Evidence of new Xbox 360 holiday bundles

by Dustin Burg { Oct 1st 2007 at 10:30AM }

We just received a tip and the image above via electronic mail which help to prove that Microsoft is indeed planning on releasing three new Xbox 360 offerings this holiday season.

The image posted above is a screen-grab from what looks to be Best Buy's corporate SKU finder program showcasing three new holiday offerings: Xbox 360 Elite Holiday Bundle, Xbox 360 Pro Holiday Bundle and the Xbox 360 Arcade. This of course directly relates to the bundle rumors we've been hearing new console SKUs hitting store shelves in time for holiday fun. So, if we were the betting types, we'd be on the lookout for some Forza 2 / Marvel Ultimate Alliance bundle action later this month with the Arcade 360 possibly kicking the Core to the curb. Holiday bundles FTW!

[Thanks, Jill]

Tags: holiday-bundles, xbox-360, xbox360

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

BillyShears @ Oct 1st 2007 10:35AM

Many Bothans died to bring us this information...

xenocidic @ Oct 1st 2007 10:35AM

Anyone else think it's pretty stupid that the so-called "Arcade" Xbox doesn't come with a Hard Drive, only a 256 MB card that will be filled with games? (Or even if the games come on an Arcade Unplugged Vol 2, the MU will only hold about 5 arcade games or less).

Microsoft get with the times and get rid of all non-hard drive offerings, so developers can start making games assuming a hard drive will be available.

ukickmydog (NDF - Earth) @ Oct 1st 2007 10:40AM

damn, 279 xbox? they really want to compete with the wii, seeing as ps3 is defunct this holiday, just need a HDD though

BitChain @ Oct 1st 2007 10:41AM

i couldn't think of 2 worse games to bundle, certainly for here in the uk anyway. i also think this sku business is getting out of hand and confusing to the consumer, and finally with the rumoured 40gb PS3 they really need to scrap the core memory card sku and all 360s should have a HDD.

Anticrawl @ Oct 1st 2007 10:44AM

Agreed xenocidic, the sooner the non-harddrive box is phased out the better. Games could be so much better if they'd allow developers to make games for harddrive only consoles. I don't see why they wouldn't want to make atleast one game for the holiday to push accessory sales and upgrades for the 360, perhaps even extra console purchases for uniformed customers. Why they don't persue that untapped profit is baffling. You better bet Nintendo would, and just look at them, have always made a profit and only increase their net profit.

Anticrawl @ Oct 1st 2007 10:45AM

By the way, bundles are icky unless it's a handheld device.

edhe @ Oct 1st 2007 11:19AM

Only 2 games though? What about some of the older ones that are retailing at half the price? Like Burnout, Crackdown - they're absolute classics. None of this uber-boring forza2 or hammy crappy (as based on demo) spiderman..

FrankTheCrank @ Oct 1st 2007 11:27AM

Just kill off the Core completely and drop the Premie down to $299. Done.

Deezul @ Oct 1st 2007 11:32AM

With the hopeful end of the core this holiday season, maybe MS can put a magic date of, oh, I don't know, November 22, 2008, as the day that every game afterward no longer has to be restricted to a non-hard drive mode.

Jonah Falcon @ Oct 1st 2007 11:36AM

The most important question:

WILL THEY FEATURE THE FALCON 65NM CHIPS?

Tony @ Oct 1st 2007 11:47AM

I don't think that Forza 2 is a bad choice to bundle. It's a good game, it actually made both the US and UK charts (if not more) and it's still in the Top 10 played Live games.

The more people play it the better, I think.

Jonah Falcon @ Oct 1st 2007 11:49AM

If I got Forza 2, I'd spend all my time making paint jobs, really.

DjDATZ @ Oct 1st 2007 12:11PM

Sweet as tits!

Count Noobula @ Oct 1st 2007 12:13PM

I bet these new units have the falcon motherboards. The Halo console has the falcon in it.

Mark @ Oct 1st 2007 1:03PM

Hey, I work at a Gamestop and we did receive an email a few days ago that said the Core had been discontinued by the vendor and we would no longer be receiving any.

I was unable to print out the email at the time, Gamestop has something against sending us toner, so I did not officially submit this to the site.