Rainbow Six Siege headlined a new Xbox One bundle

Microsoft opened the year with a hardware push: a new Xbox One bundle built around one of Ubisoft’s freshest titles, Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege, hitting stores January 15.

The package centered on a 1TB Xbox One, the game itself, a wireless controller, a headset, and download codes for two classics of the franchise’s back catalog — Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Vegas and Vegas 2. The sticker: €399.99.

It wasn’t alone. A second bundle landed January 12 pairing a 500GB Xbox One with a free digital copy of one of four big games: Forza Motorsport 6, Rise of the Tomb Raider, Gears of War: Ultimate Edition, or Rare Replay.

The fine print mattered: the confirmed territories were Australia, Germany, Ireland, Mexico, New Zealand, and the UK at around $350 or local equivalent, with Brazil, Canada, and the US expected to follow in late January.

Bundles like these were how the mid-generation console war was actually fought — and how a lot of players ended up with Siege in the first place. If you’re hunting hardware deals the same way today, the console bundles shelf is the modern equivalent.

Source: IGN