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New Xbox 360 250GB 'Holiday Bundles' announced

It's that time of the year, folks. Microsoft has announced two new Xbox 360 "Holiday Bundles," vying for your holiday dollars.
Andrew Yoon
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It's that time of the year, folks. Microsoft has announced two new Xbox 360 "Holiday Bundles," vying for your holiday dollars. Both options feature 250GB, but only one includes the Kinect peripheral. The $399 bundle includes a 250GB system, Kinect, Kinect Adventures, Carnival Games: Monkey See Monkey Do, and three months of Xbox Live Gold.

The $299 bundle includes a 250GB system, Fable III, and Halo: Reach, plus three months of Xbox Live Gold.

These new bundles are significantly less exciting than Microsoft's originally planned Kinect Star Wars bundle, which included a console modeled after R2-D2. Unfortunately, the game was delayed to 2012, making the system fall behind as well.

Microsoft's high priced bundles, such as the $399 Kinect bundle, are helping increase the average price of the system, years into its life cycle. Yesterday, a study showed that Xbox 360 was outpacing its competitors, in spite of costing much more.

Andrew Yoon was previously a games journalist creating content at Shacknews.

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  • Shacknews legacy 10 years legacy 20 years
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    October 18, 2011 11:00 AM

    Andrew Yoon posted a new article, New Xbox 360 250GB 'Holiday Bundles' announced.

    It's that time of the year, folks. Microsoft has announced two new Xbox 360 "Holiday Bundles," vying for your holiday dollars.

    • UberKalden legacy 10 years
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      October 18, 2011 12:34 PM

      ugh. I wish the kinect bundles werent so damn expensive

    • 3dchipset legacy 10 years
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      October 18, 2011 1:29 PM

      Would of been better to allow users to choose their own 2 games. If they did that, I would be a taker.

      • XAVdeMATOS legacy 10 years
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        October 18, 2011 2:55 PM

        These bundles are set in such a way for a reason.

        1. Most are first party bundles, unless a deal is made with a third party company in which the hardware company must purchase the units
        2. It's typically done to thin stock.

        Picking your own game only really happens at retail, in which you are given a selection of games they typically want to lower stock numbers on.

        • 3dchipset legacy 10 years
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          October 18, 2011 7:11 PM

          That explains a lot. I just remember that in the PS2 days I believe there were a variety of games to choose from at retail. Sucks that this late in the game we don't get such options really anymore.

    • abrasion legacy 10 years legacy 20 years
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      October 18, 2011 2:56 PM

      Man consoles are still so expensive,..........

      • jtthe2nd legacy 10 years
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        October 18, 2011 3:51 PM

        Yup. I'll never buy a 360 at this rate. $199 for a 120GB HD-equipped 360 is all I ask.

        • SAS_Ale legacy 10 years legacy 20 years
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          October 18, 2011 5:01 PM

          I lucked out. Got a 250 gb slim for 199 at best buy (canada) 3 weeks ago

    • Dr_Cube legacy 10 years
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      October 18, 2011 4:31 PM

      I'd really like a deal on the base 4GB slim model. I have an old model 360 hard drive I can install. I just need the console.

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