[quote name='100xp']newegg had the GOW3 console bundle for $279.99 maybe twice. most recently being about 2 weeks ago. Amazon says this is being released on March 3rd, a few other B&M retailers say April 3rd. will the SE consoles be on sale for that price again? possible, why not there's still an MW3 console out there...just saying that it is easy to do a little CAGing and build your own bundle that is comparable if not better (and still be nice about it), unless of course you just have to have R2 or a white kinect.[/QUOTE]Argh, I went back through the deals forum and saw that. Wish I'd been in the market a month ago! Looks like the GOW3 console is out of manufacture so it's down to remaining stock now, and they appear to be getting bought up so there likely won't be any more sales on 'em. Still, one can hope.
I'm not a Modern Warfare player, which kinda sucks actually because I really like the look of the MW3 SE console. I might go with it in the end, if a good deal pops up.
What you say is true, though; the best deal is often to put things together piecemeal as sales pop up. It might not make for the prettiest, most integrated end result, but you'll save some dough.