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[Neuromancer]

Indeed...

lol I like it.

 

[boredandlazy]

(Sales) = ((Facebook Likes)*(Twitters))*((GAFPosts)/2))+(Reddit Upvotes)

+ The power of love.

 

[CosmicQueso]

My OCD is ticking, too many parentheses man. You don't need any.

 

[Y2Kev]

Dagger. Queso wins e3 and probably Black Friday.

 

[Nirolak]

Judging by the new pricing, Amazon has run out of copies of Disney Infinity 3.0.

 

[Y2Kev]

Bad news for botty.

 

[Somnia]

Just an update as I'm on lunch. PS4 uncharted bundle is selling more than the XB1, I wouldn't say 2:1 but its definitely more. Lots of interest in the Uncharted bundle and the XB1 holiday bundle not the normal gears.

Otherwise nothing too surprising. No "rare" amiibo back in stock sales at all. Sold half out mystery box pops. Tons of random games and lots of xb1 and PS4 new controllers as they are cheap.

 

[bryanee]

Just an update as I'm on lunch. PS4 uncharted bundle is selling more than the XB1, I wouldn't say 2:1 but its definitely more. Lots of interest in the Uncharted bundle and the XB1 holiday bundle not the normal gears.

Otherwise nothing too surprising. No "rare" amiibo back in stock sales at all. Sold half out mystery box pops. Tons of random games and lots of xb1 and PS4 new controllers as they are cheap.

What are mystery box pops?

 

[Mister Megative]

Just an update as I'm on lunch. PS4 uncharted bundle is selling more than the XB1, I wouldn't say 2:1 but its definitely more. Lots of interest in the Uncharted bundle and the XB1 holiday bundle not the normal gears.

Otherwise nothing too surprising. No "rare" amiibo back in stock sales at all. Sold half out mystery box pops. Tons of random games and lots of xb1 and PS4 new controllers as they are cheap.

Robust sales all around I hope?

 

[Somnia]

What are mystery box pops?

They come with one of five limited pops only sold in this box. GameStop exclusive ones.

Robust sales all around I hope?

Yes very good sales so far, but business overall seems slow because we opened at 5 so all those evening shoppers are sleeping. Last time we did this instead of midnight we blew up around 11.

 

[slavesnyder]

What are mystery box pops?

http://popvinyls.com/2015/11/25/black-friday-a-mystery-boxes/
this?

 

[bryanee]

Ahhhhh ok then.

 

[Mister Megative]

They come with one of five limited pops only sold in this box. GameStop exclusive ones.



Yes very good sales so far, but business overall seems slow because we opened at 5 so all those evening shoppers are sleeping. Last time we did this instead of midnight we blew up around 11.

Ah, so if it follows that model things will pick up right about.....now?

 

[Bitch Pudding]

Anyway. Break's over. I probably won't post again until lunch on my shift tomorrow, sorry guys. I'm gonna go home and pass right the hell out after this one at 4am, and then be back at noon tomorrow.

 

[Y2Kev]

ABDIEL post if you are ok

 

[JeffZero]

Working at GameStop today. Taking my break. Basically dying at the moment.

PS4 bundle is flying off the shelves.

 

[Mister Megative]

Working at GameStop today. Taking my break. Basically dying at the moment.

PS4 bundle is flying off the shelves.

Stay strong. How do sales for both look compared to last year?

 

[Ty4on]

(Sales) = ((Facebook Likes)*(Twitters))*((GAFPosts)/2))+(Reddit Upvotes)

So that's what Word of Mouth™ means.

 

[Walker_Boh]

ABDIEL post if you are ok

Hes working retail on Black Friday. He is a zombie at best.

 

[Ray Down]

Stay strong workers, you can do it.

If I survived a 10 hour shift with a cold so bad three hours in I was coughing up blood you guys can do it.

 

[CosmicQueso]

Stay strong workers, you can do it.

If I survived a 10 hour shift with a cold so bad three hours in I was coughing up blood you guys can do it.

That was a really silly thing to do.

 

[Javin98]

Just an update as I'm on lunch. PS4 uncharted bundle is selling more than the XB1, I wouldn't say 2:1 but its definitely more. Lots of interest in the Uncharted bundle and the XB1 holiday bundle not the normal gears.

Otherwise nothing too surprising. No "rare" amiibo back in stock sales at all. Sold half out mystery box pops. Tons of random games and lots of xb1 and PS4 new controllers as they are cheap.

Working at GameStop today. Taking my break. Basically dying at the moment.

PS4 bundle is flying off the shelves.

Great to have info from fellow GAFfers. Thanks! Waiting for PR on Wednesday is agonizing. Stay strong, guys, I'm sure it's about to get even crazier.

 

[3rdamention]

Sounds like that Uncharted Bundle is selling really well based on Amazon, and our Retail Insiders.

 

[Abdiel]

Ah... I'm here before my second shift starts. Eating lunch quickly.

So tired.

Looks like things are still moving along. Both systems still doing well. Neither system doing significantly better.

I'll see how it goes over the day.

