Xbox 360 Pricing, What's Up With The Bundles?

Ok, well after asking a hell of a lot of questions on GS, I decided to buy an Xbox. After making enough money through selling, scrimping and saving I finally have enough. But one thing still eats me up.

I want an Xbox 360 Pro/Premium (the one with the Hard Drive and Wireless controller) but all I see are bundles. I'm in Canada and all the bundles are $399.99, about $420 in the U.S. The question I'm asking is this: Why do I have to buy the bundles? Can't I just buy my 360?! What happened to just the base Xbox 360. No I don't want a core, in the long run they suck.

As good as Forza 2 is, I really don't want to play that right now; I'm more interested in Bioshock, Halo 3 and other games. I really just want my Xbox 360. Why am I complaining? Because if you do the math, bundling Forza 2 with the Xbox saves you only $10 off of the game itself. If you purchase the 360 by itself, it comes out to only $350 or $349.99 if you're technical.

So, Where can I buy Xbox 360 without a bundle?!

I don't know if you have any Best Buy's around but..

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=8492838&type=product&id=1186003685732

or Wal-Mart

http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=6560707

I guess you could try ordering online?

Yeah, but think back a loooooooong time ago. Remember when the 360 launched? It was just the 360, nothing else. that's what i'm looking for (it makes it cheaper)Adam_the_Nerd

ummm

the games are actually FREE

because at EB Games it comes for 399.99 with 0 games, where as at futureshop it comes with 2, somtimes 4, 5 games

Too bad. I was hoping for more of a US price range. Oh well :)

I live in Canada as well, the budles that i see are $399.99 for the Pro which include a game Free. To buy this without the game would be the same price. Not sure what the problem is, if you don't like the game sell it. I have not seen any Pro consoles under $399.00 Canadian after the price cut.tman23