I also know of a real low tactic Best Buy tried with the release of Battlefield 2 PC game. When the game was nearing release day I started checking out some big box stores via the web and noticed that the minimum PC specs needed to play the game were wrong - way wrong. They were the specs from a game released 1 1/2 years before, Battlefield Vietnam. According to the website, a Geforce 2 Video Card or better would be needed for BF2 but the game didn't even support Geforce 2, Geforce 3 or Geforce 4 Ti series cards for that matter. It said a min of 256 mb of ram ...lol BF2 wouldn't even be playable with that little ram I'm sure.
So, I call their 1 800 line and they put me through to the right person to talk to. I told them of their error and he thanked me saying they would get on it. I think I also emailed them a few days later reminding them of this error.
A month later the same understated specs were up. It was at that point I realized this had to be intentional deceptive advertizing. Sure, they'll sell more copies of the game by lowballing the specs and thats what their betting on. Anyone who's Video Card won't run it - perhaps they will come back and buy one. All just a ploy.
Now, 2 years later, I'm convinced their nothing but snakes as it still hasn't been changed to the right requirements.
http://www.bestbuy.ca/catalog/prodde...60&catid=21136