GameStop has just released a series of promos for this Black Friday. The promo includes several deals you'll want to look over, such as an offer for the Crimson-and-Black DS Lite. More details on GameStop's adverts are available in the full article.

Still don't know what to get on Black Friday? Amazon offers a lot of gaming goodies on ridiculous discounts, and what's more, they've got an ample supply of the Wii as well. Read on to get more details and pricing information for Amazon's Black Friday deals.

In the classic Christmas film "It's a Wonderful Life" Zuzu Bailey says "Every time a bell rings an angel gets his wings." But in stores and malls everywhere, every time the cash register goes cha-ching a sale is made. For GameStop, the recent holiday shopping spree sent its cash register ringing to the tune of more than US$ 1.7 billion.

That's over US$ 1.7 billion made within the nine week period, beginning Black Friday, where everyone seems to be afflicted with the shopping madness.

GameStop says some of the sales were generated by the PS3, Wii and Xbox 360. But it was definitely the year of the DS with 918,000 units sold in November.

On the game side, GameStop listed the following titles as best-selling items:

• Gears of War
• Final Fantasy XII
• The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
• Guitar Hero II
  
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According to GameStop digits, total holiday sales in 2006 was up by a full 29% compared to 2005. And that, we suppose, is the best gift GameStop got for Christmas.

We've already been reporting on the recent success that Nintendo's been picking on their DS console, and while we've yet to figure in how big an impact their Wii will have in the long run, we have been wondering: just how much is Nintendo worth this time around?

In a nutshell: If all goes well for Mario's home company, Nintendo's net profit will be worth a total of US$ 862 million by the end of the year, at least according to Nintendo's financial report, published on October 26 this year.

Also noted in the report is their expectations for next year, which seems to indicate their faith in the Wii's success even before launch: forecasts for March 2007 indicate an expected net sales of US $6.378 billion. Quoting the report:

In order to expand gaming population in the console business as well, Nintendo will aim to popularize "Wii" (the latest video gaming console to be launched at the end of the calendar year) as an "everyday-use gaming device for all the family" allowing the new emergence of gaming console inseparable from daily lives, under the concept of "brand new days with Wii". As for handheld gaming market, Nintendo will continue to strive to gain more popularity with an expansion in software lineup by launching new types of games that expand user base such as "Touch! Generations" as well as easy accessible games to challenging games in due proportion.

Think of this as a show of optimism on Nintendo's part, with that fat a profit expected by March, we'll just have to wait and see how things will really turn out for their recently launched Wii. All we need now's a financial report from Sony and Microsoft for a better perspective. Rememeber: Wii, US$ 250; DS, (As of Black Friday) US$ 100.00; Nintendo (as of March 2007) US$ 6.378 billion, SmashymyWii: Priceless. For full details, read up on the source document.

For those of you still shaking off that TGIF feeling and the hangovers from celebrating the past launch parties, we've got something that'll wake you up faster than a triple slug of espresso...or a Smashmywii vid...

Reader Badam (Thanks, dude!) just tattled about the lineup of games that are to be released this week, so if your (or your parent's) credit cards survived last weekend, this week's just the thing to finish 'em off.

Two games in this list did strike our fancy - Rainbow Six: Vegas for the 360 just launched yesterday, and Thrillville for the PSP, PS2, Xbox will be coming out in just a few hours today.

And for the guys who loved Oblivion , you'll be happy to know Bethesda's releasing Elder Scrolls IV: Knights of the Nine, which serves as an expansion pack for the original Oblivion game. Well, enough of the banter - on to the list for you Black Friday escapade!

NOVEMBER 20, 2006
College Hoops 2K7 (X360, XBOX)
Superman Returns: The Videogame (X360, XBOX, PS2, DS)
Star Shatterer: Gathering Storm (PC)
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas (X360, XBOX)
March of the Penguins (DS)
Lawnmower Racing Mania 2007 (XBOX, PC)
Dogz (DS)
Gander Mountain Trophy Hunter 2007 (PS2, XBOX, PSP)
Teddy Factory (PC)
Battlefield 2: Booster Pack Collection (PC)
Bass Pro Shops Trophy Hunter 2007 (PC, XBOX)
Bass Pro Shops: Trophy Bass 2007 (PC)

The full list awaits after the jump!