Rep came into Toys R Us and did the same.

Time to sell my copy of Skyrim. Cant wait to pick up one of the codes for less than $10 when this is out

I have them in the BB I work at. 250 GB console (No Kinect) with a physical copy of Forza 4, a download voucher for Skyrim, and a month of Xbox Live for $299.99. Plus if you buy a console you get a year of @Gamer for free.

Originally Posted by WV Matsui This will be great for those wanting Skyrim cheap after Christmas! Those things will flood eBay just like last year!!

my exact thoughts. Score!

These bundles look familiar. They haven't moved the prices or changed up the bundles much in the past three years, except for the addition of Kinect in 2010. Otherwise it's the same bundle with different games, maybe a game added to the Kinect bundles over the years. I guess if they are the number one selling console they don't have much to worry about, but I wonder if they are leaving a portion of the market untapped with these bundles. If the core gamer didn't pick up the Halo Reach and Fable 3 bundle last year, are they going to be enticed by the Forza 4 and Skyrim bundle this year? You could argue over which games are better, have more value, etc. but I think that's just preference, they haven't moved the needle in terms of value with these bundles. I just wonder if they are leaving money on the table by not tapping the more price sensitive consumer. Despite the success of the 360 in the past few years, I have to wonder if the high price points are a parial cause of the slow sales NPD has been reporting this past year. Normally we would be seeing the consoles reaching out to a larger market with lower priced skus at this point.

Originally Posted by MidnightMetal The Holiday Bundles for 2012 are as follows: 250Gb Xbox 360 Holiday Bundle $299.99: Forza Motorsport 4 (Disc) Skyrim (Downloadable) 1-Month of Xbox Live (which oddly lists Hulu Plus as well as Epix, not too sure if month trial is included of each service or saying you can use these services with XBL) 4Gb Kinect Xbox 360 Holiday Bundle $299.99: Kinect Adventures (Standard disc with Kinect) Kinect Disneyland Adventures (Disc) 250Gb Kinect Xbox 360 Holiday Bundle $399.99: Kinect Adventures (Standard disc with Kinect) Kinect Sports (Disc) Dance Central 2 (Downloadable)

Holiday 2011 Bundles
http://majornelson.com/2011/10/18/xb...liday-bundles/

250Gb Xbox 360 Holiday Bundle $299.99:

• Fable III
• Halo: Reach (Downloadable)
• 3-months of Xbox LIVE Gold

250Gb Kinect Xbox 360 Holiday Bundle $399.99:

• Kinect Adventures
• Carnival Games: Monkey See Monkey Do,
• 3-months of Xbox LIVE Gold

Holiday 2010 Bundles
http://majornelson.com/2010/11/01/xb...y-2010-bundle/

250Gb Xbox 360 Holiday Bundle $299.99:

• Forza 3
• Alan Wake (Downloadable)

4Gb Kinect Xbox 360 Holiday Bundle $299.99:

• Kinect Adventures

250Gb Kinect Xbox 360 Holiday Bundle $399.99:

• Kinect Adventures

Holiday 2010 Bundles
http://majornelson.com/2009/09/29/xb...liday-bundles/

120Gb Xbox 360 Holiday Bundle $299.99:

• Pure
• Lego Batman

I'm still trying to figure out the point of this thread. Though I really just want to ask why some people are arguing over Sony vs. Microsoft, but arguing implies there being a resolution at some point or another or a side conceding.

I will be getting two of these bundles when they release, thanks OP!

I'm really hoping for cheap Skyrim codes come the holidays

I think it's a very real possibility that these holiday bundle prices in mid-September will be on sale $100 cheaper by mid-November. Or at the very least come with a $50 GC and an extra controller. BF is still over 2 months away.

I understand that the companies like bundles because they can include a "free" game to keep the price higher, but I agree with some of the implied posts here that I think the companies would be better served to offer a cheaper SKU with no game to get more people buying the system. If there's no game included, then they'd almost be guaranteed a sale of at least one game at that point (except for replacement consoles or online only users), plus they'd look better price-wise against the new WiiU launch.

So are there any special edition consoles coming up besides the Halo 4 one? I'll probably be looking to get a backup box, but I don't want that Forza shit or anything Kinect.

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Nope only Halo.

Originally Posted by MSUHitman Nope only Halo.

It's bullshit the option to get the console by itself disappears at xmas time. I'll already have a copy of Halo, but I might go ahead and get the console too. Depends on how well my Gears 3 slim stands up to grinding out Gears 3 next month while I'm awaiting the H4 release.

Originally Posted by Viper187 It's bullshit the option to get the console by itself disappears at xmas time. I'll already have a copy of Halo, but I might go ahead and get the console too. Depends on how well my Gears 3 slim stands up to grinding out Gears 3 next month while I'm awaiting the H4 release.

The special edition consoles were available at various retailers after the holidays, including the Gears 3 console, the MW3 console and previous ones as well. Usually at some reduced prices as well.

The non-holiday consoles (Splinter Cell, FF XIII, RE5, Halo 3, etc) also hung around for a while after release, decreasing in price as they stayed out in the retail channel.

I don't care what game they throw in no Xbox 360 should be over $300. It's 6 years old!

Originally Posted by shrike4242 The special edition consoles were available at various retailers after the holidays, including the Gears 3 console, the MW3 console and previous ones as well. Usually at some reduced prices as well. The non-holiday consoles (Splinter Cell, FF XIII, RE5, Halo 3, etc) also hung around for a while after release, decreasing in price as they stayed out in the retail channel.

I know. I got the Gears one for $350 in March. I'm hoping Amazon or someone will offer a $50-75 gift card with the consoles or something at xmas like other years.

I saw the kenict with Xbox holiday bundle for 250 at walmart

Saw the bundle today in Houston

http://imageshack.us/a/img99/7619/wp000205x.jpg

Not much better than what you can get now. Let's wait and see what the Black Friday deals will be.

Warning to cheapies: the Forza 4 in the upcoming holiday bundle will include the first disk but not the second. Why should you care? There are a bunch of extra tracks and cars that they couldn't fit on one disk which they were forced to burn onto another. Not having this content may exclude you from certain online games or lobbies.

You've been warned...