Microsoft celebrates Year of the Boar with boring bundles

by James Ransom-Wiley { Feb 9th 2007 at 4:45PM }

Microsoft is ushering in the (Lunar) New Year with a pair of discounted Xbox 360 game packs. One set includes Project Gotham Racing 3 and Ridge Racer 6; the other, Dead or Alive 4 and Dead or Alive Xtreme 2. The 'Year of the Boar' branded bundles are being sold in Taiwan, where Xbox 360 launched last March. At $1,490 TWD (about $45 USD) a pop, the festive fun-packs aren't screaming "buy me" -- at least from our perspective. We're looking at three launch titles that have since been bargain-binned and a virtual peep show. This the best Microsoft could scoop outta the over-manufactured heap? Or do these hit the "target"?

Tags: 360, Boar, Bundle, Dead or Alive, DeadOrAlive, DoA, Microsoft, Project Gotham, ProjectGotham, Ridge Racer, RidgeRacer, Taiwan, Team Ninja, TeamNinja, Xbox 360, Xbox360

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yokken @ Feb 9th 2007 4:51PM

"the other, Dear or Alive 4 and Dead or Alive Xtreme 2."

You mean DEAD or Alive. :)

Matthew Walsh @ Feb 9th 2007 5:09PM

$45 is a steal for two games. I doubt I could walk into a shop within a thousand kilometres and get PGR3 and RR6 for less than €60/£40/$80 pre-owned!

NintendoFanbot @ Feb 9th 2007 5:14PM

The Ox > The Boar

Anyways, those are some okay packs. I'm not into DoA Xtreme, but DoA's alright.

MS needs more J-games, methinks.

Tenacious D @ Feb 9th 2007 5:14PM

Of course fanboys are going to say this is a steal. Why would MS do this when there are lots of good games out now? Why would they release a boring bundle...?

Agent MOO @ Feb 9th 2007 5:30PM

They should be paying you to play ridge racer 6, that game is awful.

LongshotX @ Feb 9th 2007 5:37PM

DoA4 is garbage. I have it and I wish I could set in on fire, shit on it, freeze it, then reignite it again.

Tristan Wood @ Feb 9th 2007 5:37PM

"Of course fanboys are going to say this is a steal. Why would MS do this when there are lots of good games out now? Why would they release a boring bundle...?"

How about because it makes good business sense. You discount games that are selling soft because they are over a year old. The 360 install base was much smaller 6 moths ago and a lot of people didn't pick up these titles. Now that the 2nd holiday season is over the 360 install base has grown considerably and a lot of the new owners never gave a second glance to these 4 titles because they were buying Gears of War and hot titles. But when they see a very reasonable price for decent games they haven't played they'll scoop them up. Smart on Microsofts part.