Published 1/6/2009
by Nick Des Barres
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Continuing the recent Japanese trend of releasing a special edition console for every single game of note, Sony and Microsoft have today announced limited bundles for upcoming third party titles Yakuza 3 and Star Ocean: The Last Hope .
Yakuza 3's, dropping on February 26, sports a slick silver rendition of protagonist Kazuma Kiryu's dragon tattoo printed on a Ceramic White console, and will retail for ?45980 ($487) -- a ?1980 savings over buying the game and console separately.
Fans of Star Ocean will have to make do with nothing more than a faceplate and limited edition music CD upon The Last Hope's February 19 release, but will receive a respectable discount in return -- their Xbox 360 Arcade bundle will cost a scant ?24800 ($263), ?3900 below buying separately.
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