Best Buy is running a promotion right now where if you buy any Xbox 360 game (priced at $79.99 or less), you can get another game of equal or lesser value for 50% off. Originally, this was working for preorders (hello Modern Warfare 2 and Halo 3:ODST), but word is that it only applies to games in stock and for sale now.
This was reported originally over on SlickDeals.net, so they have all of the updated info on what’s available and what’s not.
Additionally, Best Buy is planning on running a very similar deal on PS3 games starting Sunday. Again, SlickDeals.net reported this one and is following developments on it in the thread dedicated to this deal.
Even if Best Buy has disqualified preorders from this deal, you can supposedly get free shipping on the orders. It might not be a bad idea to pick up some games that you never got around to buying (may we suggest Madden 10, NCAA 10, The Orange Box, Mirror’s Edge, Assassin’s Creed, and/or Dead Space?).
Hopefully this kind of deal sticks around for the fall. We’d really like to see something like this with the fall lineup of game releases: NHL 10, Halo 3:ODST, Modern Warfare 2, Guitar Hero 5, Assassin’s Creed 2, Forza 3. It’d be nice to drop just $270 on that list rather than the full price value of $360. Here’s to hoping…