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Forums - Microsoft Discussion - New Xbox Bundle for China - Looks way better then anything here....

gebx on 07 February 2008

http://www.dbtechno.com/gaming/2008/02/07/limited-edition-halo-3-xbox-360-for-chinese-new-year/

"Microsoft is getting ready to celebrate the Chinese New Year by releasing a new Halo 3 Xbox 360 bundle in China.

The new bundle Microsoft is putting out for the Chinese New Year includes a 20GB Xbox 360 Pro console. The bundle will also have two wireless controllers packed in, as well as Halo 3.

On top of that, consumers in China will also get one-month free of Xbox Live Gold.

The total price point in China comes out to $430 roughly in American dollars."

 

Now, not of that is really interesting IMO, but that retail box is what caught my attention, it looks way better then the current 360 Halo box.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



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kingofwale on 07 February 2008

with GDP/captia of around $290 (US) per year, I don't think a lot of the Chinese will throw 420 on a console.

most of them will continue to use PS2 and pirate games, that's for sure



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Damstr8 on 07 February 2008

how come we never did see this? seems like a good idea for microsoft to sell this in North America



 

 

hunter_alien on 07 February 2008

Awesome box :o Well , they will sell at least 20 units in China :P



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gebx on 07 February 2008
kingofwale said:
with GDP/captia of around $290 (US) per year, I don't think a lot of the Chinese will throw 420 on a console.

most of them will continue to use PS2 and pirate games, that's for sure

I think you underestimate the new Chinesee economy.... oh and the GDP/Capita is actually $5,300. I know still low, and who really cares if only 5% of the 1.3 billion chinese people can afford it.



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WiiStation360 on 07 February 2008

Halo3 is officially a "pack-in" game and should be removed from any worldwide software sales comparisons, just like Wii Sports. /sarcasm

On a serious note, it will be interesting to see how the current-gen consoles and software sell in China. I expect the console with the easiest to pirate software to do the best there.



antfromtashkent on 07 February 2008
hunter_alien said:
Awesome box :o Well , they will sell at least 20 units in China :P

 aww cmon dood dont be mean, they will atleast sell 22             /sarcasm



disolitude on 07 February 2008

@gebx

Thats exactly it... there are a lot of wealthy people in China because of their population. Probably more than in America. Their middle class is much smaller tho... nevertheless PS3 would actually sell there for 599.

It's funny that some of you think you are smarter than a giant corporations research department... "they will sell 20 units..." Very funny.



antfromtashkent on 07 February 2008
disolitude said:
@gebx

Thats exactly it... there are a lot of wealthy people in China because of their population. Probably more than in America. Their middle class is much smaller tho... nevertheless PS3 would actually sell there for 599.

It's funny that some of you think you are smarter than a giant corporations research department... "they will sell 20 units..." Very funny.

 i appologise :(



gebx on 07 February 2008
WiiStation360 said:
Halo3 is officially a "pack-in" game and should be removed from any worldwide software sales comparisons, just like Wii Sports. /sarcasm

On a serious note, it will be interesting to see how the current-gen consoles and software sell in China. I expect the console with the easiest to pirate software to do the best there.

Yeah, I think 360 sales will be hurt by the fact that modded consoles get banned from Xbox live and any online features. But from a developer/software side, the 360 will have a higher attach rate with nonpirated games compared to the other two.

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