Ha - I knew it...
It’s not just the deals. It’s the inventory. If my ex-wife wasn’t at Target at 6:00 that morning I would not have been able to get Guitar Hero II for my daughter. She got one of the last three from the back room.
Many deals aren’t better—no doubt about it. But the “doorbuster” sales are indeed better, which are designed to drive traffic into the stores and create sales of other, normal priced products.