PGR3 Xbox 360 bundle

By Tom Bramwell Published 21 September, 2006

300 quid. From tomorrow.

Microsoft may not be cutting the price of the premium Xbox 360 this Christmas (well, not yet anyway), but those of you holding off buying one might be swayed by a new bundle announced today.

Available from 22nd September, the bundle consists of a premium Xbox 360 console, an extra wireless controller and a copy of Project Gotham Racing 3, and costs GBP 299.99 (around EUR 445).

PGR3 was one of the Xbox 360's launch titles, and remains one of its top-selling, although it doesn't appear to be among the first titles to receive a price cut to Xbox 360 Classic status.

Microsoft also recently cut the price of the Xbox 360 Core System from GBP 209.99 to GBP 199.99.

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Comments (32) Latest comment 5 years ago

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  • chronom4n #1 5 years ago

    how long will this offer last for? It seems a really good offer mind. essentially the cost of a 2nd wireless controller is circa £30 and a copy of PGR3 goes for around £40. So as i can work out it is a quite a good deal.

  • Dexter #2 5 years ago

    /puts saucer of milk out for albundy

  • alpha-0ne #3 5 years ago

    good deal but i think thre may be a small price cut for xmas... maybe a bundle with gears of war aswell
    Edited by 1 at 21/09/06 @ 09:54

  • Darren #4 5 years ago

    Odd... out of all the 360 titles that do deserve the Classic status, PGR 3 is probably one of the first and yet isn't in there!?!

    The cynic in me suggests that it's because it's now included in the bundle and had it been just £25 on the Classics label then the bundle wouldn't have seemed such good value... but then you do get an extra wireless controller so maybe not. The controller alone costs £32.99.

    So I guess it's not such a bad deal after all. Phew, eh!

  • Metalfish #5 5 years ago

    Pretty good aye. Still holding out for a slightly bigger "drop", my mind works this out as getting the premium for £230. Maybe when it's 200 or less.

  • alpha-0ne #6 5 years ago

    Premium 360 £280
    PGR 3 £25 (if it was a classic title)
    Controller £32.99

    Total £338 = The bundle is still good value...

    I cant see the premium dropping by more than £20 this year though if at all, i could maybe see this same bundle but with gears of war at xmas, that would effectively be a £20 price cut
    Edited by 2 at 21/09/06 @ 10:00

  • lambtron #7 5 years ago

    That is pretty good value for money, much better than 4 shite games and a copy of The Saint on DVD or whatever it was at launch for like 800 quid ;)

  • Darkedge #8 5 years ago

    thats a great deal now do that and throw in a HD drive for 400 :)

  • Hench #9 5 years ago

    Meh

  • Carpathian #10 5 years ago

    I bought my Premium pack, complete with PGR3 for £249.50 (admittedly second hand) within a few weeks of launch.

    Therefore £300 would still have been dear for me.....but, in fairness, I guess it's a good price point if you say it as £299.99

  • Tiel #11 5 years ago

    + xbox live toplay pgr3 and a wireless thing (which should be in the box) makes 400 quid for a machine with one game.
    Still waiting....

    I have every current gen console, yet am finding the 360 quite resistable.

  • alpha-0ne #12 5 years ago

    "400 quid for a machine with one game"

    Guess what most people dont need wireless and 1/2 at most use xbox live

    Id rather MS keep it as addons, give the choice not to have it

  • albundy #13 5 years ago

    I'm getting a 360 in a couple of weeks (sometime in October, when my finances straighten out). I guess I know which bundle I will be buying!

  • Penguinzoot #14 5 years ago

    Tiel - you are assuming that all of the target audience for this bundle will want (and be able) to go online with PGR3 anyway ... maybe not an unreasonable assumption, but I think the 2nd controller hints that this pack is designed as a split-screen type multiplayer bundle.

    Anyway, every newly created Xbox Live Silver account grants you 1 months Gold membership, so you could trial the online MP for free if you want.

    Also, not everyone is either setup for, or even wants wireless networking. If wireless was included in the box, then the overall price would have to reflect that, just like in any device that has wireless built-in - like the PS3. At least this way you have choice and you are not having to pay for something you don't want or need.

  • kangarootoo #15 5 years ago

    @Tiel

    Why on earth would wireless networking be in the box? Its not the norm for consoles OR game playing households. The vast majority of buyers would be paying for something they wouldn't use.

  • asphaltcowboy #16 5 years ago

    Great value! I've been waiting to buy one and this will definitely do it!

