Halo 3 Free With All New 360s This Holiday
November 16th, 2007 by Brian Lockhart in Business, News, Online, Xbox360
In a rather sudden but brilliant stroke of genius, Microsoft is giving new purchasers of Xbox 360 (before December 21st) a copy of Halo 3. A few basic catches, you have to hop on Xbox Live (which can be done with the free silver membership) and fill out the request form, and then the game is mailed out in January.
It’s pretty obvious this was a last minute move, since Halo 3 is not actually packaged with the console; Microsoft is whipping up the needed copies and mailing them out after the fact. That said, this is quite the deal, and since it’s based on your serial number, would stack with any other pre-Christmas bargains you come across. It seems only logical that this is a last ditch effort to keep 360 selling well throughout the holidays.
Now if they manage to market it properly, and get the retailers in on it, we could very well see a whole lot of new 360 owners who’ve just been itching on getting Halo 3, but didn’t mind the extended wait.
The registration page is currently down, but can be located here.
Tags: Business, News, Online, Xbox360
November 16th, 2007 at 7:09 pm
Wow, what a nice idea. Now they should add gears of war in the mix and the console will be unstoppable.
November 17th, 2007 at 8:23 am
ANA, did you ever get your package? I still haven’t :\
November 17th, 2007 at 3:31 pm
/agree. I think this makes an insane deal. Of course adding GoW, Assassin’s Creed of Mass Effect as well would make it absolutely dominate.
November 17th, 2007 at 3:55 pm
Is this deal a US exclusive or are they honoring it in other parts of the world ie Australia?
November 17th, 2007 at 9:33 pm
Now that is really clever.
November 19th, 2007 at 6:48 am
Looks like there is a catch to this.
“This offer is only available to existing paid Xbox LIVE members on the original Xbox console (not Xbox 360) who fulfill the offer terms.”
Here’s a link to the Microsoft statement:
http://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/h/halo3/promotions/buyxboxgethalo.htm?WText.camp=Games&WText.campSrc=RSS