Cyber Monday 2012: The Amazon Cyber Monday sale has 36 video game lightning deals

Good morning internet denizens and welcome to Cyber Monday 2012. This is the day that the online shopping kicks into gear, and all the stores know it. Hence, their websites have decent deals available only to online shoppers. Unfortunately, most of the deals aren’t better than Black Friday 2012, unless you’re looking at Amazon. As an online retailer, the Amazon Cyber Monday deals are often as good as, occasionally even better, than the Black Friday ones.

In fact, we already know the video game lightning deals scheduled for day one of the Amazon Cyber Monday Deals Week are pretty good, thanks to the deals calendar in the game section. It reveals the prices and times for all of the November 26, 2012 lightning deals. That way, we know what to get and when, without staking out the site. Let’s see what we have to look forward to buying.

9:10am PST – 1:10pm PST

• 4GB memory card (Vita) – $9.99
• Cabelas Dangerous Hunts 2013 (Wii) – $34.99
• Kinect Star Wars (Xbox 360) – $19.99
• Need for Speed: The Run (Xbox 360) – $14.99
• Plantronics Gamecom P90 headset (PS3) – $19.99
• Plantronics Gamecom X95 headset (Xbox 360) – $49.99
• The Secret World (Windows) – $19.99
• Soul Calibur V (Xbox 360) – $9.99
• Soul Calibur V Fightstick (PS3, Xbox 360) – $99.99
• SSX (PS3, Xbox 360) – $15.99
• Thrustmaster T.Flight Hotas X joystick (Windows) – $34.99
• Vita 3G/WiFi bundle – $249.99

1:10pm-5:10pm PST

• AmazonBasics Wii Wheels (Wii) – $5.99
• Dance Central 3 (Xbox 360) – $22.99
• Disney Princess: My Fairy Tale Adventure (Wii) – $25
• DOOM BFG Edition (PS3, Xbox 360, Windows) – $18.99
• Ear Force DPX21 Headset (PS3) – $89.99
• G155 Mobile Entertainment System – $179.99
• Halo 4 (Xbox 360) with $20 Amazon gift card and $10 AIV (Xbox 360) – $59.96
• inFamous Collection and Dualshock 3 Dual Pack (PS3) – $49.99
• NHL 13 (PS3, Xbox 360) – $25
• NHL 13 Stanley Cup Collector’s Edition (PS3) – $54.99
• Wipeout: The Game (Wii) – $14.99
• Wireless Speed Wheel (Xbox 360) – $19.99

5:10pm-9:10pm PST

• Adventure Time: Hey Ice King! Why’d You Steal Our Garbage?! (3DS) – $19.99
• Assassin’s Creed III Encyclopedia Edition (PS3, Xbox 360) – $84.99
• Chimaera 5.1 Wireless Gaming Headset (Xbox 360) – $129.99
• Drawsome (Wii) – $7.99
• Rage (Windows) – $8.99
• Rhythm Thief (3DS) – $19.99
• Style Savvy Trendsetters (3DS) – $33.99
• Thrustmaster Ferrari Wireless GT Cockpit 430 Scuderia Edition (PS3, Windows) – $199.99
• Thrustmaster T500 F1 Racing Wheel Add-on (PS3, Windows) – $139.99

As you can see, there are some good deals, but most aren’t as good as the Black Friday discounts. I think I will be waiting for 5:10pm PST, because there are two 3DS games I want. Er, not that I’d be so selfish as to buy them for myself. Ok, fine, I totally am. Nobody would even know I’d want Adventure Time or Rhythm Thief though!

Anyone else notice the last week that the Amazon deals have been going really fast in the video game section? I mean, even the less popular game deals have been selling out. Like when Lumines for the Vita was on sale last week, I ambled over to the site about an hour and a half after that deal went live and it was sold out. I mean, it’s a Vita launch game and isn’t a super well known title! I guess that’s just how people get.

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