Remember a couple weeks ago, when Ars Technica's trusty, eerily accurate "mole" prophesied that the 80GB PS3 would be ushered off store shelves in order to be replaced by the 160GB model, ultimately leading to the introduction of the oft-rumored PS3 slim? Remember when he (or she) said the 80GB model would have boosted sales thanks to the creation of new, attractive bundles? Did you notice the image above? Do you see where we're going with this?
One week after releasing an 80GB bundle containing Wall-E and LittleBigPlanet, Best Buy will supposedly be upping the ante with the package you see above, which includes Killzone 2 and Metal Gear Solid 4. Said photo was sent in to Kotaku from a Best Buy employee, and several other Best Buyers have confirmed its legitimacy. We won't know for sure until the bundle hits store shelves, but it certainly looks like the ol' "mole" might have another notch in his accurate-prediction-belt.
Update: We've received confirmation from two Best Buy employees stating the bundle is real. One employee's store anticipates the bundle will go on sale within the next week (possibly on Sunday), while the other employee says the bundle is on sale in his store in Louisiana. They claim the price of the bundle is the standard $399 price point for the 80GB system. We recommend asking your local store if it's carrying the bundle, and finding out when it'll hit shelves! Thanks, guys!
Reader Comments (121)
Posted: Jul 6th 2009 2:14PM ArkAngel said
ohhhhh how nice........ another great bundle for the ps3 for the same price I got mine at.. but wait... I got two things with my PS3 when I bought it... Jack and Squat. That's just BS that all these bundles come out just a week after I bought mine....
Posted: Jul 6th 2009 2:18PM (Unverified) said
I thought the game was called Jak and Daxter? I'm confused...
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Posted: Jul 6th 2009 2:16PM captcarl said
Good thing I don't own a PS3 yet, because that bundle looks delicious.
Posted: Jul 6th 2009 3:13PM Jason B said
I saw this bundle at Best Buy yesterday north of Orlando and thought it was great deal for $399. They should advertise this sort of thing.
Posted: Jul 6th 2009 9:10PM kentuckyfried said
This essentially drops the ps3's price down to below $300 once the cost of those games is removed...
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Posted: Jul 6th 2009 3:43PM llllFlREBlRDllll said
Sweet lord, it's Pretty good to see that someone which is a cuRse to mention IN this Kickass site and that Loves lashing this console for no rEason haS not arrived to, once, flame this console again for no reason at all.
Definitely an excellent PS3. And I thought the H3&F2 Xbox360 Elite bundle was great. Microsoft now has some tight competition.
I'd buy it, but I'm saving my money for a car. Time to stop spending cash on consoles for now and save it for something that can get me to college on time.
Definitely an excellent PS3. And I thought the H3&F2 Xbox360 Elite bundle was great. Microsoft now has some tight competition.
I'd buy it, but I'm saving my money for a car. Time to stop spending cash on consoles for now and save it for something that can get me to college on time.
Posted: Jul 6th 2009 4:02PM Chris DPSN AggieCEO XBLThe Aggi said
This is better than the 360 Elite Halo3/Fable 2 Bundle....
Posted: Jul 6th 2009 4:29PM Copland said
I think this is the best bundle I have ever seen ! :)
Posted: Jul 7th 2009 1:07AM NathanHeil said
ARGH *foaming at mouth* why couldn't this have come before the target PS3 bundle ?
Posted: Jul 6th 2009 5:45PM OnToGloryReturns said
Wow, 105 comments on a PS3 article and no Sprinkles flamefest in sight.
*basks in the glow*
*basks in the glow*
Posted: Jul 6th 2009 5:52PM (Unverified) said
A great game and an awesome movie! Getting this ASAP
Posted: Jul 6th 2009 6:30PM ArkAngel said
lol... no.. I didn't even get that.. I shelled out more money for Infamous and Matrix on Blu-ray.. a good game.. a better movie.. I just wish I'd waited at least another week for some of these bundles.. actually the very next day after I bought my ps3 Wal-mart had the MLB game and Bond movie bundle... the next day.. seriously...
Posted: Jul 6th 2009 6:31PM garnsr said
This is a hell of a lot better than the 60GB 360 with Kung Fu Panda and Lego Indy that I got a few months ago for $300. I don't think $400 is so terribly expensive, for all that you get in the PS3 that you can't get, or have to pay for to add to the 360. And I just upgraded my PS3 HDD to 320GB, for $80, which isn't remotely possible for 360. It'd be great if Sony would drop the price, and people would stop crying that it's too expensive, but this is a great bundle.
Posted: Jul 6th 2009 6:59PM (Unverified) said
This is an awesome bundle no doubt,
however.....
Sorry I wanted to get in on that. To many excuses.
The price is to high, hardware failure (wtf???) to big, to black, enough.
You want it, buy it. Great investment imo. Or you can keep making lame excuses.
however.....
Sorry I wanted to get in on that. To many excuses.
The price is to high, hardware failure (wtf???) to big, to black, enough.
You want it, buy it. Great investment imo. Or you can keep making lame excuses.
Posted: Jul 6th 2009 6:57PM russ99a said
Awesome bundle. I suspect with something like this selling for the same price as a console, the long-awaited price drop should happen soon, with my best guess as September/October to position properly for Xmas
Sony should realize that they can move lots and lots of PS3's if they can start the price with a "2" in front of it as that's historically been the magic number for other cutting-edge consoles.
They must be losing cash more than reported for each PS3 to be so bullheaded to keep it at $399 for so long.
Sony should realize that they can move lots and lots of PS3's if they can start the price with a "2" in front of it as that's historically been the magic number for other cutting-edge consoles.
They must be losing cash more than reported for each PS3 to be so bullheaded to keep it at $399 for so long.
Posted: Jul 6th 2009 7:08PM Ynnad said
I hope this is available in Canada. If it is, I'm sold.
Posted: Jul 6th 2009 7:08PM (Unverified) said
I think the problem with these bundles is that no game on the PS3 has yet been the system seller.
They have had great games, HS, Uncharted, LBP, but the problem is they are not established properties, or games that people would recognize and see asa great deal.
I personally didn't like killzone, and along with R2, it is still the fastest returned game that gamefly has ever sent me.
Maybe they should try throwing in a free controller, or pick 2 games off the shelf deal if they want to keep bundling things. These are 2 of there better selling games I guess, but I'll also guess that the people that HAD to have them already do.
Another free blurays deal might do well to, give people like 30 movies they get to pick five out if or something, that's when I got my PS3
They have had great games, HS, Uncharted, LBP, but the problem is they are not established properties, or games that people would recognize and see asa great deal.
I personally didn't like killzone, and along with R2, it is still the fastest returned game that gamefly has ever sent me.
Maybe they should try throwing in a free controller, or pick 2 games off the shelf deal if they want to keep bundling things. These are 2 of there better selling games I guess, but I'll also guess that the people that HAD to have them already do.
Another free blurays deal might do well to, give people like 30 movies they get to pick five out if or something, that's when I got my PS3
Posted: Jul 6th 2009 8:13PM (Unverified) said
i can confirm it is true i walked into the store today and went into the back to clock in and there they were waiting to be sold n next weeks ad
Posted: Jul 6th 2009 9:09PM kentuckyfried said
This is an insane bundle in preparation for the rumored slim. They *really* want to sell of this inventory.
Posted: Jul 7th 2009 11:02AM twistedadrian said
I live in Louisiana and the two near me (in Baton Rouge) do not have them....
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