Evidence of new Xbox 360 holiday bundles
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]
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.
Jonah Falcon @ Oct 1st 2007 12:37PM
Furthermore, I wrote at GameStooge that the Arcade would REPLACE the Core. So RIP Core.
Vader582 @ Oct 1st 2007 12:53PM
1. Many Bothans died to bring us this information...
Posted at 10:35AM on Oct 1st 2007 by BillyShears
A Star Wars/Beatles reference in the same post! You sir, rock! :)
FrankTheCrank @ Oct 1st 2007 12:56PM
FYI - HALO 360 RROD:
http://forums.gametrailers.com/showthread.php?t=181986
Jonah Falcon @ Oct 1st 2007 1:00PM
FYI: You are a troll.
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.
MB @ Oct 1st 2007 5:14PM
"I was unable to print out the email at the time, "
Well dude, print it out and send it in already. I'd love to see proof that the core is dead. You'll be doing everyone a favor in that that way MS Has to drop the Premium to $299. Do it.
M. Dizzy @ Oct 1st 2007 6:30PM
I saw the "Pro" sku in a radio shack window yesterday. It said "Go Pro" in the corner just like one of the pictures leaked here.
Jonny @ Oct 1st 2007 9:33PM
I work for Radioshack and I can confirm that this is the truth.
Look at the side of our display boxes that say Go Pro on them.
They SAY 360 Arcade.