Microsoft is kicking off its Xbox Black Friday sale early, announcing that its holiday sale featuring over 500 Xbox One and Xbox 360 titles starts today.
Today, Larry “Major Nelson” Hryb, the face of Microsoft’s community efforts, announced that Xbox‘s Black Friday games sale has begun, but not for everyone. Xbox Live Gold subscribers will gain four days of exclusive access to the sale, which features discounts on over 500 titles available through the Xbox storefront. Open access to the sales will begin November 19, and then the sale will end after the weekend on November 26.
Anxious holiday shoppers have the opportunity to join in via a special Black Friday deal that offers one month of Xbox Live Gold for just $1, but it’s only available for first-time subscribers. The first month for $1 deal also goes for Microsoft’s Xbox Game Pass subscription, which instantly provides access to over 100 Xbox One and Xbox 360 games.
With the opening of the Xbox Black Friday games sale, both Gold subscribers and everyone else can see just what kinds of deals Microsoft will be offering over the holiday. Featured sales include Call of Duty: Black Ops 4, Red Dead Redemption 2‘s Special Edition, and the Ultimate Edition version of Assassin’s Creed Odyssey:
The Xbox Black Friday sale covers a huge number of games from several major publishers, including Square Enix, Ubisoft, Electronic Arts, Bandai Namco, 2K, and Microsoft itself. Indie games are well represented as well. Discounted content includes not only full games, but also add-on content and DLC. And as alluring as all of the newer Xbox One titles are, there’s a huge variety of Xbox 360 titles on sale via backward compatibility, too.
For those in need of an Xbox console before being able to partake in the Xbox Black Friday games sale, Microsoft is offering several Xbox One S and Xbox One X bundles via retailers, with the company discounting all Xbox consoles by $100 over their standard retail pricing (starting November 18). Additionally, new Xbox Wireless controllers will remain discounted by $20 over Black Friday weekend as well (starting November 22).
The Xbox Black Friday games sale, featuring over 500 Xbox One and Xbox 360 games, starts today for Xbox Gold subscribers and starts November 18 for everyone. The sale will last through Black Friday weekend and end November 26.
