Console Wars: Microsoft announce new Xbox One bundles as PS4 sees PS Now title boost

THE Console War continues into 2016 with Microsoft announcing two new Xbox One bundles and Sony confirming the launch of 40+ PS3 exclusives coming to PS Now.

 

The Xbox One and PS4 face off in 2016 with fresh deals and bundles

 

Microsoft revealed two new Xbox One bundles: the Xbox One Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege Bundle and the Xbox One 500GB Name Your Game Bundle for 2016.

The Xbox One Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege Bundle is in partnership with Ubisoft and features a 1TB hard drive, a copy of Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege and full-game downloads of Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Vegas and Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Vegas 2.

Rainbow Six Vegas and Rainbow Six Vegas 2 is made available through Xbox One Backward Compatibility and will retails at £369.99 ERP at participating stores.

 

New Xbox One bundles for 2016 from Microsoft

 

The Xbox One 500GB Name Your Game Bundle will allow gamers to choose one of four newly released titles as a full-game download.

Games include: Forza Motorsport 6, Rise of the Tomb Raider, Gears of War: Ultimate Edition or Rare Replay, with the bundle available for £319.99 ERP.

Sony haven't been left slouching, announcing today that they will be adding more than 40 PS3 console exclusives to the PS Now library of games.

 

The streaming service now boasts 100+ PS3 exclusives and more than 300 PS3 games to choose from.

the complete list of PS3 console exclusives included in the subscription catalog can be found below, with new additions to the PlayStation Now Subscription marked as “(New).”

• Alone in the Dark: Inferno 
• Anarchy: Rush Hour (New)
• Armageddon Riders (New)
• Atelier Ayesha 
• Atelier Escha & Logy 
• Atelier Rorona Plus 
• Bentley’s Hackpack (New)
• Big Sky: Infinity (New)
• Bomberman Ultra 
• Chime Super Deluxe 
• Class of Heroes 2G (New)
• Crash Commando (New)
• Deception IV: Blood Ties 
• detuned (New)
• Doki-Doki Universe (New)
• Dynasty Warriors 7: Empires (New)
• Dynasty Warriors 7: Xtreme Legends (New)
• Eat Them! (New)
• Echochrome 
• Elefunk (New)
• Everyday Shooter (New)
• Fat Princess 
• Flow (New)
• Flower (New)
• Go! Puzzle (New)
• God of War: Chains of Olympus (New)
• God of War: Ghosts of Sparta (New)
• God of War HD 
• God of War II 
• God of War III 
• God of War: Ascension 
• Gravity Crash (New)
• Hakuoki: Stories of the Shinsengumi 
• Heavenly Sword (New)
• Hot Shots Golf: Out of Bounds (New)
• Hot Shots Golf: World Invitational 
• Hustle Kings 
• Ico 
• inFamous 
• inFamous 2 
• inFamous: Festival of Blood 
• Invizimals: The Lost Kingdom (New)
• Journey (New)
• Killzone 2 (New)
• Killzone 3 
• Killzone HD (New)
• Lemmings (New)
• Linger in Shadows (New)
• LocoRoco Cocoreccho! 
• Lumines Supernova 
• Magus 
• Mamorukun Curse! (New)
• MotorStorm: Apocalypse 
• Ninja Gaiden Sigma 
• Ninja Gaiden Sigma II 
• Numblast (New)
• Okabu (New)
• PixelJunk Eden 
• PixelJunk Eden Encore (New)
• PixelJunk Monster 
• PixelJunk Monster Encore (New)
• PixelJunk Racers: 2nd Lap 
• PixelJunk Shooter 
• PixelJunk Shooter 2 
• PixelJunk Sidescroller 
• Piyotama 
• Planet Minigolf 
• Puppeteer 
• Ragnarok Odyssey Ace 
• Rainbow Moon nonDLC 
• Ratchet & Clank Future All 4 One 
• Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time 
• Ratchet & Clank Future: Quest for Booty (New)
• Ratchet & Clank: Full Frontal Assault 
• Ratchet & Clank: Into the Nexus 
• Resistance 3 
• Ricochet HD (New)
• Savage Moon (New)
• Shadow of Colossus 
• Siren: Blood Curse Episode 1-12 
• Sky Fighter 
• Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time 
• Snakeball (New)
• Soldner-X 2: Final Prototype 
• Sound Shapes 
• Spelunker HD 
• Starhawk (New)
• Stealth Inc: A Clone in the Dark 
• Super Stacker Party (New)
• Super Stardust HD 
• Tales from Space: About a Blob Premium Bundle 
• The Last Guy 
• The Last of Us 
• The Last of Us Left Behind 
• The Sly Collection 
• The Unfinished Swan (New)
• Tokyo Jungle 
• Tokyo Twilight Ghost Hunters 
• Toy Home (New)
• Trash Panic (New)
• Trinity: Souls of Zill O’ll (New)
• Twisted Metal 
• Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune
• Uncharted 2: Among Thieves 
• Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception – Game of the Year Edition (New)
• Under Night In-Birth Exe:Late (New)
• Wakeboarding HD (New)
• Warhawk 
• When Vikings Attack (New)
• White Knight Chronicles (New)
• Xblaze Code: Embryo (New)

It follows the new today that the PS4 sold through more than 5.7 million units during the 2015 holiday season, with the console now cumulatively selling through more than 35.9 million units globally as of January 3, 2016.

"We are absolutely delighted that so many customers have selected PS4 as the best place to play throughout this holiday season and that the PS4 community is growing more than ever," said Andrew House, President and Global CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.

"We remain steadfast in our commitment to deliver innovative entertainment experiences, and look forward to bringing an unprecedented games portfolio from third party developers and publishers and SCE Worldwide Studios, including UNCHARTED 4: A Thief's End, Horizon Zero Dawn and The Last Guardian, this coming year."

Microsoft, meanwhile, announced their own Xbox One update for 2016 and certainly makes for interesting reading for those still pondering what console to buy.