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XBox 360 Bundles Top $700
Gamespot is reporting that, with some idea of the skus that will be available for the Xbox 360 when it launches, game retailers are now prepping incredibly expensive console bundles for the first of the next-gen systems. From the article: "...when hot new gaming systems come out, supply is short, and demand is often so high that retailers can elect to sell the units only as parts of bundles that include accessories and games of the retailer's choosing. EBgames.com unveiled its holiday offerings today, and the prices may make some gamers feel as though they're getting 'scrooged.' Like Microsoft, EB Games is offering two bundles, one for gamer's interested in the Core System and one for gamers eyeing the premium package. The Xbox 360 Core Bundle is priced at $599.93, and it includes everything in the standard package, plus an extra wired controller, a 64MB memory unit, and four games: Perfect Dark Zero: Limited Edition, Dead or Alive 4, Project Gotham Racing 3, and Kameo: Elements of Power. Using Microsoft's announced pricing for peripherals and an assumed $59.99 price point for Xbox 360 games, the package unbundled would come to $618.94. "
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SKU
SKU - Stock Keeping Unit. It's what stores like EB use to reorder their merchandise internally. The standalone X-Box 360 will have one SKU, where the bundle will probably have another. It's the x-digit number located below the price on the EB pricetag. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stock_Keeping_Unit
No its not exclusive, infact they have stated just the opposit, that they hope to be getting it onto any system that can support it (which leads people to beleive a PS3 and Mac version is comming)
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Agree 100%. I have the following systems:
CD32
Jaguar
N64
Saturn
Playstation 1
Dreamcast
PS2
Gamecube
Of those, the only one I didn't buy at launch was the Gamecube. I have no plans on getting a 360, but if they do this same thing with the PS3, I'll have to wait until it's available unbundled. I don't see the logic of throwing FOUR games into a bundle. Well, I see the greed logic behind it, but not the rational logic behind it. If there are supposed to be up to 40 games available at launch, shouldn't they at least make it four games of your choice? Better yet, why not ONE game of your choice? $700.00 is just too much to drop on a game system at one time. I think Little Timmy might have to play his X-Box 1 for a while longer.
The people I would love to hurt are the ones at Square-Enix. If I understand right, Final Fantasy is now 360-exclusive. So much for Final Fantasy. :\
Where in the world did you get that idea? FF XI is going to be ported, but that's pretty much it for the moment.
There's another "main" FF game coming out for the PS2, as well.
If you're in Canada, I'd suggest Canadian Tire. On PS2 launch day, when every other store in the city was sold out of PS2s, every Canadian Tire in the city had at least ten consoles sitting on the shelves.
Condemnant quod non intellegunt.
Only a fool believes in generalizations... but in an all male crowd they normally get a laugh. I have no idea why this got modded insightful. I was aiming for flaimbait! Short of doing a mother-in-law sketch I thought it was obvious that my tounge was firmly in my cheek. I offically appogise for any offense I may have caused.
:p
PS
Do you have any photos of you and your ex-date?
Scared of flying, pointy things snce 1979!