Ekim is quite possibly the most reliable insider out there because all of his predictions about Xbox Games with Gold and backward compatible titles turn out to be true. Well, today he said that the upcoming Xbox Summer Sale will be announced this week and include discounts on the level of Steam to compete with that platform.
Xbox Summer Sale will be announced this week officially. Probably on Friday.
— ekim (@ekim_gaf) June 29, 2016
Btw: Xbox Sale contains a lot of new AAA titles. Discounts are on the Steam Summer Sale level for most of them. Some even cheaper with Gold
— ekim (@ekim_gaf) June 29, 2016
For example the Metro: Redux Bundle (including both Metro games) will be $7.50
— ekim (@ekim_gaf) June 29, 2016
If this report was from another insider I would’ve said that don’t believe it but considering that it’s from Ekim I’m confident it’s genuine. Hopefully they’ll announce the sale on Thursday or Friday. I can’t wait to see the entire list.
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