Black Friday Sale Results
December 08, 07 by Mr.Q
Sale figures are starting to trickle in and according to online retailers PriceGrabber, Shopping.com and eBay, the Zune media players is the second most sought after items (both 30GB and 80GB versions) on BF. And the number one item? Well, it’s the Wii, of course. For the second year in the row, the Wii has been in the top of the wishlists. The success of the Zunes make it a viable alternative to the iPod. The popularity of the player is credited in part to the affordability of the 30GB, brown Zune (which can be had for $70 – $90) and its new firmware/software update.
Since BF, Zune 80 has been flying off the shelf quite quickly, sometimes only a few hours after restocked. Most of the e-retailers are having them on back ordered. Even though the 80GB Zune is at the same price as 80GB iPod Classic, the MS product’s features are more attractive to ubergeeks who read specs like a dictionary. By calling the orignal iPod “classic”, Apple seems to have shot itself in the foot. Calling anything “classic” makes it unattractive to the younger crowd, not to mention that Apple rarely had a real sale. Would you stand in line for hours to get $10 off a mouse at an Apple store, I don’t think so. The iPod line of media players will still be in consumers’ wishlists in foreseeable future, however. At the high end, the iPod touch (iTouch) muti-touch system is the media player to aim for, for those that have money to burn. Coverflow works best at this type of system. Those that simply want an iPod for the sake of owning an iPod, will likely pick up nano. Even though the 3rd gen “fatty” nano has very high pixel density, the 2nd generation ones are still the favorites for it slick designs.
Other gadgets that making headlines this year including GPS devices, Guitar Heroes III/Rockband (games & peripherals), LCD monitors, and HDTVs. For those who participate in the annual BF events, door buster items for this year are a bit lackluster, and the Cyber Monday that followed was not much special. With that said, the sale figures are up about 50% from last year, so either the economy is getting better or that the public is getting more materialistic. You be the judge.