New XBox Bundle out in the next 2 weeks!
 

Same retail, but will include a third game, Amped.

Huh... that's weird. It's cool that they're including another game, but why so soon? Isn't the current bundle doing well? oh - and do you have any links?

This may be a Wal-Mart only bundle. It's listed in the Black Friday thread:
http://www.dvdtalk.com/forum/showthr...hreadid=250539

Allegedly, first quarter 2003, they are releasing this Xbox for home users

http://www.phuck-ign.netfirms.com/BIG-xbox.jpg

That's hideous.

I work at wal-mart, so perhaps.





Do you have any links? I held about 1000 of the boxes in my hand last night. I'll paypal everyone $5 if I'm lying ;)

But like mentioned before, I do work at wal-mart. Nowhere on the box does it say anything about being a wal-mart exclusive though. It just says Holiday Pack-Includes 3 free games-a $120 value.

looks pretty good to me ... I usually go for just the standard black on a console, but that one actually looks cool to me.

This sucks if true for all of us who just bought the 2 game bundle.

wow now a third game this soon- sounds like they are dropping the price without doing it. they must be having trouble meeting the lowered sales figures.

I also like that new xbox version, but I already own the normal xbox so I wouldn't get this one, it isn't a cheap is upgrading a dvd to a SE dvd

What's the third game?

Fizgig!

http://www.phuck-ign.com/

4th or 5th article down

Amped I believe.

Is Amped any good?

Yes.

Jeebus, my eyes! As if the hideous green of everything XBox wasn't enough, they make the entire unit and controller green....that is something I will never have.

If this green XBOX comes out, I bet all the people who paid big bucks on eBay for the special employee XBOX won't be too happy. I think it looks ok. It's a little hard on the eyes so I'll stick with my black XBOX.

Is this a PACK-IN, or is it included seperatly when you buy the game?

I would guess they are simply giving the game away when you buy one.

I don't think so...

Sounds like the third game is bundled in the box...perhaps they'll give the game away with the 2 game bundles already out there.

True, but it is Walmart only it seems, interesting bundle. Amped can be had for very cheap so anyone who didn't get this shouldn't feel slighted.

It's packed right in. I have no idea if it's on the same dvd, I think I'd get in trouble if I cut open an xbox at work.

Just to clear up confusion, I did not have any of the green ones. They were still the black ones. In fact, identical to the bundle now, except with a holiday bundle sticker and Amped. I didn't notice what controller, but I'd assume the S.

tygo, a bit OT here but I just wanna thank you for that story. I have it bookmarked and it's just what I need to cheer up a loooong day :lol:

At this point, does this seem like an act of desperation to anyone?

To me, it's like "ok..here's ANOTHER damn_game...will you buy it now? Please?"

You can thank the evolutionary link and her junk for that one.

Considering the Xbox has recently overtaken the Gamecube in Europe and is still leading in the U.S., I'd say it's unlikely that it's desperation (except maybe in Japan ;) ). Maybe if Halo was the packin there might be trouble but Amped's sales have already run their course so Microsoft isn't losing much of anything by including it.

I agree, this just seems to be part of an aggressive marketing plan that is being strategically rolled out as we get closer to the gift giving holidays. Microsoft has stated they are in this thing for the long haul and will continue to do what ever it takes to make the xbox very successful (i.e.: the 2 billion+ dollar budget for Xbox Live).

since i bought the x-box bundle at target, can i take the walmart ad in and say "give me a reason not to return the xbox bundle here and buy it at walmart" if they will give me the game amped for free?

If you want Amped you can pick it up just about anywhere for $20 now. They tossed it in because it's an old title (as old as an xbox title can be anyway) Not nearly as big of a deal as getting Jet Set and Sega GT which is a brand new game.

where are you seeing those numbers?

I thought the Gc was still leading in Europe and gaining here on the XBox.

The last numbers I saw had the GC out front, I searched, but found nothing. I'll see if I can find anything. I nkow xbox sales have improved quite a bit since they started packing in games.

We all know this is going to open a new can.

I did see an article that for the last few weeks that weekly sales numbers and a few countries(no one mentioned) that the XBox was ahead of the GC however overall in Europe the Gc is still ahead from what I had heard.

Frankly not that it matters- although this new additional game says that they are not ahead of the GC and still falling behind the PS2 or else why bundle yet another game if the sales had shot up that much.

My guess is that they had a spike of sales that made them outsell the GC for a this last two weeks with the tendency downward so they are doing this to try and spike the sales a bit more.

The worry I would have is for people to decide to wait to see if a better deal comes out since MS is making so many changes(and so they do not feel like they got less than they should somehow)

If I had just bought one I would expect to get this additional game from MS.

"Despite the arrival of Super Mario Sunshine and a GameCube bundle containing a copy of that game, the Xbox has recently overtaken Nintendo's console in terms of both weekly and total sales in some European countries, including the UK. "

http://gamespot.com/gamespot/stories...897439,00.html
Dated 11/12/02
kind of a soft advertising like story however nowhere does it say that MS is ahead overall in Europe just a few countries like UK(since no other major country is mentioned I figured the rest are small countries)

Gary, proof that this isn't just a Walmart thing? I haven't seen that yet. You seem to jump to that conclusion.

Yeah - too bad it's not Lavendar.

Yes.. To Sony & Nintendo fanboys who desperately want to believe one strong-arming, money-grubbing, predatory megacorporation will love them more than the other. :lol:

I mean gimme a break. It's just how you want to spin it. If their gameplan from the start is "do whatever it takes to win", then is that desperation or determination? They want to be number 1 and they're not number 1 yet. So they will do what it takes. If they see that 2 games gave them momentum, then why not build on that with 3? When Sony secured up exclusive rights to GTA and shut down the Xbox version, did that mean they were panicking and scared sh#tless of Microsoft? Or were they just doing whatever necessary to maintain their lead?

Yeah it's weird people want to use this to attack MS, you'd think they'd be happy since it makes the system even more desirable and buyable. Instead people use it as fanboy fodder. I think some people would never buy an Xbox if it came stuffed with $100 bills.

I gladly paid $300 for the big box a while ago just like I gladly paid $200 for the little black box and $200 for the medium sized black box. I would have LOVED to get 3 good games with it and for $200....

darn, just bought the sega bundle last week... oh well...

Well said.

In one word; NO!