  • skillian #17 5 years ago

    Premium Xbox360 + game + extra controller = £300

    Wii (& Wii sports) + game + extra controller = £265

    Great value for this pack, and makes something of a mockery of Wii's so called accessible pricing.

  • Jesus: Action Figure #18 5 years ago

    @Tiel

    I actually agree with you. I *personally* would like to give Xbox Live a go, and I'd like to do it via a wireless connection.

    So while this bundle is pretty good value imho, It'll still cost me aroud £400 as you rightly pointed out.

    I was actually quite tempted till I remembered all that! ;)

  • Tomo #19 5 years ago

    I'm getting more tempted by the 360 as the months go by :[

    It's a shame the game is PGR3 as I'm not overly keen on racers altho MSR was good. Something else and I may have been sold.

  • septimus #20 5 years ago

    It's going out at £285 at dabs later today if anyone is interested.

    I think the bundle is pretty good. PGR3 was definately one of the main reasons I got my 360 last Christmas. Still play it now, thanks to all the car downloads.

  • theweaze #21 5 years ago

    @kangarotooo;

    i happen to disagree if you look at all other next gen consoles ps3, wii, aswell as handelds psp and DS they all have wifi built in. seems a bit odd to charge £40 quid for this when something similair is in the DS for £100.

  • Moogrose #22 5 years ago

    i happen to disagree if you look at all other next gen consoles ps3, wii, aswell as handelds psp and DS they all have wifi built in. seems a bit odd to charge £40 quid for this when something similair is in the DS for £100

    PS3 tard pack has no wifi.

  • kangarootoo #23 5 years ago

    @theweaze

    I realise that the other consoles have wireless built in (I don't really count the portables, as wireless is kind of a necessity), but I don't believe that the majority of console owners currently need wifi.

    If it were included for free (as if anything is really free) then sure that would be nice. But I tend to prefer things as charged options rather than bundles, so I can pick and choose.

    I do believe the 360 wireless adapter is overpriced as an option, but that is a seperate issue perhaps.

  • kangarootoo #24 5 years ago

    "tard pack"

    God I hate that term. Its so bloody superior. Its like being at school again.

  • sharpfish #25 5 years ago

    Good pack and a good price. Already own everything that's in it though (except another wireless controller, but I'll pick one up soon).

    As for the wifi debate, actually I would have liked my 360 to have it as standard, it wouldnt have cost THAT much to build it in and the adapter IS overpriced.

    My console is in a different room to my router so essentially I do connect to Xbox live wireless by ethernet connecting to my laptop which as a wireless adapter plugged in that works from the router. The Adapter is £20 but it's not as good as just having the MS adapter plugged in the back (not as convienient).

  • Jesus: Action Figure #26 5 years ago

    £60 for a wireless adaptor really does smart.

    Yet I won't buy a 360 without one.

    So, as I said, the wait goes on :o

    (Oh, and I'm not a big racing fan either!)

  • Forebodin #27 5 years ago

    Heard about this a few days ago, was waiting for it to roll out.
    Bought.

  • kungphu #28 5 years ago

    Argos did this for a while now ago, i bought mine for £297 about 2 weeks ago now

  • mattigan #29 5 years ago

    Got this bundle in Argos, a month ago.

  • PS3lol #30 5 years ago

    I love how people add in the cost of Xbox live to make it look like a shit deal.

    GTHD will cost you £400 you dumb shits, and all because you won't pay £50 a year to play online, Sony are raping your butt and you're lovin it,

    you deserve each other

  • Cujo #31 5 years ago

    From the look of this pack, it looks like Microsoft are going to miss out on a chance to flog loads of machines and build up a head of steam for xmas. £150 for a basic machine, £220 for a proper one and £250 for a package like the PGR3 one would make sense.

  • chupachups #32 5 years ago

    "From the look of this pack, it looks like Microsoft are going to miss out on a chance to flog loads of machines and build up a head of steam for xmas. £150 for a basic machine, £220 for a proper one and £250 for a package like the PGR3 one would make sense."

    Yeah, that's what I was thinking, MS have got a golden opportunity to be the only readily available next gen console this Xmas, and they're wasting it a bit. They're going to lose money anyway, and always have done in spades, so couldn't they lose a bit more and make sure they'd get ahead in market share? It's not like MS is short of cash...

  • reality_cheque #33 5 years ago

    Perhaps the reason they have lots of cash is because they don't through money away without good cause. And with the PS3 price what it is, there is no reason to drop the price at all.