The 'limited-edition' God of War Entertainment Pack will include a "Deep Red" PSP with Kratos 'silk-screened' on the back, a copy of the game, Superbad UMD, and a PSN voucher to download Syphon Filter: Combat Ops from the PC PlayStation Store. The bundle will be available in June for $199.99.
VERSUS
On AUG 12, a special PSP bundle will be released for $200. It will include 1) Madden 09, 2) "NFL: In Just One Play" on UMD, 3) a voucher to download Beats from the PlayStation Store, 4) a 1GB memory stick and, 5) most importantly, a new "Metallic Blue" PSP. ---------------- Each includes -game (same price) -movie (~equivalent) -free PSN game (Syphon Filter: Combat Ops is worth more $, I believe its $10 versus $5 for Beats) -but Madden bundle has 1 gb stick while GoW does not. ----------------- I think both are equally attractive. GoW bundle is more geared to the average user as well as previous owners a bit because of SF Combat Ops. Madden seems more geared to true football fans based on the movie included.
I do not expect the Madden bundle to dampen GoW bundle sales (before August) to any significant extent based on this analysis.
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To compare what the bundles offer:
The 'limited-edition' God of War Entertainment Pack will include a "Deep Red" PSP with Kratos 'silk-screened' on the back, a copy of the game, Superbad UMD, and a PSN voucher to download Syphon Filter: Combat Ops from the PC PlayStation Store. The bundle will be available in June for $199.99.
VERSUS
On AUG 12, a special PSP bundle will be released for $200. It will include 1) Madden 09, 2) "NFL: In Just One Play" on UMD, 3) a voucher to download Beats from the PlayStation Store, 4) a 1GB memory stick and, 5) most importantly, a new "Metallic Blue" PSP.
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Each includes
-game (same price)
-movie (~equivalent)
-free PSN game (Syphon Filter: Combat Ops is worth more $, I believe its $10 versus $5 for Beats)
-but Madden bundle has 1 gb stick while GoW does not.
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I think both are equally attractive. GoW bundle is more geared to the average user as well as previous owners a bit because of SF Combat Ops. Madden seems more geared to true football fans based on the movie included.
I do not expect the Madden bundle to dampen GoW bundle sales (before August) to any significant extent based on this analysis.