 

[StrongBlackVine]

Great to have info from fellow GAFfers. Thanks! Waiting for PR on Wednesday is agonizing. Stay strong, guys, I'm sure it's about to get even crazier.

What PR on Wednesday?

 

[Mpl90]

What PR on Wednesday?

I suppose he's referring to when we should start getting some PRs from companies about how Black Friday went. PRs or interviews, I suppose. I don't remember right now, did we get them last year? In the case, when?

 

[hodayathink]

What PR on Wednesday?

If companies have a good Black Friday weekend, they'll generally send out some PR about it next week. I'm fairly sure MS posted something about winning Black Friday last year, and even Sony boasted about winning the UK, I believe.

 

[Javin98]

What PR on Wednesday?

Yeah, like Mpl90 said, I'm just assuming we'll get PR on Wednesday from Sony and Microsoft to see which console was the best selling during BF week.

 

[Giriath_89]

Thanks for the update all. Stay strong!

 

[Loudninja]

Surprise by no Black Friday Retail Musings yet.

 

[Dead Prince]

Yeah, like Mpl90 said, I'm just assuming we'll get PR on Wednesday from Sony and Microsoft to see which console was the best selling during BF week.

The silent one is the loser.

 

[Boke1879]

Working at GameStop today. Taking my break. Basically dying at the moment.

PS4 bundle is flying off the shelves.

I know you didn't really have a choice but thanks again for working today. Hang in there buddy.

 

[Birgitte2004]

The silent one is the loser.

Meh, both may come out with the "100 million Zombies have been killed in CoD since Friday!" type commentary rather than silence.

 

[panda-zebra]

That's not how is work.
We know the bundle has sold 93,000, but this doesn't mean all 93,000 were from August pre orders.
In August XB1 Halo bundle was at #24, in october XB1 Halo 5 bundle is at #25, and October was a bigger month than August, they should be pretty close...

October xb1 Halo 5 bundles were tallied sales.

August xb1 Halo 5 bundles were all click and no $.

 

[Chobel]

Thanks Somnia! What can you say about game sales? Also which game (not named CoD) is doing the best? Fallout 4 or Battlefront?

Surprise by no Black Friday Retail Musings yet.

Yeah, someone should really that thread.

 

[Boke1879]

Thanks for the info guys. Can't wait to here from you all later.

I'm very interested in seeing how well Sony having the PS4 at $299 all weekend through Cyber Monday does for them.

 

[Y2Kev]

Thanks Somnia! What can you say about game sales? Also which game (not named CoD) is doing the best? Fallout 4 or Battlefront?



Yeah, someone should really that thread.

Personally I don't like that thread as it always erupts into a proxy war but I'm sure it will pop up later.

 

[Loudninja]

Personally I don't like that thread as it always erupts into a proxy war but I'm sure it will pop up later.

Same I dont like it at all but of course it will pop up.

 

[Ushay]

Man these Black Friday prices are so good. Xbox £230 .. PS4 £250. So tempted..

 

[Boke1879]

Man these Black Friday prices are so good. Xbox £230 .. PS4 £250. So tempted..

Go for it. If there is enough to justify a purchase of a console for you. I say get one

 

[Guymelef]

What is the feeling for this Black Friday? best or worse than last year?

 

[Steverulez]

What is the feeling for this Black Friday? best or worse than last year?

Website stability is much worse for sure

 

[Chobel]

Personally I don't like that thread as it always erupts into a proxy war but I'm sure it will pop up later.

Last year's wasn't so bad.

Is it OK if I create a thread for it?

 

[Raist]

Personally I don't like that thread as it always erupts into a proxy war but I'm sure it will pop up later.

But isn't that the point of it?

 

[Boke1879]

What is the feeling for this Black Friday? best or worse than last year?

I think what you'll see is everything sell at a steady pace. No console is going to massively outpace the other imo.

 

[benny_a]

Personally I don't like that thread as it always erupts into a proxy war but I'm sure it will pop up later.

This proves the original Y2Kev died and someone just took over the account. The original Y2Kev would know that every thread is a proxy war thread.

 

[Y2Kev]

Last year's wasn't so bad.

Is it OK if I create a thread for it?

If you could wait until later in the day, I'd appreciate it. People are still working. But yeah you can do it.

 

[3rdamention]

Last year, the news that Microsoft won Black Friday was reported on Monday December 1st, the Monday after Black Friday...


I would assume we will hear stuff this coming Monday

 

[ethomaz]

For these that believe or support the 90% digital.

UC bundle physical is doing way way way better on Amazon than UC bundle digital lol

Causal consumers prefer physical even if 9 out 10 friends buys digital.

 

[Boke1879]

For these that believe or support the 90% digital.

UC bundle physical is doing way way way better on Amazon than UC bundle digital lol

Causal consumers prefer physical even if 9 out 10 friends buys digital.

Well the digital bundle on amazon is now at $350 and it's being sold by 3rd party retailers. So I assume it sold out.

But yea regardless that physical bundle was going to do better.

Also of note. on amazon the SW LE Vader console has been out of stock for days. It says it'll be restocked tomorrow.