If you’re working on Christmas shopping, it’s starting to get to the point and time period where people get desperate. It also means that stores are starting to get to that desperate point and offering more sales. Big Lots sent out a flier December 6, 2009 with some possible deals people shopping for Wii owners may be interested in.

The front page of the ad displays the store’s only two major video game sales from December 6-12, 2009. First, Big Lots is carrying the Guitar Hero: World Tour bundle, that includes the game and a guitar, for $39.88. The normal price on that bundle is typically $59-69, depending on what store you’re at. Big Lots also has discounted four kinds of Wii peripherals, a dual charger for remotes, a 6-in-1 remote sports peripheral pack, boxer gloves and a rechargeable battery pack for the balance board. All four of the peripherals are $16 each, and normally cost $20-24.99.

If you’re interested, I recommend visiting your local Big Lots as soon as possible…

It turns out that Guitar Hero: World Tour isn’t shaping up to be a sensational seller, like the other entries in the series. The New York Times is reporting that World Tour sold roughly 534,000 copies in the week after it was released, while Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock managed to sell around 1.4 million copies in the week after it launched. So, based on those early figures, one could reason that World Tour is only a third as successful as Legends of Rock. Perhaps this means that Rock Band is having an incredibly visible impact on Guitar Hero‘s sales. Or, it could be an indication that people are cutting back on extravagant video game purchases.

Guitar Hero: World Tour, which is the fourth entry in the series and the first to incorporate instruments other than guitars into the game, was launched on October 26, 2008…