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News - Microsoft is bundling Battlegrounds with the Xbox One X - xSicKxBot - 12-18-2017
Microsoft is bundling Battlegrounds with the Xbox One X
<div style="margin: 5px 5% 10px 5%;"><img src="https://www.sickgamedev.win/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/microsoft-is-bundling-battlegrounds-with-the-xbox-one-x.jpg" width="200" height="200" title="" alt="" /></div><div><p>Microsoft has <a href="https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2017/12/15/xbox-one-x-pubg-promotion/">announced</a> that it will be bundling <em>PlayerUnknown’s Battleground</em>s with new Xbox One X consoles sold between December 17 and the end of 2017.</p>
<p>The move is the closest thing the Xbox One X has seen to a holiday discount this year, with the combined console and game coming in at the One X’s standard $499 price tag. Given the popularity of <em>Battlegrounds</em> as well, it’s likely this will help fuel the competition between the One X and PlayStation 4 Pro <a href="https://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/307960/Researchers_expect_close_holiday_competition_between_Xbox_One_X_and_PS4_Pro.php">analysts expect to see</a> during the current holiday season.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, the promotion comes just days after <em>Battlegrounds</em> made its console debut on the Xbox One through the platform’s early access-like Xbox Game Preview program. Within 48 hours of its December 12 release, Microsoft says <em>PUBG</em> surpassed 1 million players on the Xbox One alone.</p>
<p>While players don’t necessarily equate to sales, it is worth noting that the PC release of <em>PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds</em> <a href="https://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/295799/Playerunknowns_Battlegrounds_surpasses_1_million_sales.php">reached 1 million sold</a> just over two weeks after its first launch and has since skyrocketed to over <a href="https://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/309167/PlayerUnknowns_Battlegrounds_crosses_20_million_copies_sold.php">20 million sold</a> in less than a year.</p>
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