Reply
Weez said on 1:07PM 11-28-2009
saw the Fallen Earth $24.95 sale on STEAM, didn't realize it was only 24 hours, went to go back the next day and it was off sale. I want to check it out, but it was an unplayable Laggy mess in OB, but supposedly they'd fixed it and a lot. I meet well past the min specs (not that min specs mean anything anymore lol), but I won't shell out $50. for a game that I don't know if I can play.
Wish I had a Buddy playing lol.
Reply
Flolah said on 1:29PM 11-28-2009
They really did fix a lot of the coding problems with regards to server lag and even hardware lag. I recently snuck in on a buddy pass (my own, from when I bought it opening day) and it plays about three times smoother, even on max settings, than it ever did. Problem is I don't have any buddies playing it, either, so it's hard to justify making room in my gaming schedule to really get into it.
Plus the jump still looks stupid. :P
Pingles said on 3:24PM 11-28-2009
I just did a free 14-day trial a few weeks ago. I wasn't invited by anyone, just saw it online. You may want to search around.
Graill said on 7:26PM 11-28-2009
Go play asherons call, both fallen earth and Ac have the same graphics. However, AC has a much better crafting system and nearly zero lag. Who knew?!