Xbox Launches A Backwards Compatibility Sale, With Over 100 Games Up To 85 Percent Off
Xbox might still be second place to PlayStation in the grand scheme of things, but there's no denying it does a lot of things better than its rival right now. Preserving its history is one of those things as it has gone above and beyond to bring older games to its newer consoles via backwards compatibility. If that alone wasn't enough, you can now buy more than 100 of them for some pretty heavily discounted prices.
The games have had their prices cut as part of Xbox's backwards compatibility sale, and they're available for less right now. Some of the more notable titles include Red Dead Redemption, Far Cry 3, Injustice, Grand Theft Auto 4, and the very first Assassin's Creed. Most of the games on sale originally launched on Xbox 360, but if you do a little digging, you'll find a few from the original Xbox too.
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Some of the titles up for grabs have had their prices slashed by as much as 85%, and all will run on Xbox One, Series X, and Series S. In fact, some of the titles on sale have even been optimized to run and look better on Xbox's newer consoles. Start browsing now and pick up any games you might want to relive or try out for the first time, as the sale is set to come to an end in less than a week on January 25, 2022.
As highlighted above, Xbox has been rightfully praised for its backwards compatibility. In comparison, PlayStation has done very little in that regard. It was lambasted so ferociously last year when it planned on closing its PS3 and PS Vita online stores that the decision was reversed. There has been reason to believe PlayStation is attempting to follow in Xbox's backwards compatibility footsteps as of late as PS3 titles have
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