Black Friday, the Friday after American Thanksgiving, begins the traditional Christmas shopping season. In recent years, the unofficial holiday has been one of the busiest retail shopping days of the year with many of the larger retailers opening their doors as early as midnight on the start of Black Friday.
This year, Wal-Mart, the world's largest retailer, is boasting many solid electronic deals in hopes of drawing many consumers into the store.
The following are some of the key offerings, courtesy of Destructoid.
Gaming hardware:
- Nintendo DS Lite - $98
- PS3 Slim + Batman: Arkam Asylum, inFamous, and Dark Knight (movie) - $299
- Xbox 360 Arcade + Madagascar 2 game and movie - $199
- Nintendo Wii Console w/ Wii Sports Resort (walmart.com only) - under $300
Video games:
- Rock Band Special Edition (PS3 or Xbox 360) - $50
- Midnight Club LA - $10
- Grand Theft Auto IV - $10
- The Godfather (PS3) - $10
- NFS: Undercover (PS3) - $10
- Command and Conquer: Red alert 3 (360) - $7
At Walmart.com, starting Thanksgiving:
- Philips Noise Canceling Headphones – under $20
- Sanyo 8-MP digital camera – under $60
- Garmin Nuvi 205 GPS – under $100
- RCA 42" LCD HDTV (42" diagonal viewing area) – under $600
In store, starting Friday:
- Emerson 32-inch LCD HDTV (31.5" diagonal viewing area) for $248
- 42-inch Plasma (42.3" diagonal viewing area) for $448
- HP Laptop Computer 3 GB memory, 250 GB hard drive – $298
- Magnavox Blu-ray Disc Player – $78
- Sony Bravia 40-inch LCD HDTV (40" diagonal viewing area) – $598
- Sony Blu-ray Disc Player, Model BDP-S360 – $118
- $9 DVD movies, with titles including Star Trek and GI Joe
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