Microsoft Launches Xbox Halo Bundle

Thanks to GameSpot for its article discussing Microsoft's announcement of a limited-edition Halo bundle for the Xbox. The article explains that "the company unveiled a 'limited-edition retail special' which bundles the the award-winning, Bungie-developed shooter Halo with a translucent green Xbox and S-controller for $169." Following the recent standalone Xbox price drop to $149, the green console is "the same color as the debug kit Xboxes used by Microsoft game testers and a limited-edition console issued in Europe last year", and the article also notes: "Microsoft is only releasing 200,000 of the boxed sets."

Comments

Finally!

[MMaestro]

Its about time more and more systems are beginning to package -real- games with their systems now. Remember the old days of the SNES when you could buy the system, get TWO controller, a REAL game, and no need for a memory card? Looks like Nintendo and Microsoft are going back to those days. The PS2 offers a similar package, but lets face it, their choice of free games are no Halos or Zeldas.

Red vs Blue?

[ashground]

Now imagine if they also included the season 1 DVD of Red vs Blue... -that- would be a bundle. Seriously, 'special edition' releases should be a little more special than they really are. Okay, so the X-Box is green. But imagine if the bundle included: - A green X-Box - Halo - Halo soundtrack - A bonus DVD with Making of Halo / Making of Halo 2... as well as every Marathon game, compiled for the X-Box (which wouldn't be too hard, since you could just write an emulator for them)? - A Halo t-shirt Then people's ears might really perk up.

Re:Limited Edition

[hambonewilkins]

Slahsdot: Make fun of the X-box, get modded up. Make fun of the Gamecube, get modded down.