Microsoft Announces 'Biggest Xbox Sale Ever'; Check out the Details Here!
Microsoft will be holding the biggest sale on the Xbox Store. Find out what, when and where below.
For those who have scored Xbox consoles on this year's Black Friday and Cyber Monday, you have every reason to rejoice for the upcoming sale.
Microsoft will reportedly be having the "biggest Xbox sale ever" starting Tuesday, December 22 to January 7. Xbox also released a trailer to hype up the countdown to the sale, see the video below:
On the 42-second trailer, we see a montage of games that would probably be up for sale via the Xbox Store. Some of the titles that will be up for sale with a discount include: "Fallout 4", "Call of Duty: Black Ops III", "Assassin's Creed Syndicate", "Halo 5: Guardians", "Rise of the Tomb Raider", "Gears of War: Ultimate Edition", "Rare Replay" and many more.
The caption on the trailer announcement states that there will be daily and weekly deals on the games with 40 percent to 60 percent discounts. There will be additional 10 percent more discounts for Xbox Live Gold Members.
Some of the games mentioned above have been freshly released this year so for gamers who have their eyes on the new titles, this would be a good opportunity to purchase some just in time for the holidays.
According to Cinema Blend, there will be more than 200 games for the Xbox One and Xbox 360 that will be discounted during the 17-day sale. Other than that, Xbox also has a sale on movies and TV shows as well.
Good news for those who have Xbox One consoles but would love to play older titles that are only available on the older console, they can do so because of its improved backwards compatibility. The feature was launched on Nov. 12 this year and many have been enjoying playing older game titles on the newest console, according to Larry Hyrb, Director of Programming for Xbox and author of the company's Major Nelson blog.
"Since launch on Nov. 12, fans have been enjoying Xbox 360 games on Xbox One for the first time ever, logging more than 9 million hours spent playing Xbox 360 games on Xbox One," Nelson wrote. "And the most popular games fans from around the world have been spending those hours playing are Fallout 3, Gears of War 3, Just Cause 2, Assassin's Creed II and DiRT 3."
The official Xbox website has set up a page for the sale countdown. If you want to save 10 percent more and get more good deals and special discounts, you can have the opportunity to become a Gold member.