Best Buy giving away five GTA IV Elite consoles
by Xav de Matos 
{ Apr 23rd 2008 at 7:30PM }
Another Canadian retailer has jumped on the Grand Theft Auto IV midnight launch bandwagon, this time with an awesome exclusive prize. Best Buy Canada is giving away an ultra-rare Grand Theft Auto IV branded Xbox 360 Elite at five select locations across the North (One per midnight location, totaling five).
The first 100 gamers who wait in line at the select Best Buy locations will be entered to win various Grand Theft Auto IV based prizes, including the exclusive console. Pretty sweet deal if you can snag that prize!
Full list of locations can be found after the jump.
[Thanks, NobleArc]
This contest has only been announced for Canadian Best Buy locations. All events begin on April 28 from 9 PM EST until midnight.
- 65 Dundas St. West, Toronto
- 6075 Mavis Road, Mississauga
- 9931 19th Ave NW, Edmonton
- 20202 66th Ave, Langley
- 4805 Kingsway, Burnaby
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Andre @ Apr 23rd 2008 7:39PM
And neither chain is doing anything even remotely near to me, despite there being five Future Shops and two Best Buys in this province. Dicks. :/
BananaBoat @ Apr 23rd 2008 11:31PM
Best buy canada? are you serious? The title reads "Best Buy giving away five GTA IV Elite Consoles" and only after clicking do you warn us that it's Canada only? GOOD DAY SIR!!!
/storms out with his top hat and monocle equipped/
Xav de Matos @ Apr 23rd 2008 11:36PM
Well to be fair...
Nevermind, I got nothing. I'm sorry I made you click sir!
BananaBoat @ Apr 24th 2008 1:56AM
Anger having subsided, Bananaboat set sail for the far off land of Canada. What adventures will Bananaboat encounter on his voyage? Tune in next week to find out!
(I guess this makes up for decades of the US getting stuff that Canada doesn't)
NobleArc, The Lazy Canadian @ Apr 23rd 2008 7:41PM
Awesome, I might be in the area of the Burnaby one around that day anyway, so maybe I'll go stand in line for 3 hours.
x silence x @ Apr 23rd 2008 7:54PM
This is very tempting...
I assume it's one per store...
1/100 chance of winning...
The Burnaby location will have a high volume of customers though.
Xav de Matos @ Apr 23rd 2008 7:57PM
Yeah, like I mentioned in the story it's one unit per midnight location.
Ian Murray @ Apr 23rd 2008 8:36PM
Thanks a lot for reminding me how lame it can be to live NOT in Canada.
c. thomas @ Apr 23rd 2008 9:59PM
Dam... America. I want one;-(
mike @ Apr 23rd 2008 10:07PM
Im not sure if this is worth it. I was planing on going at midnight to the best buy by my house which is 10 mins away. But to be entered into the contest I would have to go to the bay and dundas best buy which is like 50 minutes away. I dont know if the extra 80mins (there and back) is worth it for a 1 in 100 chance to win an xbox (Which of course I would sell and make like $2000 off the rarity of it and just keep gaming on the elite I already own.
refinedsugar @ Apr 23rd 2008 10:37PM
No NS love? Oh poo.
xenocidic @ Apr 23rd 2008 11:30PM
ooo, that's heartland. might have to slide over there and drop a pre-order down.
Xav de Matos @ Apr 23rd 2008 11:36PM
That's where I'll be.
xenocidic @ Apr 24th 2008 8:30AM
Chance of meeting an X3F writer , AND of wining an X3F elite?
!
Flakundenga @ Apr 24th 2008 12:07AM
damn it none are near enough to where i live!!! there is no way in hell i can tell my parents that i'll take an hour drive just to pick up GTAIV and come back some time after midnight. f***!!!!!!!!!!!!
Jek @ Apr 24th 2008 10:52AM
Wouldn't want to upset your parents...
The Dundas St Best Buy is going to be overrun with madness and miscreants. Thankfully, I've got my reserve at Game Shack.