The Xbox One has a major advantage over the PlayStation 4 in one crucial way: It's able to play a vast library of games from the Xbox 360. Not just any old games, either — games like "Mass Effect" and "Red Dead Redemption."
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There's an insane sale on Xbox games right now — these are the best deals (MSFT)
Through the Xbox One backward-compatibility program, a ton of amazing Xbox 360 games are incredibly inexpensive.
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Right now, for a full week, Microsoft is offering a massive selection of those Xbox 360 games at ridiculous discounts. The sale is happening exclusively online, for digital versions of the games, on Microsoft's Xbox Live marketplace. Some of these games are going for less than $2.
It's the latest sign Microsoft is getting more serious about sales for the Xbox Live platform as it adapts and reacts to the approach taken by online markets such as Steam that regularly have big sales.
You can check out the absurdly long list of more than 200 titles here, or you can peruse the choice cuts and best discounts that we've selected below.
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1. "Assassin's Creed 2": $6.59
2. "Banjo Kazooie: Nuts and Bolts": $3.74
3. "Battlefield: Bad Company 2": $4.99
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4. "BioShock": $9.99 | "BioShock 2": $9.99 | "BioShock Infinite": $10.49
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5. "Borderlands": $9.99 | "Borderlands 2": $9.99
6. "Braid": $2.49
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7. "Burnout Paradise": $4.94
8. "Call of Duty 2": $9.99 | "Call of Duty: Black Ops": $14.99 | "Call of Duty: Black Ops 2": $19.99
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9. "Castlevania: Symphony of the Night": $2.49
10. "Catherine": $4.99
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11. "Dead Space" $4.94 | "Dead Space 2": $6.59 | "Dead Space 3": $6.59
12. "DOOM": $2.49 | "DOOM 2": $2.49
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13. "Earthworm Jim HD": $2.49
14. "Fable 2": $4.99
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15. "Fallout 3": $4.94 | "Fallout New Vegas": $4.94
16. "Gears of War": $3.74 | "Gears of War 2": $4.99 | "Gears of War 3": $4.99
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17. "Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved": $1.24 | "Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved 2": $4.99
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18. "Grand Theft Auto IV": $9.99
19. "Ikaruga": $2.49
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20: "Joe Danger Special Edition": $2.49 | "Joe Danger 2: The Movie": $3.74
21. "Just Cause 2": $3.74
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22. "Limbo": $2.74
23. "Mass Effect": $4.99
24. "Mirror's Edge": $4.94
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25. "Monaco: What's Yours is Mine": $4.94
26. "Splosion Man": $2.49 | "Ms. Splosion Man": $2.49
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27. "NBA JAM: On Fire Edition": $3.29
28. "The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion": $4.94
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29. "Peggle": $2.49
30. "Portal": $3.74 | "Portal 2": $4.99
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31. "Red Dead Redemption": $11.99
32. "Shadow Complex": $3.74
33. "Skate 3": $4.99
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34. "South Park: The Stick of Truth": $7.99
35. "Street Fighter IV": $13.99
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36. "Super Meat Boy": $3.74
37. "The Orange Box": $4.99
38. "The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings Enhanced Edition": $4.99
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39. "Torchlight": $3.74
40. "Trials HD": $2.49
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41. "Viva Piñata": $3.74 | "Viva Piñata: Trouble in Paradise": $3.74
42. "XCOM: Enemy Within": $9.99
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