PSA: Canadian 250GB Xbox 360 bundle with 5 games now available

by Christopher Grant on Aug 25th 2011 10:06AM

Do you come from the school of thought that equates "free stuff" with "money saved"? Is a $20 gift card as good as $20 off? Did you buy that useless robotic vacuum dog because it was so steeply discounted you'd practically lose money not buying it? We understand your plight, friend. And if you're Canadian, we think we've got a deal for you.

News broke yesterday that our gentle neighbors to the north would be alone in getting the above limited edition Xbox 360 bundle which, while still $300, manages to throw enough free stuff in there that we're actively considering a pricey Canadian road trip –-- we'd practically lose money if we didn't buy it! Your $300 nets you a 250GB Xbox 360 S console, and full game downloads of Halo 3, Gears of War 2, Fable 3, Halo Wars, and the excellent Alan Wake. And, beginning today, it's available at Canadian retailers like Future Shop and Best Buy.

It's not a price cut, but who needs cash off when you could get that much free stuff?

[Thanks, MakoXL.]

Source: Future Shop, bestbuy.ca

Tags: Alan-Wake, Canada, Fable-3, gears-of-war-2, halo-3, halo-wars, microsoft, northern-neighbor, oh-canada, xbox

Reader Comments (52)

I would buy it if it came with Lost Odyssey.

@LionheartAce: Lost Odyssey is like $15 these days. Just buy it and be done with it.

@LionheartAce You can get that for

That's pretty much a bundle with all the worthwhile exclusives the 360 has to offer, not including XBLA titles.

Pretty neat for someone who doesn't yet own a 360.

@KenobiEagle would be better if they change the halo games and fable for Dead Rising 1, Mass Effect 1, and I don't know any other good 360 game.

@Mustang Fanboy

Then you don't know 360, troll.

@Mustang Fanboy

i can always count on you to deliver a completely stupid post. way to go, dipshit!

can you imagine a any console launch with a bundle like this?

sad it comes out years after the xbox has been in the market.

Well aren't we just the most privileged country around! I'm gonna go buy this then break both my legs and have them fixed for free right afterwards...BECAUSE I CAN.

@Dr Changsteen
I hate you....

@Dr Changsteen

I just licked the doorknob at FutureShop on my way to pick this up, cause they have to treat whatever I get!

Canada bitches!

@Dr Changsteen

My LOL for the day.

@Dr Changsteen

LOL

@Dr Changsteen

Man, Canadians get everything... except respect!

@Colin

one of the flaws of "free" healthcare.

@Dr Changsteen

YEAH WELL...WELL...WE HAVE OCTOMOM.

SHIT.

I HATE EVERYTHING RIGHT NOW.

@evilkoala
Yeah I wish we had the immense respect that comes with ruining your countries entire economy (and as a result the worlds), having literally hordes of people oversea's willing to kill you, and having a 14 trillion dollar deficit! Oh well can't have it all I suppose....

@Dr Changsteen

What sucks being in Canada is the internet bandwidth data cap limit pretty much kills huge downloads. And this bundle only comes with 5 downloadable games.

If Canadians are reluctant to stream a lot of movies because of the bandwidth cap:

http://money.cnn.com/2011/05/17/technology/netflix_canada/index.htm

how many are willing to download 5 full games?

@Dr Changsteen

Btw, privileged? Wait until we get ''usage-based billing'' for internet.

@maveric101

My taxes pay for it, I'm going to get my money's worth.

@Ballistic H

Bandwidth caps, I live in Victoria b.c., I have a 100 mbs (yes 100 not 10h connection for $69/month with a 500gb cap if I go over for $10 they bump it to 750 mb.

I love my Internet connection

@Ballistic H

Yeah it's a bitch for sure, but the lackluster showcase of Netflix in canada is more responsible about their low number than anything else. Even to this day, Canada's netflix doesn't even come close to offer the same level of content the US has.

@Dr Changsteen lulz

This really needed to be posted again?

@Slomoshun
Someone's jealous.

@Typhonic
I play on PC...exactly what about an Xbox 360 bundle would make me jealous?

If i order this, will it work in US.

@emirabal

lol ya

@emirabal
Yes, both US and Canada consoles are basically the same thing. They both share the same region so games from either country would work on them and they both use the same power outputs.

@emirabal

Welcome to North America, where American and Canadian products are EXACTLY the same.

@Ballistic H

Except the bacon.

Alan Wake looks nice, I have seen my brother played it a couple of times but im not really interested enough to play it. The only other good game is Gears 2. Halo and Fable sucks.

@Mustang Fanboy
Stop hating the xbox every chance you get. If don't like the 360 STOP READING NEWS ABOUT IT!

" full game downloads"? how much data is that to dl?

@gevenstaines

http://www.joystiq.com/2011/08/24/xbox-250gb-bundle-throws-in-alan-wake-gears-2-and-3-more/

30 GB, give or take a few megabytes.

@gevenstaines

All 5 games together takes up 29.5gig on the HDD.

Sucks when Canadian ISPs put internet bandwidth data cap limits. You go over, you pay extra.

@Ballistic H
Teksavvy. 300gb and 40 bucks a month. Never better.

@The Pork

But then each game has to be installed, which will probably increase total to around 40 GB maybe.

YES!! Go Canada... It's wonderful when we finally get some deals up here. There is always news for American deals but never Canadian so this is really really nice.

"our gentle neighbors to the north"

*thinks of Vancouver*

Just kidding,

Should have been boxed games with gears 1 and halo 3 and reach and alan reach (maybe halo wars).

Now if only we could get some Trix yogurt up in here...

classic bundle of old games.

why not include halo reach instead?

@Patricio87 Because its a newer game. If you like Halo 3 enough then they'll buy Halo Reach. Same for why Gears 2 isn't the Gears collection.

Downloads are all well and good, but couldn't they have at least come preloaded on the harddrive? Make the buyer use an activation code if you must. But given that my ISP caps data at 50 gb per month... these games would take up a good 30-35 gb of that.

Is there a way to find out the total gamerscore of these 5 games for a new customer?

@Bumper With or without DLC? They are 1000 base gamerscore per game, just like every retail Xbox 360 game. Totals with DLC (which isn't included) are...

Alan Wake - 1500
Fable 3 - 1250
Gears of War 2 - 1750
Halo 3 - 1750
Halo Wars - 1200

@Slomoshun
You really have to be a troll on every post don't you.

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