New Halo 3 Military Zune available to US soldiers

by Dustin Burg { Aug 7th 2007 at 10:30AM }

Yesterday, Microsoft, feeling the need to support the US military and get more Halo 3 branded products into the retail channel, announced a brand new brown Halo 3 Military Zune. The new Halo 3 Military Zune looks just like and includes the same content as the black/blue Halo 3 Zune that is currently available at Gamestop, but will be brown/green and only available to US soldiers and their families. The new Military Zune will be exclusively available at select military stores this August at a discounted rate that has yet to be announced. Congrats US military, you have the right to buy yourself a brown Halo 3 Zune ... w00t!

Tags: bungie, halo3, halo3militaryzune, zune

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Hey Apples @ Aug 7th 2007 11:01AM

Everyone realizes these Halo 3 Zunes are just leftover regular Zunes with Halo 3 designs painted on them.

Good effort though. This is one case where the brown exterior actually looks pretty good.

DjDATZ @ Aug 7th 2007 11:03AM

Looks good...

damn...i'd get it if i had the money...after an elite.

NitroFrost @ Aug 7th 2007 11:16AM

The Zune is a pretty good mp3 I don't like the way most people just brush it off because they have had a Ipod for 3 yr and its is the main mp3. Try the Zune you will love it and you can alwas upgrade it to a 120GB hard drive

John McClane @ Aug 7th 2007 12:53PM

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MadMup @ Aug 7th 2007 1:37PM

I've had my Zune since Day One and I love it. I sold my iPod to get it and have never been sorry.

Iced_Eagle @ Aug 7th 2007 1:51PM

Hm, next time I go to the military base with my friend, I'll have to check this out...

Greg @ Aug 7th 2007 3:58PM

Won't be long till a vast major of them will be on ebay.

Groat @ Aug 7th 2007 6:39PM

Believe it or not, Microsoft has a decent history of supporting the military with their products. They've got Military Appreciation bundles for the Xbox 360, which cost the same amount as the 360 you'd buy at EB but include a couple games (good ones too) and is tax fee to boot. They've also got a MS Office Military Appreciation edition, which retails for $80 (a huge discount.) I'd bet that this military zune goes for $200.

I do wish that I could get a Vista Ultimate Edition Military package for ~$100, though.

Titty Pink @ Aug 7th 2007 11:18PM

Right, stamp Halo 3 onto a brown Zune and call it "military". More profitting from Hal fanaticism. The Zune is very functional, I own one, and I too took back an Ipod video to get on and never looked back. If you're in the market for a HD based MP3 player and hate I-Tunes, it's a good choice, but this military Halo crap is just ridiculous. Milk that cash cow there MS...

MisterL @ Aug 8th 2007 2:49AM

I think they should give these out for free to all soldiers. They're sacrificing so much and so unappreciated by society (I blame the media); it wouldn't hurt to give them some reward, small as it may be.

Mike @ Aug 8th 2007 4:20AM

ErrRah!!!

Preston Crawford @ Aug 8th 2007 11:37AM

Agree with #11. It would be almost be embarrassing to read an article about military Zunes being given away for free. Like, here's your Zune for getting shot at, possibly blown up and coming back with a mental illness after extended tours of combat. That would seem like a joke. But to make them pay for it? Geez. It's no Microsoft's fault, but our soldiers deserve so much better.