Black Friday @ Walmart – Xbox 360 for $99

Walmart is pushing hard for the big slice of the holiday pie this year, more than ever before it seems.

A new note popping up in Maximum PC tells of a BF Only Xbox 360 for $99. It’s not strictly $99 that day, but if you’re the patient type it can be. Sort of a Black Friday every Friday (or Saturday) in November.

It looks like Walmart is gearing up for Black Friday a little early this year. How so? The mega-chain has begun advertising several one-day in-store specials slated for this Saturday November 7th at 8AM.

Among the sale items is an Xbox 360 Arcade console for $199, which will be accompanied by a $100 gift card. That essentially brings the price down to just $99, provided you can make use of the gift card.

Other sale items on tap for the one-day special include a 15.6-inch HP notebook with an Intel Celeron processor for a shade under $300, a Blu-ray player for $150, a 42-inch 1080p Sharp LCD TV for $498, and a few more items.

According to Fudzilla, this is just the first of ongoing Saturday specials that will continue until Black Friday.

I wonder why Walmart is the recipient of this deal, as Microsoft is not known for working heavily with discounters. This has more of a shady, too-good-to-believe  Best Buy feel to it.

No doubt the lines will form early – they should probably simply line the stuff like this up in the aisles on the way in, so that the price hawks can dive on it quickly.

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