One x Forza 4 horizon/Forza 7 bundle

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https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/xbox-one-x-1tb-console-forza-horizon-4-bundle/91cz0kn9rzhg/h2q3?WT.mc_id=PromoEmail_15676_en_US_October_Xbox_Bundles_MSFT_10-3-18_Module_2_Xbox_XboxOneX_Bundle_FH4_2A&activetab=pivot%3aoverviewtab

 

pretty sweet deal 

[TLHBO 2,162]

Two Forza games. Fucking hell, even Microsoft is admitting they have nothing else at this point

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so a plain black console with 2 multiplat racing games packed in, for $700.

 

that oughtta deter buyers from the spiderman or red dead bundle

 

 

[kaz 2,439]

you basically pay for the same game twice

[DynamiteCop 2,085]

1 hour ago, kaz said:

you basically pay for the same game twice

[Hot Sauce 2,729]

5 hours ago, Bodycount NX said:

so a plain black console

Seriously, how do they not throw in a unique console? Or even a unique controller? They have the design lab ffs.

[jehurey 3,230]

"We have Forza!! and.....uh, Forza!!"

Edited October 16, 2018 by jehurey

[DynamiteCop 2,085]

46 minutes ago, Hot Sauce said:

Seriously, how do they not throw in a unique console? Or even a unique controller? They have the design lab ffs.

It's not a special edition, it's a bundle. 

[Hot Sauce 2,729]

5 minutes ago, DynamiteCop! said:

It's not a special edition, it's a bundle. 

Yeah, we know. That's the point; it should be.

[DynamiteCop 2,085]

1 minute ago, Hot Sauce said:

Yeah, we know. That's the point; it should be.

Why?

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i actually like that it's not some special edition design, and that it's a regular bundle. $500 is good for the one x +  $60 game + $30 game. 

[Hot Sauce 2,729]

Just now, DynamiteCop! said:

Why?

Because it's MS' biggest game of the year and a game that makes such great use of style. They even already had a great looking, racing inspired console for this year's Game4Paul charity event.

 

 

That thing is sexy as fuck. Can't just use that because it would fuck with the whole raffle aspect behind it, but swap the colour from blue to a rustic red and the tire tread to the blowing leaves thing the boxart has going on and god damn that'd be a sexy console.

[DynamiteCop 2,085]

1 minute ago, Hot Sauce said:

Because it's MS' biggest game of the year and a game that makes such great use of style. They even already had a great looking, racing inspired console for this year's Game4Paul charity event.

 

 

That thing is sexy as fuck. Can't just use that because it would fuck with the whole raffle aspect behind it, but swap the colour from blue to a rustic red and the tire tread to the blowing leaves thing the boxart has going on and god damn that'd be a sexy console.

It being its biggest game doesn't mean it should be some special edition. Sure that's a nice console but Forza is a regular occurrence regardless of how good the game is. Things like that should be saved for special releases, a big new IP, Halo etc. 

[Hot Sauce 2,729]

1 hour ago, DynamiteCop! said:

It being its biggest game doesn't mean it should be some special edition. Sure that's a nice console but Forza is a regular occurrence regardless of how good the game is. Things like that should be saved for special releases, a big new IP, Halo etc. 

I get your point with regards to it being a regular occurrence and a "so why this one instead of the previous one or the next one?" kind of deal since I wouldn't expect them to do it for every Forza game or really even every Horizon game. Admittedly, I'm struggling to justify it from the angle.

 

For me, though, I just don't view special editions as a big deal that should be saved for a handful of games. I'm not saying make one for every game out there, but if a game has a certain style I think having a physical canvas to kind of show off that style is a neat little throw in for these bundles where you assume the game is factoring into the purchase. Sea of Thieves is another game that I would have liked to see a special edition console for and probably would have opted to get that instead of the Horizon 3 bundle I picked up at that time, especially since I really dug the controller they put out.

[DynamiteCop 2,085]

5 minutes ago, Hot Sauce said:

I get your point with regards to it being a regular occurrence and a "so why this one instead of the previous one or the next one?" kind of deal since I wouldn't expect them to do it for every Forza game or really even every Horizon game. Admittedly, I'm struggling to justify it from the angle.

 

For me, though, I just don't view special editions as a big deal that should be saved for a handful of games. I'm not saying make one for every game out there, but if a game has a certain style I think having a physical canvas to kind of show off that style is a neat little throw in for these bundles where you assume the game is factoring into the purchase. Sea of Thieves is another game that I would have liked to see a special edition console for and probably would have opted to get that instead of the Horizon 3 bundle I picked up at that time, especially since I really dug the controller they put out.

For Sea of Thieves they did a controller, it's mostly random when these things happen to be honest. I think they're cool now and again but that's part of what makes Limited Edition's cool, is when they're actually limited. Not just pertaining to a single product having a scarce item, but the actual act of making a limited run of something itself a rare occurrence. 

 

Edited October 16, 2018 by DynamiteCop!

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remember the pre-phil windoes 10 sellout days when we still got things?

 

 

Yeah, so do I.

[Remij 4,672]

8 minutes ago, Bodycount NX said:

remember the pre-phil windoes 10 sellout days when we still got things?

 

 

Yeah, so do I.

That's got to be one of the ugliest consoles I've ever seen in my entire life  

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2 minutes ago, Remij_ said:

That's got to be one of the ugliest consoles I've ever seen in my entire life  

i know  

[DynamiteCop 2,085]

26 minutes ago, Remij_ said:

That's got to be one of the ugliest consoles I've ever seen in my entire life  

This rivals it, not only in ugliness but color as well.

 

 

 

[Remij 4,672]

2 minutes ago, DynamiteCop! said:

This rivals it, not only in ugliness but color as well.

 

 

 

Absolutely.  Bleh