If you’ve been fighting off the urge to buy a new video game
console, the time may be right to finally give in: Microsoft just
dropped the price of its Xbox One S console by $50, to $249.

Even better: It comes with a free game!

Florence Fu / Business Insider

There are a few different options for games, and they’re all
pretty strong. One option is an excellent first-person shooter,
“Battlefield 1.” Another comes with “Forza Horizon 3,” one of the
finest driving games ever made. A third and final option at the
$249 price point is “Gears of War 4,” a critically-acclaimed,
narrative-driven third-person shooter.

Let’s be clear: There are no bad options here.

You can ride horses in
“Battlefield 1,” and this is a real scene that might really
happen while playing it.
EA

If you’re looking for an Xbox One with slightly more storage
space, or a different game, the $50 price drop applies across

most of Microsoft’s Xbox One S consoles on its website. 

If you’re interested, we’d suggest action fast as the deal
is for a limited time only — Microsoft says it’s gonna jump back
up by $50 on June 17. That said, Microsoft has a history of
issuing “temporary” price drops for Xbox One consoles and then
making that price permanent soon after.

And there’s good reason to believe that might be the exact plan.

Microsoft

The timing of this price drop is no coincidence — Microsoft’s
Xbox group is holding a big press conference in Los Angeles on
Sunday afternoon, where the company is expected to
detail the next, significantly more powerful version of the
Xbox One (codenamed “Project Scorpio”). The new console is said
to launch in late 2017, and Microsoft is likely to
announce the price and release date — as such, it makes
sense that Microsoft’s previous Xbox One model would drop in
price on a permanent basis. 

Regardless, there’s a strong price drop right
now that will do. Head to
Microsoft’s site for more details.