Xbox Live Spring Sale: Xbox One console bundles slashed to $300; games get big discounts

By Steve Pak / 1458519780
(Photo : Facebook) Microsoft's Xbox Live Spring Sale will feature several Xbox One console bundles and a video game sale that includes some AAA titles

Microsoft's Xbox Live Spring Sale has launched and will feature Xbox One console bundles at their all-time lowest price of $300. The console/game packages will be available across the United States in various retail chains including Best Buy.

Several big name games are participating in the spring sale. They include third-person shooter Tom Clancy's The Division. Another blockbuster Xbox game added to the spring deals is Quantum Break, which will be featured in a video game and TV show.   

In addition, the Xbox One 500GB Name Your Game Bundle  will also get the same discount to $300. Shoppers can choose from titles including Rise of the Tomb Raider and Gears of War: Ultimate Edition, as well as the HD remaster collection Forza Motorsport 6 and Rare's Replay.  

Other console packages getting a $50 price cut include Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege, Xbox One Elite, and Xbox One 1TB Holiday bundles, according to TechSpot.

Microsoft is also offering some new game deals that will go live on March 22 and last for a week, according to Digital Trends. The games will include Xbox and PC platforms, and movies and TV series on Xbox Store.

Many of the titles will have big savings of 40 to 60 percent or even greater price cuts. Meanwhile, game titles in the big sale include Watch Dogs, The Crew, and The Lego Movie game.  

The seasonal event more fun than spring cleaning will even include some top-notch AAA titles such as Halo 5, Fallout 4, Black Ops III, and Far Cry Primal. There are even discounted backwards compatible titles such as Just Cause 2 and Fallout 3.     

Several other titles will get a $20 discount. They include Halo 5, Halo: The Master Chief Collection, Rise of the Tomb Raider, Gears of War: Ultimate Edition, NBA Live 16, NBA 2K16, and Forza Motorsport 6.  

Microsoft's annual Xbox Live spring sale will include more than 150 total offers from the Bill Gates co-founded tech giant. Besides full games and Xbox One/360 titles getting discounts, Xbox Live account holders will also get an extra $10 mark-down on downloadable content (DLC).  

The concurrent console bundle and video game sales are solid deals. Microsoft's Spring Sale will last from March 20, Sunday to March 28, while the games sales will go live on March 22, Tuesday. Finally, the NBA games will be discounted until April 4.

Here's a Quantum Break trailer: