Best Buy has become the latest company to sweeten the deal for Xbox 360 gamers who don’t want to wait for the Xbox One to buy new games like Battlefield 4 or Call of Duty: Ghosts. Today, the company announced a deal that would let customers buy one of five upcoming games for the Xbox 360, then trade it in for an Xbox One copy at a $50 discount, for a final upgrade price of $9.99. Amazon and GameStop have already announced similar deals, as retailers try to prevent people from holding off until the new console launches on November 22nd.
Best Buy offers $50 credit when trading new Xbox 360 games for their Xbox One counterpart
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Best Buy is offering discounts with a few more games than GameStop, though not as many as Amazon. Unfortunately, the process for trading in a game is more convoluted. Amazon and GameStop are simply offering a guaranteed minimum credit of $50, though the latter mails that $50 as a coupon. To get the trade-in from Best Buy, you’ll need to first buy the 360 game, then wait for an inactive $10 coupon via email. When you trade in the game along with the coupon, Best Buy will activate it and give you an additional $40 gift card. There’s also a date window on each game, so you’ll have to buy it fairly early and trade it by December 31st.
If you’re absolutely buying a game at launch and waiting on the Xbox One, this isn’t a bad deal. If not, though, you’ll get some of the games a paltry couple of weeks before the Xbox One launches. And if you’re not buying a One until next year, you’ll have to trade in the game, then wait to be able to play it again.
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