To buy or not to buy
The bread and butter of the Microsoft Store online are its Surface tablets and the occasionally hot Xbox One console offers. We’re not getting great offers in those areas this year in the Microsoft Store Spring Sale, but instead, a ton of Xbox One games (both physical and digital) have been discounted along with some fairly decent laptop offers.
XCOM 2, Gears of War 4, Black Ops III, NBA 2K16, NHL 16, and more Xbox One games are hitting new low prices. Recent releases like Watch Dogs 2, Halo Wars 2, and Assetto Corsa are also relatively cheap and worthy of a purchase.
The Microsoft Store also has a few dozen laptops on sale. The gaming variety isn’t as impressive as the non-gaming but if you’re interested in a laptop, they’re also listed down below.
Note: Deals below are broken down into physical and digital copies. Prices for most digital download copies will require Xbox Live Gold.
Xbox One Download Deals
- Battlefield 1 Ultimate Edition — $77.99 (list price $130)
- Watch Dogs 2 Gold Edition — $50 (list price $100)
- Battlefield 1 Deluxe Edition — $47.99 (list price $80)
- Steep: Gold Edition — $43.99 (list price $80)
- For Honor — $44.99 (list price $60)
- Battlefield 1 — $35.99 (list price $60)
- FIFA 17 Deluxe Edition — $32 (list price $80)
- Bioshock: The Collection — $30 (list price $60)
- Watch Dogs 2 — $30 (list price $60)
- Gears of War 4 (Xbox One/PC Download) — $29.99 (list price $60)
- Dying Light: The Following – Enhanced Edition — $29.99 (list price $60)
- Assassin’s Creed The Ezio Collection — $29.99 (list price $50)
- Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Siege — $25 (list price $50)
- FIFA 17 — $24 (list price $60)
- Assassin’s Creed Syndicate — $20 (list price $50)
- Diablo 3: Reaper of Souls Ultimate Evil Edition — $19.80 (list price $60)
- Deus Ex: Mankind Divided — $18 (list price $60)
- Dead Island Definitive Collection (Steam) — $16 (list price $40)
- Just Cause 3 — $15 (list price $60)
- ARK: Survival Evolved — $14 (list price $35)
- Darksiders II: Deathinitive Edition — $12 (list price $30)
- Dishonored: Definitive Edition — $10 (list price $20)
- Payday 2: Crimewave Edition — $10 (list price $20)
- The Elder Scrolls Online: Tamriel Unlimited — $9.90 (list price $30)
- Minecraft: Story Mode – Complete Season — $8 (list price $20)
- Mighty No. 9 — $8 (list price $20)
- The Walking Dead: Complete First Season — $7.50 (list price $20)
- Wolfenstein: The New Order — $6.60 (list price $20)
- Tales From The Borderlands Complete Season — $6 (list price $20)
- Metro Redux Bundle — $6 (list price $30)
- Life is Strange: Complete Season — $5 (list price $20)
- Thief — $5 (list price $20)
- Murdered: Soul Suspect — $5 (list price $20)
Xbox One Physical Disc Deals:
- Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare — $39.99 (list price $60)
- Halo Wars 2 — $39.99 (list price $60)
- Destiny – The Collection — $39.99 (list price $60)
- Titanfall 2 — $39.99 (list price $60)
- Halo 5: Guardians — $39.99 (list price $60)
- Just Cause 3 — $29.99 (list price $60)
- Dying Light: The Following – Enhanced Edition — $29.99 (list price $60)
- Watch Dogs 2 — $29.99 (list price $60)
- WWE 2K16 — $29.99 (list price $60)
- Mafia III — $29.99 (list price $60)
- Assetto Corsa — $29.99 (list price $50)
- XCOM 2 — $29.99 (list price $60)
- Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain — $24.99 (list price $40)
- Call of Duty: Black Ops III — $24.99 (list price $40)
- LEGO Marvel Avengers — $19.99 (list price $50)
- NBA 2K16 — $17.99 (list price $60)
- Destiny: The Taken King Legendary Edition — $14.99 (list price $30)
- NHL 16 — $14.99 (list price $60)
- Transformers: Devastation — $14.99 (list price $50)
- Snoopy’s Grand Adventure — $11.99 (list price $50)
- FIFA 16 — $9.99 (list price $40)
- Pro Evolution Soccer 2016 — $9.99 (list price $40)
- Evolve — $7.99 (list price $40)
Microsoft Spring Sale Laptop Deals:
Kaby Lake (7th gen)
- Dell Inspiron 13 2-in-1 Core i7-7500U, 1080p Touch, 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD — $649 (list price $899)
- Dell Inspiron 15 Core i7-7500U, 1080p Touch, 8GB RAM, 1TB HDD — $599 (list price $849)
- Dell Inspiron 13 Core i5-7200U, 1080p Touch, 8GB, 1TB HDD— $499 (list price $749)
- HP Pavilion x360 Core i5-7200U, 8GB, 1TB HDD — $479 (list price $729)
Skylake (6th gen)
- Dell Inspiron 17 i7-6500U, 16GB, 2TB HDD, Radeon R5 M335, 1080p — $799 (list price $1,099)
- Dell Inspiron 13 5368 2-in-1, Core i7-6500U, 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD — $599 (list price $899)
- Asus ZenBook Flip Core M3-6Y30, 8GB, 256GB SSD, FHD 1080p Touch — $499 (list price $749)
Update: We removed the Alienware 13 along with the Dell XPS 15 as both are a bit overpriced even though its heavily discounted. At the end, you’re paying for over $1,000 for a GTX 960M. Most gamers paying near this price range would do better buying a gaming laptop with a GTX 1050 at the very least (such as the current Lenovo Y520 deal).
