If you happened to miss out on the Xbox One's low price point during this past holiday season, you're in luck: Microsoft is bringing back the console's Black Friday discount for its Spring Sale starting next week.
Starting on March 20, gamers can purchase a number of different Xbox One bundles for just $299. This isn't just the console, either: Microsoft confirmed that several special-edition consoles, including the 500 GB The Division and 'Name Your Game' bundles, would also be included in the sale. Even Microsoft's snazzy new Quantum Break bundle — which won't hit store shelves until April — is a part of the Spring Sale.
The only thing that's strange about the console deals is that, at this point, Microsoft hasn't confirmed how long the discounts will last. The official Major Nelson blog states that the consoles' low price will be available for a "limited time," but that's hardly specific — though, if the sale is anything like Microsoft's Black Friday deals, the $299 Xbox One bundles will be around for a while.
Of course, it wouldn't be much of a gaming sale without discounted games. Titles like Halo 5: Guardians, Fallout 4, Rainbow Six Siege, Call of Duty: Black Ops III and Far Cry: Primal are the headliners, but Microsoft is promising that over 150 different titles will be included with the Spring Sale. Halo 5 in particular is getting a big push, as Microsoft is knocking off a full $20 off the asking price — for one of the company's biggest money-makers, that's a pretty sizable discount.
As an added bonus, Xbox One games aren't the only titles getting discounts: a number of backwards-compatible games, such as Fallout 3 and Just Cause 2, will also be up for grabs. Sadly, Microsoft hasn't gone into much detail about what other games will be included in the Spring Sale lineup on either console — but we wouldn't be surprised to see the backwards-compatible versions of games like Dark Souls and Doom pop up sometime next week.
Unlike the console deals, the gaming side of the sale has a definite window: game discounts will go into effect on March 22, and will end on March 28. The full listing isn't live quite yet, but you can bookmark the sale over at Microsoft's official site.
