Xbox is ready to start its holiday 2018 “The Countdown” sales event, capitalizing on late gift-buyers and post-Christmas shoppers spending their gifted cash. According to community boss Major Nelson, over 800 digital games and add-in packs are featured in theXbox sale, with at least 200 priced at $10 or less. Plus, there’s an extra 10% off for the Xbox God subscription faithful. The Countdown Xbox holiday sale will last from December 20 through January 4.
Similar to the Xbox Black Friday/Thanksgiving sale, the featured games areForza Horizon 4,Call of Duty: Black Ops 4, and theSpecialand Ultimate editions ofRed Dead Redemption 2. But while those games may be the highlights of the holiday season, the best deals are for somewhat less popular and less recent releases:
And those are just a few of the relatively recent releases that are severely discounted. For the frugal gamer, there’s no better time to buy a game than 1-2 years after the fact when it’s packaged with all of its DLC and marked down 75%.
The Xbox holiday Countdown sale isn’t just for Xbox One releases, though. There are also a ton of sales onbackward compatible games. Double down on theDeux Exdiscounts with 90% offDeus Ex: Human Revolution, or revisitDarksiders 2at 85% off now that the sequel is available. There are hundreds of other older pre-Xbox One games for sale, too. And most of them are even cheaper than the great Xbox One deals on-hand.
Apart from games, there are other Xbox-related sales to take advantage of as well. From now until December 25, Xbox is discounting select Xbox One bundles by $100. That discount includes theBattlefield V,Forza Horizon 4,Fallout 76,Fortnite, andMinecraftbundles, as well as others. Xbox One S, Xbox One X, and Xbox Wireless controller buyers will also get a free digital copy ofGears of War 4with purchases made between now and January 31.
Xbox’s The Countdown holiday sale goes live today and will last through January 3. It’s the perfect way to start what’s likely to be a very exciting 2019 for Xbox.
