November 26th, 2008

New Video Games Consoles Services, Comin’ Up!

There's a tornado approaching, can you feel it? I know it! I can even bet on it, but I would rather not do such a thing, since I hate gambling. Did you run in the cellar already? Well, if you have a cellar, and some bottles of wine there, I can't say going down is a bad idea, but first I have to tell you a few things about the tornado I mentioned and what comes with it...

...because I am not talking about the weather, since the December shopping spree is coming closer, and that's what I see as a tornado. If you think the economic climate is going to hold people back from shopping next month, then I think you're wrong. Of course, I could also be wrong, but that's what remains to be seen. Now, let's get to the Geek Squad, shall we?

If you don't have a console yet,

I hope you'll get one for Christmas. I don't have any relatives in the industry, but I think about grabbing one for myself too, from time to time, so it's that kind of feeling you get when others managed to do what you still think about. Don't get me wrong - for me, it's a pleasant feeling - just knowing that "somebody got there..."

To make a long story short, here's what Best Buy's Geek Squad announced for this "shopping tornado" comin' up - in-store services including setting up and enabling parental controls on the console, and while the geeks can tell parents how to set up the controls, if in-home setup is chosen, they can help with game specific questions as well, with in-home setup options including connecting the console to the Internet.

All the above, and maybe a little more, for a $29.99 fee, if the console doesn't come from Best Buy, but we're talking about in-store service here, sicne there's no word out about the in-home setup. If only they would do it for cookies, that would really make video games consoles services something really nice to have around Christmas, don't you think?...