Amazon.com isn’t the only tech giant wooing college students this summer. Microsoft too is offering a special deal, giving away free Xbox 360s to high-school or college students who purchase new Windows PCs priced at $699 or more. Yep, you heard that right: Buy a PC and you get a gaming console where you can whittle away your formative college years.
Microsoft unveiled the program in May, and it just posted a new video promoting the offer featuring none other than a Halo Spartan on a college campus tour. (Warning: Don’t hit a the supersoldier in the head with a frisbee).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qY6su9hYCRU
Microsoft has been having fun with the promotion. You also may recall this ad from the campaign earlier in the year in which Spartan graduates from high school.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWKafp1R7Qc
Microsoft could take some heat for connecting gaming consoles to educational endeavors, and as we previously wrote the promotion could play a role in destroying a few college careers.
But, as we reported yesterday, Microsoft is a big believer that game play can serve as a powerful learning tool in the classroom. (Not sure if that applies to Halo).
