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Microsoft Is Bundling PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds With Xbox One X
Microsoft have announced that they will be bundling the mega-popular PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds with every Xbox One X sold through the end of the year.
Starting December 17, every purchase of an Xbox One X, Microsoft's console refresh with a 4K focus, entitles the owner to a copy of Battlegrounds. It launched a few days ago in Microsoft's Game Preview program, but has garnered over a million players in the 48 hours it has been available.
The bundle effectively acts as a price cut for players looking to buy an Xbox One and Battlegrounds, which will help the system's momentum going into Christmas and the new year. You can check out footage of us playing the Xbox One version of the game right here.
Our Take
It does kind of suck that early adopters get nothing, especially since the system only launched a month ago. Still, it puts Battlegrounds into more owners' hands and ties Microsoft's name to the game in the console space, so Microsoft likely sees more benefit than loss to the bundle.
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