GameStop isn't even trying anymore with its PS5 bundles

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The huge demand for PS5 restocks has seen plenty of retailers opt to bundle the console with a whole range of additional extras. These have ranged from the practical like an additional DualSense controller to the less essential similar a $200 racing bicycle, but GameStop might have browbeaten them all with this confusing PS5 parcel.

During the gaming retailer's latest restock earlier today (August 17), GameStop had multiple PS5 bundles for sale. Well-nigh of them were the usual assortment of the console packaged with a second controller and a few physical games, but one of them has caused quite a stir online. For $629, GameStop was offering a PS5 Digital Bundle that included 5,850 Madden Points, but no copy of the actual game.

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Walmart: PS5 | PS5 Digital Edition (terminal restock August 12)
Best Buy: PS5 | PS5 Digital Edition (last restock August 12)
GameStop: PS5 | PS5 Digital Edition (last restock August 17)
Amazon: PS5 | PS5 Digital Edition (final restock July 21)
Dell: PS5 | PS5 Digital Edition (last restock March 31)
Target: PS5 | PS5 Digital Edition (last restock July 30)
Sony: PS5 | PS5 Digital Edition (last restock July 20)
Newegg: PS5 | PS5 Digital Edition (last restock April 29)
Kohl's: PS5 (last restock Apr 21)
Adorama: PS5 | PS5 Digital Edition | Bundles
Costco: PS5 | PS5 Digital Edition (terminal restock April 22)
Antonline: PS5 | PS5 Digital Edition (concluding restock August 12)
Sam's Order: PS5 (last restock Baronial 12)

That amount of Madden Points is worth $50. However, considering they are functionally useless without a copy of Madden NFL 22, it does seem pretty ridiculous to not include a copy. Plainly, as the package included the disc-free version of the PS5, a physical copy of Madden was out of the question. Perchance a $50 voucher for the PlayStation Store would have made a little more sense.

GameStop PS5 Bundle — (Image credit: GameStop)

What'south and then baroque virtually this bundle is that unless the buyer is willing to purchase a digital copy of Madden NFL 22 themselves, for $70 on the PlayStation Store, then the code is useless. Strangely this was the only PS5 Digital Edition bundle offered in the restock, and then there wasn't even an culling option for non-Madden players.

Gamers withal looking to purchase a PS5 were quick to bespeak out the odd nature of the bundle on Twitter. Although because that GameStop has once again sold out of PS5 consoles, it would seem that some people weren't deterred past the puzzling nature of the packet.

thats a weird digital bundle madden points just doesn't include the game LOLAugust 17, 2021

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The digital version... Madden points, without the game? Okay gamestop, okay.August 17, 2021

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